UNFI · Remittance
How to read a UNFI remittance
A UNFI payment is your invoice minus a stack of deductions, shown as payments and adjustments. If you can't tell what each line is, you can't tell what's disputable.
Payments vs. adjustments
UNFI applies cash as payments and adjustments. Deductions show up against these with a code and amount, and each has a payment or adjustment number you'll use to find it in the Dispute Center. Promotional detail (MCB backup) is sent separately, on request.
Map each line to a deduction type
- Shortages / misshipments — units UNFI says it didn't receive.
- Unsaleables — damage, spoilage, Fair Share and swell allowances.
- MCBs & off-invoice — promotional discounts and trade programs.
- Pricing / cost discrepancies — a cost or deal mismatch.
- Freight & backhaul — allowances for UNFI-managed transport.
- New-item / slotting — per-SKU, per-DC launch fees.
Seeing a literal code you don't recognize — an (invoice#) string, MCB Free Fill, a weights-and-measures fine? Look it up in the UNFI deduction code library, which maps every code to whether it's disputable and how to file.
What to flag as you read
- Any line you can't tie to an approved deal, PO, or shipment.
- The same program or reference appearing twice.
- Shortages and pricing lines — the highest-recovery categories.
- Slotting fees billed for more DCs than you launched into.
Once each line has a type and status (valid / disputable / needs backup), you have a work queue to file against — request MCB backup by emailing [email protected] where needed.
Recover what's yours
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