ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- In a letter mailed to around 3,000 suppliers last month, Wegmans Food Markets here stipulated a series of deadlines it expects these companies to meet in order to engage in data synchronization with Wegmans.
tion subsidiary. After that, the chain wants suppliers to have their data loaded in the UCCnet Global Registry by March 31, 2004, and to begin synchronizing data with Wegmans by Jan. 1, 2005.
"Failure to comply with the above guidelines will significantly affect your business with Wegmans," the letter said.
Marianne Timmons, director of B2B for Wegmans, told SN this was the third letter sent to suppliers urging UCCnet compliance. The chain is synchronizing data with about 80 suppliers currently, she said.