Trading Partner: Performance Foodservice
Article Link: https://help.truecommerce.com/en/articles/17489249-trading-partner-onboarding-performance-foodservice
Performance Foodservice is one of the largest foodservice distributors in the United States, delivering food and related products to restaurants, healthcare facilities, hospitality venues, and other food service operators nationwide. When adding Performance Foodservice as a new Trading Partner within your Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) network, this guide outlines the key requirements, preliminary steps, compliance testing expectations, and commonly used transaction types needed to complete the implementation successfully.
Performance Foodservice uses a third-party testing service, SPS Commerce, to manage and conduct EDI compliance testing on their behalf. Completing this process is required before going live, and your Implementation Specialist will coordinate this effort with you.
EDI IDs
Performance Foodservice utilizes the following Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) IDs for identification purposes. These EDI IDs are made up of a Qualifier and an ID which will be sent within their Interchange Control Header, ISA segment, on your inbound transactions. This allows Transaction Manager to be able to identify the Sender and Receiver of any EDI transaction that is sent or received.
The table below lists the most common EDI IDs typically used by Performance Foodservice:
X12 Qualifier | EDI ID | Primary ID? |
ZZ | PERFFOODSERVICE | Yes |
ZZ | TST1PERFFOODSER | No |
Performance Foodservice will expect a specific EDI ID based on your business relationship with them. Selecting the wrong EDI ID will result in EDI Transactions not being sent or received.
You will need to work with Performance Foodservice to determine the proper EDI ID to use.
Preliminary Steps
Performance Foodservice uses a third-party company, SPS Commerce, to conduct compliance testing on their behalf. Be sure to engage with your SPS Commerce Account Representative to ensure your testing agreement has been signed, and you have access to the SPS Commerce Testing & Certification portal. The contact email is: [email protected].
Once access is confirmed and your testing agreement is signed, complete the following steps to begin the compliance testing process:
Login - to the online portal once access is granted
Navigate - to Testing & Certification
Select - Dashboard
Select - Performance Foodservice from the Active tab on the Dashboard to begin the testing process
Review - Acknowledge the EDI Specifications
Enter - Test setup details include:
Connection Method type - VAN
VAN Name - TrueCommerce
Enter - Test transaction details and test transaction item details
Portal Testing
Performance Foodservice requires you to complete compliance testing before Go-Live. Please refer to the Next Steps section below for detailed instructions and expectations. If you prefer, TrueCommerce can conduct and complete compliance testing on your behalf.
In that case, provide the following details:
URL for the SPS Commerce portal
Username for the SPS Commerce portal
Password for the SPS Commerce portal
Commonly Used Transactions
The table below lists the most commonly used EDI Transactions by Performance Foodservice.
EDI Transaction |
The EDI documents listed here are provided for reference only and may not be comprehensive. For the most up-to-date and complete list of required EDI documents, refer to the SPS Testing & Certification Portal.
Next Steps
Once the purchase of the Performance Foodservice plug-in is complete, your Implementation Specialist will reach out to schedule time to complete and/or coordinate a plan for compliance testing and/or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system integration testing.
Review all steps in the SPS Commerce Testing & Certification portal, as each step will require information to be entered before testing can proceed. If you need any assistance in completing Steps 2 and 3, you can work with your assigned Implementation Specialist. For further instructions, please refer to our useful guide.
Important Information
If you conduct business with Performance Foodservice and PFS North (also known as Reinhart Food Services), please note that a connection is needed for each division, and the specifications are slightly different between the two divisions.
Additional Resources
rev 10/09/26