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Resources & Tools > Buying Club Resources >
Reading the Delivery Calendar
(Chesterfield & New Oxford Customers Only)
 

The delivery calendar is printed in the back of The Buying Club News (monthly pricelist for buying clubs served from the Chesterfield and New Oxford warehouses).  The calendar tells you

  • when your group's order is due
  • what month's pricing will apply to your delivery

The calendar may look confusing because of all the numbers, but it's not hard to use. Here are the steps:

1. Get the info you need to use the calendar; you only need to do this once!

2. Understand how the calendar works; you only need to do this once!

3. Find your order deadline, truck depart date and pricing; do this for every order

 
1. Get the info you need

To read the calendar you need to know 3 things:

  • your truck number
  • your delivery 'week'  -- 1, 2, 3, or 4
  • which warehouse your order comes from, Chesterfield (CHE) or New Oxford (NOX)
To find your truck number, look at any recent warehouse pick label

To find your delivery week: buying club members should ask their coordinator.  Coordinators can contact bcservices@unfi.com if they do not know their order week.  Your order week is assigned by the transportation department and is the same from month to month. 
To find your warehouse: ask your coordinator.  Your group will always order from the same warehouse.
2. See how the calendar works
Now, look at the calendar.  Notice that each DAY has 2 sections, a white section on top and a colored section (here it's yellow) below.  Orders are due for trucks listed in the white section, and trucks departing on that day are listed in the yellow section.
WEEK   Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat

2

Orders
Due

26

27

28

29

30

 

31

 

11/1

Trucks Departing on or after
Nov 1 have Nov.  pricing

Trucks Depart      

 

 

 

   
2. Find your order deadline, truck depart date and pricing
OK!  Now that you have your truck number, warehouse and delivery week, look a little more closely.  Let's pretend that you are a Week 3 customer, on truck 443 out of the Chesterfield warehouse. 
  • Look for week 3
  • Look in the Trucks Depart (yellow) row of week 3 for truck #443
WEEK   Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat

2

Orders
Due

10/26

27

CHE:
437, , 485, 497

NOX:
795 Outerbanks

28

CHE:
597

NOX:
797 Virginia

29

CHE:
735, 745, 761, 797, 121, 167, 173, 183,

NOX:
297 Tri State

30

NOX:
395 Piedmont

31

CHE:
377, 399

NOX:
497 Kentucky

11/1

Trucks Departing on or after
Nov 1 have Nov.  pricing

Trucks Depart CHE:
733, 741, 755,

NOX:
152, 795 Magnolia          797 Smoky      

CHE:
133, 169, 185, 191
NOX:
297 Lake Erie
CHE:
323, 375

NOX:
395 Tennessee

 

CHE:
437, 485, 497

NOX:
497 Ohio

 

CHE:
597
 
                 

3

Orders
Due

2

3

CHE: 425, 427, 443, 483, 488, 491

NOX:
795 Nashville

 

4

CHE:
527

NOX:
797 Blue Ridge

5

CHE: 723, 731, 747, 749, 757,
135, 141, 187, 193

NOX:
297 Pioneer

6

NOX:
395 Georgia

7

CHE: 397

NOX:
497 Mohican

 
Trucks Depart
CHE:
735, 745, 761, 797    

NOX:
797 Virginia            795 Outerbanks    

CHE:
121, 167, 173, 183,
NOX:
297 Tri State
CHE:
377, 399

NOX:
395 Piedmont

CHE:
425, 427,
443,  

NOX:
497 Kentucky

CHE:
527
 
See it?  This is the day your truck leaves the warehouse, which determines the pricing.  Note the DATE in the white section of this day of the calendar.