Schedule of Fees
This Schedule of Fees (“Schedule”) applies to all Purchase Orders issued by Roland Foods, LLC to its suppliers. Acceptance of the Purchase Order implies acceptance of this Schedule and Supplier hereby acknowledges that the Infractions listed below will incur the corresponding Action/Fee.
| CATEGORY | INFRACTION | ACTION/FEE |
Late Shipment | Merchandise shipped 2 or more weeks after Requested Ship To Date | 2-week grace period applied for shipments shipped within 2 weeks of Requested Ship To Date – Warning* issued before grace period lapses • 2 weeks late: 1.5% of P.O. value • Each week thereafter: 0.5% of P.O. value • Capped at 10 weeks, or 5.5% of P.O. value • Any P.O. that remains unshipped more than 10 weeks after the Requested Ship To Date will be considered undelivered and subject to penalties outlined in the Service Level Agreement |
Early Shipment | Merchandise shipped sooner than 2 weeks prior to Requested Ship To Date without Buyer’s written consent | • $500.00 per P.O. |
Logistics | Merchandise shipped in wrong configuration (e.g., palletization vs. floor loading) | •Initial Warning* • $250.00 per container thereafter |
| Logistics | Merchandise shipped with improper palletization (e.g., improper stacking or shrinking, falling/collapsing product) | • Initial warning* • $250.00 per container thereafter |
Labeling | Merchandise contains missing or inaccurate labeling (e.g., incorrect or missing P.O. number on either the unit packaging or the carton markings) without Buyer’s written consent | $1,000.00 for each offense, plus: • Supplier replaces incorrectly labeled Merchandise at Supplier’s expense; or • Supplier reimburses Buyer’s cost to re-label incorrectly labeled Merchandise |
*Warnings will be issued once, per Infraction, and per supplier, annually. Subsequent Infractions will be subject to assessed Fees.