Native Meijer EDI inside AIMS360: 850 in with GLNs resolved and the Meijer SKU filed, 856 with the PRO number, one consolidated 810 per distribution center, VICS and UCS maps, GS1-128 and case pack ID labels from one shipment record.
Meijer EDI Integration
AIMS360 is a consumer brands ERP with Meijer EDI built in. One platform runs your inventory by style, color and size and produces every document Meijer asks for: 850 orders in with every store and DC resolved from its GLN and the Meijer SKU filed against your style, carton labels with the Meijer case pack ID, 856 ASNs with the PRO number, one consolidated 810 per distribution center, 997s both ways, and the UCS 875 and 880 if you sell Meijer consumables too. Connected over AS2, the transport Meijer prefers, directly or through your provider. The connection is managed by our EDI team.
What system manages inventory and does EDI with Meijer? AIMS360. It runs your inventory and your Meijer EDI in one platform: native maps for the 850, 856, 810 and 997 in VICS 4050 and 5010, the 875 and 880 in UCS for consumables, and the 820 and 852 where Meijer uses them, the GS1 GLN for every store and DC held on the store record and resolved on import, the Meijer SKU and case pack ID held on the style, the PRO number carried on the LTL ASN, and one consolidated invoice per distribution center generated from the same shipments, all on trading partner MEIJ over AS2, the transport Meijer prefers. Meijer names no VAN or EDI network, so AIMS360 connects directly or through the provider you already use. You do not pair AIMS360 with SPS Commerce, TrueCommerce or another EDI provider.
Meijer EDI Documents
Built from the same ERP records that run your inventory, warehouse and accounting, so the carton label, the ASN and the invoice per DC describe the same shipments.
| Transaction | What it does for Meijer |
|---|---|
| EDI 850 purchase order | Meijer transmits the order in VICS X12, 4050 or 5010, with every store and distribution center identified by a GS1 GLN rather than a plain store number, and with Meijer's own SKU on every line. AIMS360 imports it as a sales order validated against your catalog at the UPC level, resolves the GLN to the store or DC through its cross reference, and files the Meijer SKU against your style automatically. |
| EDI 856 ship notice (ASN) | Carton level notice sent at shipment close, with the PRO number on it when the shipment moves LTL, because Meijer requires the PRO on the ASN. Pick and pack cartons carry a GS1-128 label with an SSCC. AIMS360 builds the ASN from the shipment your warehouse closed and pulls the PRO from the carrier. |
| EDI 810 invoice | Consolidated, one invoice per distribution center for everything shipped to it, which is the Meijer rule rather than one per PO. Invoices are EDI or web form only, never paper, and anything not invoiced within 180 days of receipt is not paid. AIMS360 runs the bulk invoice and generates one 810 per DC. |
| EDI 820 remittance | Listed by Meijer EDI providers. Where Meijer sends it, AIMS360 posts the remittance and any deduction against the DC invoice. |
| EDI 852 product activity | Listed by providers for Meijer. Where your buyer shares it, AIMS360 stores movement against the style so the replenishment conversation starts with the same numbers. |
| EDI 997 acknowledgment | Both directions on every document. AIMS360 generates the outbound 997 on receipt. |
| Grocery documents, 875 and 880 | Meijer also publishes UCS 875 grocery purchase orders and 880 grocery invoices for food and consumables. A brand selling both apparel and pet food or supplements to Meijer may need both the VICS maps and the UCS maps, and AIMS360 holds both on the same trading partner. |
| GS1-128 carton label | Required on pick and pack cartons that hold more than one UPC or are packed for a specific store: ship from, ship to, PO number, destination and an SSCC. Single UPC cartons carry a standard label with the Meijer case pack ID, which Meijer marks as mandatory, and the 12 digit UPC or 14 digit case GTIN. AIMS360 prints both from the same shipment record as the ASN. |
Vendor Requirements
Meijer publishes its Supplier Guide, its master terms and its pallet, packaging and store ready display specification on the open web, and keeps its EDI implementation guides, its routing guide and its debit schedule behind the Meijer VendorNet login. The rules below say which is which. The packaging figures are from the April 2022 specification; a December 2025 revision exists behind the portal. Confirm every number in VendorNet before you plan a shipment around it.
