1. Click the "Broker's Only" tab in the top navigation bar, vendors can submit products by clicking on: “New Product Submission”
Criteria for submissions are:
Member(s) expressed interest to vendor
Product meets USDA meal patterns or Smart Snack Guidance with consideration for current dietary standards.
This includes lower calories, saturated fat, added sugars, and sodium content
2. A complete submission includes:
Vendor contact information
Category/keyword information
Manufacturer/product ID number information
Estimated commercial and/or commodity processed pricing
USDA commodity processing information (if applicable)
Servings size necessary to meet meal pattern crediting and portions per case
Meal pattern crediting
Nutrition label data
Allergen information
Other product information as requested
3. Required uploads –with the product ID# in the file name include (combine all this information into one larger file) :
Complete product specification including:
Product name and description
Manufacturer information & Product ID#
Serving size, number of servings and case pack
Complete ingredient listing
Nutrition label for correct portion size to meet meal pattern crediting
Product preparation Instructions
Allergen information
CN Label or PFS for meal pattern crediting (included in the one larger file)
Buy American information on where manufactured and in if the USA, if > 51% is USDA domestic ingredients
4. Useful pricing information: Members prefer to consider products at the following price points:
Breakfast main dish: < $0.40
Lunch/supper entrees: < $0.60
After school snacks: < $0.35
Beverages: < $0.85
5. “Next steps” are:
Periodically individual districts reviews complete submissions and selects products for student testing.
Three districts are needed to test, and will be listed in the second column.
A date will appear in the 'Review' once chosen for further testing & review.
Samples should only be sent by district request.
To track items chosen for evaluation, see the NPD Testing Scores page: http://bit.ly/NFBGnpdfullview
Student testing results are uploaded by the 3+ districts
Student averaged acceptable rating is usually considered >3.75
An item may be fast-tracked directly to NIR if it meets >= 3.75 after only two districts test. This allows faster on-boarding for a product of extraordinary acceptability.
6. After student testing is completed and uploaded information reviewed:
Members’ product forecasting is collected for the next contract period.
The contracted distributor (GFS) conducts selected product price solicitations
A minimum of 80 cases/month is required for products (exceptions are seasonal and low usage items, i.e., spices)
The NFBG Executive Committee reviews the price solicitations and decides which products are added to the Market Basket
GFS informs members when products are available to order
Please note: Items can be resubmitted for changes in nutrition, pack size, branding, added sugars, Buy American information. Any resubmitted items will lose all previous testing data and be considered only on the merits of the most recent NPD number assigned.