Dear Valued Supplier ,September 17, 2010

Dear Valued Supplier ,September 17, 2010

Dear Valued Supplier,September 17, 2010

Kroger communication ID’s:

ISA Qualifier 08 - ISA ID 9254110060

GS ID 5137624388

To: Valued EDI Trading Partner,

Kroger will be making two changes to the EDI 852 transaction that you are currently receiving from us. The changes will be effective on the 852 transmission you receive from Kroger ON: Wednesday November 3, 2010.

The first change is Kroger will be utilizing the OQ code in the ZA segment to send the planned order quantity. The data will be sent from our Kroger KMA’s/Divisions. There is no change to the shipped cases. The “AM” or Original Store Orders is being added for all items for all VMI vendors.OQ will not be provided when unavailable or zero. Peyton divisions will normally not provide OQ data. OQ will be more useful for fresh meat and produce vendors. Benefits of this data will include lower days-supply, fewer out-of-stocks, and fewer ‘excess inventory’ situations.

Sample ZA segment with OQ and code explanations:

ZA*OQ*5*CA*007*20100910~

OQ= Planned Order Quantity

5= quantity

CA= Cases

007= Effective

20100910= Date

The second change will be to send the Kroger/Peyton internal item number for each item in the LIN segment with a PI qualifier. Over the years, several of our VMI partners have requested this additional data be sent. The PI qualifier will be sent in all 852 data for all commodities. Please note: the field length for the internal item number differs between the Kroger and Peyton ordering systems. Kroger is 8 and Peyton is 9:

Kroger Format:FSSIIIII, where F is facility, SS is source and IIIII is five position item number.

Peyton format: SSSIIIIII, where SSS is source and IIIIII is six position item number.

Sample LIN data and PI explanation:

LIN**UA*006200019341~Current UPC format for Kroger Divisions

LIN**UA*006200019341* PI* 61612345~ with PI= Purchaser’s Item code information

LIN**UK*10073420000063~Current GTIN format for Kroger Divisions

LIN**UK*10073420000063* PI*61654321~ with PI= Purchaser’s Item code information

LIN**UA*074292516266~Current UPC format for Peyton Division

LIN**UA*074292516266* PI*181688275~ with PI = Purchasers item code information

LIN**UK*10074292516266~Current GTIN format for Peyton Division

LIN**UA*10074292516266* PI*181688275~ with PI = Purchasers item code information

Overview of Enhancement:

  1. The enhancements to the 852 will be made for all the Kroger Retail and Peyton Divisions.
  2. Perishable EDI Trading Partnerswho are set up to receive a warehouse 852 from Kroger will receive the ZA OQ information.
  3. The planned order quantity (OQ) will not be provided when unavailable or zero.
  4. Even though you may be receiving the 852 and your company is not on the full VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) program with Kroger, you will receive the new information regardless.
  5. The information will be sent out daily.
  6. The LIN PI Internal item number will apply to all commodities and all items received in 852’s from Kroger.

For more detailed sample EDI data, please view our 4010 and 5010 implementation guides posted on our EDI web site.

Please forward any questions to

The Kroger EDI Team

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