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Appointments required for POs delivered weeks of 9/26 and 10/3, 2010

NOTE: This communication applies to all vendors or carriers who distribute products to these Delhaize America distribution centers servicing our Food Lion Family and Bottom Dollar Food stores only: Salisbury, N.C., Dunn, N.C., Butner, S.C., Elloree, S.C., Greencastle, Penn., Disputanta, Va., Clinton, Tenn., and Green Cove Springs, Fla.

Delhaize America’s work to create a supply chain master network that will optimally flow products and information to all seven of our banners requires that we shut down certain procurement systems Oct. 2, 2010. This outage will enable us to convert to a common system for managing POs for products purchased for any of our seven Delhaize America banners.

We have developed the following protocol to ensure timely delivery and receipt of your products at our distribution centers and to our stores. Please spread the word and pass this on to your carriers.

For purchase orders delivered the weeks of Sept. 26 and Oct. 3, we require the following:
  1. Purchase orders due on 10/2/10 or earlier must be delivered before 10/2/10.
  2. Purchase orders due on 10/3/10 or later must be delivered after 10/2/10, unless specifically requested by the Inventory Analyst responsible for ordering the product.
  3. Carrier Appointments - communication for vendors: All purchase orders - including loads being delivered with multiple purchase orders - must be appointed in the Red Prairie system for deliveries scheduled around these two weeks. Effective immediately, Purchase order placed in the new Delhaize Systems will only transmit a DATE DUE. PICK UP DATES for Customer Pick Ups or Backhauls will not be transmitted.

>>>NOTE: Non-compliance with the three steps above is subject to delivery refusals or significant delays for the carrier and DC operations. Delhaize America will not be responsible for any accessorial or detention charges incurred by not following the instructions above.



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Key Dates
Ongoing: All Purchase Orders being delivered the weeks of Sept. 26 and Oct. 3, 2010 must be appointed in the Red Prairie system to avoid refusal or significant delays.
Sept. 1: All Delhaize America warehouse vendors begin receiving purchase orders, sending invoices and participating in all Delhaize America CRP programs in one system using one set of data.
Sept. 15: Hannaford and Sweetbay vendors transition to the RSi data service for Delhaize America in place of Vendor Collaboration and Vendor Scorecard tools.
Oct. 2: Purchase orders due on 10/2/10 or earlier must be delivered before 10/2/10.
Oct. 3: Purchase orders due on 10/3/10 or later must be delivered after 10/2/10.