| Requirement | What Meijer expects |
|---|---|
| EDI mandate | From the December 2024 Supplier Guide: all suppliers are required to exchange business documents using either EDI or web forms. Meijer's preferred transport is AS2, run in house or through a provider, and suppliers not on AS2 use the VendorNet web form tool. No VAN or EDI network is named or mandated. |
| X12 versions | VICS 4050 and 5010 for the 850, 856 and 810 used by general merchandise and apparel, and UCS 4050 and 5010 for the 875 and 880 used by grocery. The implementation guides are in VendorNet. |
| Store identification | Every store and DC arrives on the 850 as a GS1 GLN. Meijer supplies the store and DC list in a spreadsheet on VendorNet, and the GLN sits in the vendor guide where a DUNS number would. AIMS360 stores the GLN on each store record and resolves it on import. |
| Meijer SKU and case pack ID | The 850 carries Meijer's internal SKU on every line, and the carton label carries the Meijer case pack ID, which the packaging spec marks mandatory, alongside the UPC. Both are cross referenced to your style, color and size in AIMS360 rather than retyped. |
| Invoices | EDI or VendorNet web invoice only. One consolidated invoice per distribution center. Goods not invoiced within 180 days of receipt are not paid. Meijer may debit an administrative fee for a paper invoice. |
| Payment terms | From the Supplier Guide: 2 percent 30, net 90 for domestic vendors, net 90 for import vendors, with category exceptions negotiated with the buyer. Longer than most department stores, and worth modeling before the first PO. |
| Routing | For collect, prepaid and expense LTL orders, the shipper contacts a Meijer preferred carrier from the list in the Vendor Requirements and Reference Guide and schedules the pickup. Every PO shipping the same day from one origin to one Meijer destination goes on one master bill of lading listing each PO. The PRO number goes on the ASN. Appointments run through VendorNet. |
| Cartons | General merchandise from 9 by 6 by 6 inches and 5 pounds to 26 by 20 by 28 inches and 70 pounds, taped or glued top and bottom, with weight, length and height printed on the side. Labels on the top, front or side, never the bottom, an inch from corners and seams, barcodes uncreased and readable at grade B or better. |
| Pallets | Grade A four way GMA, CHEP or PECO block pallets, iGPS plastic except in freezer buildings, no white wood block pallets. Full pallets 45 to 48 by 40 inches, wrapped to the top board with no overhang. In the automated Witron buildings, no taller than 68 inches above the pallet, no heavier than 2,755 pounds including the pallet, no mixed purchase orders, no columnar stacking and a 2 inch setback from the edge. Elsewhere a mixed pallet is allowed if marked and the PO numbers are visible. Display pallets no taller than 60 inches. |
| Distribution centers | Six in the December 2024 Supplier Guide: Lansing, Michigan; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Tipp City, Ohio; Newport, Michigan; Middlebury, Indiana; and Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. Apparel and general merchandise route to Lansing, Grand Rapids, Tipp City and Pleasant Prairie; Newport and Middlebury are refrigerated and freezer buildings. |
| Insurance | From the master terms: commercial general liability of at least $3 million per occurrence, $5 million for own brand and manufactured goods, $1 million auto, statutory workers compensation, $3 million cyber where you handle Meijer data, with the certificate filed through Meijer's tracker within ten days of signing and every year after. |
| Product data | GDSN is Meijer's preferred method for item setup, through the 1WorldSync data pool now part of Syndigo, publishing to Meijer GLN 0041250000013, followed by Meijer specific attributes completed in the VendorNet product entry form. Every item needs a 12 digit UPC or a 14 digit case GTIN. |
| Chargebacks | Meijer runs a Load Efficiency Debit program and a restack program, and refers vendors to the Vendor Requirements and Reference Guide in VendorNet for the amounts. Nothing is public. Third parties report a 90 day window to dispute a deduction through the VendorNet accounts payable query application. |
Sources: the Meijer Supplier Guide dated December 2024 and the Meijer Master Terms and Conditions revised July 2023, both published on meijer.com; the Meijer Pallet, Packaging and Store Ready Display Specification updated April 22, 2022; the Meijer Carrier Handbook of December 2012; the 1WorldSync and Syndigo Meijer GDSN implementation guides of 2020 to 2022; Meijer newsroom pages read September 2026; the AIMS360 Meijer customer setup and GLN store setup documentation, edited 2022 and 2023; and EDI provider trading partner pages for Meijer from Stedi, TrueCommerce and Cleo. The routing guide, the EDI implementation guides and the debit schedule are behind the VendorNet login.
