UNFI Orders
Orders are placed by visiting http://www.unfi.com/. Your buying club coordinator will set up a web user account for you. Once your account is set up, you will receive an automatic email confirmation from UNFI with your username and password.
When logged in, your name, member ID and UNFI account name and number appear at the top of every screen.
Welcome!
Susie Jones, Member ID JONES1, SEMINOLE NATURAL FOODS # 77504
Managing Your Account Information
You are responsible for maintaining your basic information. To do so, click the My Account link (top right menu bar). You can also change your password here.
About Member Discounts and Fees
The following explains the discounts and fees columns online. However, this club does not apply fees or discounts. You pay catalog price for your items unless they are on the “Extra Specials” list, in which case you pay the special advertised price.
- Member Discount %: the percent volume discount you will receive on non-sale items that are subject to volume discount (0%).
- Member Fixed Fee: a fixed dollar amount that will be added to each invoice ($0.00).
- Member Percent Fee: a percent of your order total that will be added to your invoice as a fee (0%).
Placing Your Personal Order
| NOTE: A .PDF COPY OF THE UNITED MONTHLY SALES CATALOG CAN BE DOWNLOADED BY CLICKING THE “BUYING CLUB CATALOGS” LINK AFTER LOGGING IN. |
There are three different ways to place items on your order.
- view basket: displays products you’ve placed in your shopping cart, as well as your order total. You can also add items in this screen.
- quick entry: allows product numbers and quantities to be entered.
- product search or browse: allows you to search or browse the online catalog and view available product information before actually ordering the item.
Ordering With “View Basket”
“My Order” shows ALL your items, full and split cases.
“Splitting Cases” shows all the items that members of your buying club are splitting, so you can browse through and see if there is anything you want to order or suggest that the group split.
To order in View Basket:
- Choose a basket
- Enter item number in “Product Code” field
- If you want to split the item, click the “Split” box
- Enter how many of the items you want to order in the “Qty” field
- If you are willing to take more of that product to fill the case, enter how many more in the “More” field
- Click “Add Item” to add the product to your basket
To order a whole case of an item, enter 1 in the “Qty” field, not the individual item quantity. If you enter 12 for a case containing 12 items without checking the SPLIT box, you will receive 12 cases.
We are happy to split cases to allow members to purchase a greater variety of products without purchasing whole cases. Please do not sign up for items on split cases unless you are committed to buying the item(s). Removing your name from split cases is an inconvenience for the others who signed up to purchase the same item. People should be able to assume that once a case is closed, it will stay closed. If you need to reduce your order, feel free to reduce your minimum quantity, letting others know the items are available, but maintain your original order total as the maximum (i.e. If the original order requests 4 with a more quantity of 2, but you decide you only want 2, you can change it to reflect 2 with a more quantity of 4, where 2 is the minimum quantity (QTY) and 6 is the maximum (QTY + MORE)) in the event others do not want additional quantities. If you are not sure of your grocery budget, please wait to order until the end of the cycle.
Keep in mind that non-closed cases will not be ordered.
All orders are due by 12PM on Thursday the week before the order is scheduled for delivery.
| NOTE: You are not charged for out-of-stock items. However, if an item is short-shipped (not common) you will still be responsible for the cost up front, which will be reimbursed the next month (either by providing the product or issuing a refund). |
Ordering With “Quick Entries”
The “QUICK ENTRIES” link displays an order form. The form does not display descriptions or prices. Descriptions and prices will be displayed after you add the items to your basket. If after entering an item you are not happy with the price, click the X next to the item to delete it from your basket.
The Quick Entry Form is the easiest way to create your order using a pricelist or past invoice as a reference. The Quick Entry Form allows you to quickly add up to 120 products to your basket by entering an item number, quantity, ‘more’ and indicating split cases.
After you add the items on the form to your basket, you can review product descriptions and prices to be sure you have ordered the correct items.
| WARNING: You must be careful because the Quick Entries page “times out” after 15 minutes of inactivity. If the page times out you will lose what you have entered. We recommend “Adding to Basket” every 5 minutes to ensure your entries are not lost. |
Albert’s Organics Produce and Prepared Food Orders
Logging In
The website for ordering fresh produce, meat and prepared foods from Albert’s Organics is below:
Please contact the coordinator for your login and password information.
Placing your Order
Please read the Seminole Natural Foods news section each time you log in to check for updated information.
| IMPORTANT: A coordinator will notify members via email when it’s time to place your produce or meat order. |
Since this website is generic and not made specifically for us, we do not use all features. The only links you will need to use are the following:
- Split Sheet: Click to view the current product offering and enter your order.
- The ordering instructions are at the top of this page.
- You can find additional product information and instructions in the news section at the top of the HOME page.
- User Settings: After logging in, you can change your password and add additional information to your account.
| IMPORTANT: Produce pricing and availability varies greatly from day to day. Since products are highly perishable, they are sometimes out of stock with little or no notice. In addition, if the invoiced price varies significantly from the online price, you may see a slight increase on your final invoice, although this is rare. Products are often sourced from an alternate supplier (by Albert’s) when an ordered product is received damaged or not at all. |
The order does not need to be submitted. The coordinator will close cases and place the order manually.
