KeHE did not raise one rate. It published a consolidated KeHE Inbound Routing Guide & Product Handling Requirements, Version 16, July 1, 2026, which supersedes all previous routing guides and freight handling instructions it has issued.
Which KeHE deduction codes map to which charge?
Suppliers usually meet these charges as a code on a remittance rather than as a program name. Each row below names its source, because the charges come from KeHE's guide and the codes come from Revya's operators — the guide does not publish a code for any of them. None of the rates are public either: every fee section in the guide points at a separate Inbound Routing Guide Fee Schedule on the portal, and your own thresholds sit in your Supplier P&P Terms Form.
| Code | Charge | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| GTIN | Case Barcode Non-Compliance Fee, assessed against the non-compliant portion once your compliance rate falls below KeHE's published rate over a review period. Source for the charge: KeHE Inbound Routing Guide, page 7. Source for the code: Revya operator knowledge; the guide uses GTIN as the GS1 term, not as a deduction code. | Check your case labeling against the two-sides rule below. The fee rate and the compliance threshold are in the fee schedule on the portal, not the guide. |
| NEDI | Non-Compliant Invoice Billing. Charged on invoices not sent as an 810 invoice transaction through electronic data interchange. Source: Revya operator knowledge; this code does not appear in KeHE's guide. | Revya's operators put it at $150 per non-compliant invoice. Move the invoice onto electronic data interchange. |
| FSD | The fuel surcharge, on Collect / KeHE Pick Up freight only — free on board origin, not Supplier Delivered. Effective July 26, 2026, applying whenever the average United States diesel price is $3.899 or higher, per a published rate table and the weekly diesel average. Source for the charge: KeHE Inbound Routing Guide, page 12, which says "all F.O.B. purchase orders". Source for the Collect scope and for the code: Revya operator knowledge; neither is in the guide. | If you ship Collect, check this week's diesel average against $3.899. The rate table is not in the guide. |
What Are KeHE Fuel Surcharge Fees?
Effective July 26, 2026, KeHE charges a variable fuel surcharge whenever the average United States diesel price is $3.899 or higher, from a published rate table and the weekly diesel average. It applies to Collect freight — KeHE Pick Up, free on board origin — and not to Supplier Delivered purchase orders. On remittances it carries the code FSD. The freight side and the code both come from Revya's operators: the guide says only "all F.O.B. purchase orders," and defines both shipping methods in free-on-board terms.
Revya's operators see it billed by the mile: the rate table sets a per-mile rate that moves with the weekly diesel average, and the charge is that rate times the lane miles on the purchase order. Page 12 names a published rate table without saying what it is priced on. Revya's client data puts the margin impact at 1.3% to 3%.
The threshold is the part to check yourself. The last weekly national average below $3.899 was $3.897, the week of March 2, 2026. The next reading was $4.859, and every weekly average since has been above the trigger. As of the week ended September 28, 2026 the national average was $6.382 per gallon, per the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The surcharge has applied continuously since it took effect.
Our guide to KeHE fuel surcharge fees sets the two shipping methods side by side and covers how the rate table is applied.
What are barcode compliance fines?
A barcode compliance charge means a case reached a KeHE distribution center and the receiving system could not read it. KeHE's own name for it is the Case Barcode Non-Compliance Fee, assessed against the non-compliant portion once your compliance rate falls below KeHE's published rate over a review period.
What changed is enforcement. KeHE used to let small case barcode discrepancies pass, and that shift is what Revya's operators see across supplier accounts rather than anything KeHE published. The requirements themselves have been on the page all along.
The KeHE Inbound Routing Guide & Product Handling Requirements, Version 16, July 1, 2026 sets them out on pages 7 and 19 through 21, and ties them to pick accuracy and to the Food Traceability Final Rule under Section 204(d) of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. Every outer case holding multiple selling units needs a scannable ITF-14 case Global Trade Item Number, or a GS1-128 barcode carrying that 14-digit number. The specifics that decide whether a case actually scans:
- On a minimum of two sides of the case, one of them the longest side.
- At least 3 inches long by three quarters of an inch high.
- At least three quarters of an inch from the edge of the case wall, and an inch and a quarter from the bottom.
- A quiet zone of white space, a quarter inch minimum, to the left and right of the printed barcode.
- Not red, blue, brown or shades of purple. KeHE states its scanning devices are blind to those and recommends black ink.
Our guide to barcode compliance fines carries KeHE's full specification table, including which barcode each unit type needs, and what to document on a dispute.
What are non-compliant invoice charges?
NEDI, also called Non-Compliant Invoice Billing, is KeHE's charge for invoices not sent as an 810 invoice transaction through electronic data interchange. Revya's operators put it at $150 per non-compliant invoice. The same program applies a 2% compliance fee to noncompliant purchase orders, tied to the electronic advance shipping notice. KeHE announced the program on the supplier portal in April 2026, effective July 1, 2026. Neither figure appears in the routing guide.
Our guide to NEDI deductions covers the arithmetic at volume, the one version of this charge worth disputing, and how to stop it recurring.
How Revya handles this
Revya validates KeHE deductions against your purchase order, shipment, and remittance data, then flags the disputable ones before the 180-day window closes.
See how Revya recovers KeHE deductions
Frequently asked questions
Why are KeHE's fines going up?
KeHE published a consolidated Inbound Routing Guide, Version 16, effective July 1, 2026, and added a variable fuel surcharge effective July 26, 2026. Its fee schedule is enforced through purchase order terms that can change on thirty days' portal notice.
What is KeHE's fuel surcharge threshold?
$3.899 per gallon. KeHE applies the surcharge whenever the average United States diesel price is at or above that figure.
What is a NEDI charge from KeHE?
A charge on invoices not sent as an 810 invoice transaction through electronic data interchange, also called Non-Compliant Invoice Billing. Revya's operators put it at $150 per invoice, effective July 1, 2026.
How long do I have to dispute a KeHE deduction?
180 days from the deduction, filed through KSolve on the supplier portal, or the objection is waived. Shortages flagged on an Unloading Discrepancy Report require a written response within 48 hours.
Why don't published KeHE fee amounts match my invoice?
The amounts sit in the Inbound Routing Guide Fee Schedule on the supplier portal, and your own thresholds and fees are set in your Supplier P&P Terms Form.