Meijer EDI Workflow
One loop, one system, and an invoice that covers a distribution center rather than a PO.
| Step | What happens |
|---|---|
| 1. Order arrives | The 850 lands in VICS 4050 or 5010 over AS2 and becomes a sales order validated at the UPC level, with every GLN resolved to a store or DC through the cross reference and the Meijer SKU filed against your style. |
| 2. Acknowledge | The 997 goes back on receipt. If your buyer uses the 855, it goes back from the order record. |
| 3. Item setup, if new | New items are published through GDSN to Meijer's GLN and topped off in the VendorNet product entry form before the first PO, because an item Meijer has not set up is an order that does not process. |
| 4. Routing | You contact a Meijer preferred carrier and schedule the pickup, every PO for that day and destination goes on one master BOL, and the appointment is booked through VendorNet. |
| 5. Pick, pack, ship | The built-in warehouse module packs to the case pack within the Meijer carton limits, prints the standard carton label with the Meijer case pack ID and UPC, or the GS1-128 label with an SSCC on pick and pack cartons, and builds the pallet to the Witron limits where the DC is automated. |
| 6. ASN | The 856 transmits at shipment close, carton by carton, with the PRO number on it for LTL. |
| 7. Invoice | The bulk invoice runs per distribution center and one 810 goes out per DC, by EDI, inside the 180 day window. |
| 8. Remittance | The 820, where Meijer sends it, and any Load Efficiency or restack debit are posted against the DC invoice so the dispute in VendorNet starts from the same record. |
Native vs Bolted On
Short answer, no. Meijer names no network, prefers AS2, and the identifiers it uses have to live in your ERP anyway.
The GLN lives on the store record, the Meijer SKU and case pack ID live on the style, the carton label and the ASN come off one shipment, and the consolidated invoice per DC comes off the same shipments. Meijer prefers AS2, and AIMS360 connects over AS2 directly or through the provider you already use.
Our EDI team runs the connection, the testing and the maps, including the UCS grocery maps if you sell consumables to Meijer too.
Put an EDI network in front of an ERP with no native EDI and the GLN has to be translated somewhere, the Meijer SKU has to be typed somewhere, and the invoice per DC has to be assembled by hand from orders that live in another system.
And on net 90 terms, an invoice rejected for a missing case pack ID is another quarter of waiting.
Meijer Programs
Four ways a Meijer purchase order can move, and the company behind them.
The main business. Purchase orders into Lansing, Grand Rapids, Tipp City or Pleasant Prairie for apparel and general merchandise, routed on a Meijer preferred carrier under one master BOL, one consolidated invoice per DC. Where the DC is a Witron automated building, the pallet rules tighten and mixed POs are out.
Meijer identifies stores as well as distribution centers by GLN on the 850, and its packaging specification covers pick and pack cartons packed for a designated store with a GS1-128 label and an SSCC. Same documents, a store level ship to resolved from the GLN, and a carton label that names the store.
Meijer's Supplier Guide defines a direct to customer PO type used when product ships to the consumer, and Meijer put its supplier direct program on CommerceHub, now Rithum, in 2008. Whether your category runs vendor drop ship today, and on what platform, comes from your buyer, and our EDI team confirms the scope before you commit to dates.
Meijer is a supercenter, so a beauty, supplement or pet brand may sell it both apparel and consumables. Consumables run on the UCS 875 and 880 rather than the VICS 850 and 810, and food, beauty and chemical items carry their own registration steps. AIMS360 holds both document sets on the one Meijer trading partner.
One thing to keep straight: Meijer, Inc. is private and family owned, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, run by president and CEO Rick Keyes, with more than 500 supercenters, grocery stores, neighborhood markets and express locations across Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin, more than 70,000 team members, and a first Pennsylvania supercenter in planning. Its revenue is not published; Forbes estimates about $22 billion.
One Stock Record
Meijer orders into four apparel DCs and hundreds of stores by GLN, pays on one invoice per DC and runs on net 90 terms, so the useful number is not what you have in total, it is what you can ship complete into each DC on one master BOL and get invoiced inside the window.
| Situation | What AIMS360 does |
|---|---|
| Hundreds of GLNs, four DCs | The GLN cross reference lives once in AIMS360, imported from Meijer's spreadsheet, so the carton label, the ASN and the invoice all carry the right store or DC without anyone translating a GLN by hand. |
| One invoice per DC | Shipments to a DC roll into one bulk invoice and one 810, so a week of POs into Tipp City becomes one invoice Meijer can match, inside the 180 day window. |
| Witron buildings | Packing and pallet rules hold the 68 inch, 2,755 pound, no mixed PO limits for the automated DCs, so a pallet built for Lansing is a pallet Lansing accepts without a restack debit. |
| Apparel and consumables on one pool | VICS and UCS documents run on the same trading partner and the same stock record, so a brand selling Meijer both does not keep two inventory files. |
| A 3PL holding stock | Integrated 3PL locations feed the same record, so the carton count on the master BOL is real and the PRO on the ASN is the carrier's. |
| Selling the other mass and grocery chains | The same pool feeds Meijer, Walmart, Target, Kroger and Fred Meyer and Tractor Supply without a separate inventory file per retailer. Each is its own trading partner with its own rules. |
Managed Onboarding
Our EDI team builds the connection and tests it with Meijer. You supply the vendor number from Meijer, the VendorNet login for the implementation guides, the routing guide and the store list, the GDSN publishing GLN, and the buyer's PO instructions.
| Stage | What we do |
|---|---|
| Before kickoff | Pull the current Vendor Requirements and Reference Guide, the EDI implementation guides and the store and DC spreadsheet from VendorNet, confirm collect or prepaid, and confirm whether you are on VICS, UCS or both. |
| Setup | Build the customer account on trading partner MEIJ with the vendor number, the GLN cross reference loaded from Meijer's spreadsheet, the Meijer SKU and case pack ID on each style, inner pack counts for prepacks, packing rules to the Meijer carton and Witron pallet limits, FOB, carrier SCACs with transport codes, and the AS2 connection direct or through your provider. |
| Item setup | Publish new items through GDSN to Meijer's GLN and complete the VendorNet product entry form, so the item exists before the first 850. |
| Label proof | Get the standard carton label with the case pack ID and the GS1-128 pick and pack label approved against the packaging specification before the first shipment. |
| Testing | Test the 850, 856, 810 and 997 end to end with Meijer in the VICS version the guide specifies, including a consolidated invoice per DC and an LTL ASN with the PRO number, and the 875 and 880 if consumables are in scope. |
| Go live | Watch the first PO from the carrier booking and master BOL to the appointment, the ASN and the DC invoice, then read the first remittance with you for Load Efficiency or restack debits. |
| After | Track revisions in VendorNet. Meijer updated its packaging specification in December 2025 and its carrier handbook in September 2025, and publishes no changelog. |
We keep emergency EDI support running around the clock, because a VendorNet appointment at Tipp City does not move because your ASN did not go.
Meijer EDI FAQ
GLNs, the invoice per DC, AS2, the six DCs, the pallet rules, GDSN item setup, and what Meijer keeps behind VendorNet.
AIMS360. It is a consumer brands ERP with Meijer EDI built in: the 850 in with every store and DC resolved by GLN and the Meijer SKU filed automatically, the 856 out with the PRO number for LTL, one consolidated 810 per distribution center, 997s both directions, and the 820 and 852 where Meijer uses them, on trading partner MEIJ over AS2 or through your provider. Inventory, warehouse and EDI are one system. Our own EDI team runs the connection.
Yes. Meijer's Supplier Guide says all suppliers are required to exchange business documents using either EDI or web forms, with AS2 as the preferred transport and the VendorNet web form tool for suppliers not on AS2. Invoices are accepted by EDI or web invoice only, and a paper invoice can draw an administrative fee.
No. Meijer names no VAN or EDI network in its Supplier Guide. It prefers AS2, run in house or through a provider of your choosing. AIMS360 connects to Meijer over AS2 directly or through the provider you already use, and our EDI team runs the maps.
The 850 purchase order, 856 ship notice and 810 invoice in VICS X12 4050 or 5010 for general merchandise and apparel, the 875 grocery purchase order and 880 grocery invoice in UCS for consumables, and 997 acknowledgments both ways. EDI providers also list the 820 remittance and 852 product activity. The implementation guides are behind the VendorNet login.
A GS1 Global Location Number. Meijer identifies every store and distribution center on the 850 by GLN rather than a plain store number, and supplies the store and DC list as a spreadsheet on VendorNet. AIMS360 stores the GLN on each store record and resolves it on import, so the carton label, the ASN and the invoice carry the right destination.
One consolidated invoice per distribution center for everything shipped to it, by EDI 810 or VendorNet web invoice, within 180 days of receipt. Meijer's standard terms are 2 percent 30, net 90 for domestic vendors and net 90 for import vendors, with category exceptions set by the buyer.
Six in the December 2024 Supplier Guide: Lansing, Michigan; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Tipp City, Ohio; Newport, Michigan; Middlebury, Indiana; and Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. Apparel and general merchandise route to Lansing, Grand Rapids, Tipp City and Pleasant Prairie. Newport and Middlebury handle refrigerated and frozen product.
Grade A four way GMA, CHEP or PECO pallets, 45 to 48 by 40 inches, wrapped to the top board with no overhang, no white wood block pallets. In the automated Witron buildings, no taller than 68 inches above the pallet, no heavier than 2,755 pounds including the pallet, no mixed purchase orders, no columnar stacking and a 2 inch setback. Elsewhere a mixed pallet is allowed if marked with every PO number visible. A non compliant pallet is restacked and debited.
For a single UPC carton, ship from, ship to with the store number, PO number, units per carton, the Meijer case pack ID, which is mandatory, and the 12 digit UPC or 14 digit case GTIN, with size range and color for garments. For a pick and pack carton with more than one UPC, a GS1-128 label with an SSCC. Labels go on the top, front or side, never the bottom, an inch from any edge, readable at grade B or better.
Meijer's Supplier Guide defines a direct to customer purchase order type for product shipping to the consumer, and Meijer put its supplier direct program on CommerceHub, now Rithum, in 2008. Whether your category runs vendor drop ship today, on what platform and with what documents comes from your buyer, and our EDI team confirms the scope before you commit.
Through GDSN. Meijer's preferred method is publishing item data through the 1WorldSync data pool, now part of Syndigo, to Meijer GLN 0041250000013, then completing Meijer specific attributes in the VendorNet product entry form. AIMS360 holds the style, color, size, UPC and case pack data that feeds the publication.
Meijer does not publish its vendor debit schedule. Its packaging specification refers to a Load Efficiency Debit program and a restack fee, with the amounts in the Vendor Requirements and Reference Guide behind VendorNet. Third parties report a 90 day window to dispute a deduction through the VendorNet accounts payable query application. AIMS360 keeps the ASN, the label data, the master BOL and the DC invoice on one record, which is what a dispute needs.
Meijer says more than 500 supercenters, grocery stores, neighborhood markets and express locations across Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin, with more than 70,000 team members and a first Pennsylvania supercenter in planning. Third party counts put the supercenter and grocery store total in the high 200s. Meijer is private and family owned, run by Rick Keyes as president and CEO.
We do. The maps belong to us, so a revision is our work rather than a project for your team. Meijer updated its packaging specification in December 2025, its carrier handbook in September 2025 and its Supplier Guide in December 2024, all in VendorNet, so we check them with you before every season.
See AIMS360 resolve a Meijer 850 by GLN, print the case pack ID label, send the ASN with the PRO and invoice one DC at a time from one record.
