H-E-B, LP vendor compliance fees

24 published fees · grocery · newest source document 2026

Published non-compliance fees

Quoted from H-E-B, LP's own publicly posted vendor documents. Where a figure is not published, it says so rather than guessing.

ViolationPublished fee Effective / versionSource
Shipping outside H-E-B's consolidated China ports (Section 4 item 14)$1,0002025-10-01source
Item accuracy — wrong UPC, pack, pre-price, carton marking or factory information (Section 4 item 16)$1,0002025-10-01source
Late shipment of a PO (Section 4 item 7)$5002025-10-01source
Failure to meet FCL minimum cube and weight requirements (Section 4 item 10)$5002025-10-01source
Failure to use H-E-B's designated forwarder (Section 4 item 1)$2502025-10-01source
Documents not delivered to the forwarder within 3 days of sailing (Section 4 item 2)$2502025-10-01source
Commercial documents not compliant with H-E-B requirements (Section 4 item 3)$2502025-10-01source
No manifest in container tail, or no ASN or Packing List (Section 4 item 4)$2502025-10-01source
Missing booking window (Section 4 item 5)$2502025-10-01source
Failure to use OCM's online booking system (Section 4 item 6)$2502025-10-01source
Incorrect cube, weight or shipping port on the Sales Confirmation (Section 4 item 8)$2502025-10-01source
FCL Container Load Plan not emailed four weeks before ship date (Section 4 item 9)$2502025-10-01source
Over or short shipment against the PO (Section 4 item 11)$2502025-10-01source
Sales Confirmation Form not emailed within five days of the PO (Section 4 item 12)$2502025-10-01source
Storage or demurrage charges (Section 4 item 13)$2502025-10-01source
Vendor-requested PO changes after the PO is created (Section 4 item 15)$2502025-10-01source
Missing an item inspection date (Section 4 item 17)$2502025-10-01source
Failure to adhere to the SRA policy (Section 4 item 18)$2502025-10-01source
Vendor changes a shipment from CFS to FCL (Section 4 item 19)$2502025-10-01source
Failure to adhere to any requirement in the manual (Section 4 item 20)$2502025-10-01source
No new quote submitted when an item change is made (Section 4 item 21)$2502025-10-01source
PO changes not communicated on the PO Maintenance Tracking Spreadsheet (Section 4 item 22)$2502025-10-01source
Cargo not evenly distributed inside the container (Section 4 item 23)$2502025-10-01source
Returned Goods Center handling charge (Section 2.7(A))$0.35 per unit2025-10-01source
Factory-loaded container not secured with adequate packing material (Section 4 item 24)not published as a figure2025-10-01source
Pallet not an approved type or not four-way GMA Grade-Anot published as a figure2025-07-14source
Pallet not 48" x 40" (or an approved exception)not published as a figure2025-07-14source
Pallet exceeding the 2,500 lb weight capacitynot published as a figure2025-07-14source
Pallet exceeding the 96" delivery heightnot published as a figure2025-07-14source
Pallet not clean, dry or free of contaminantsnot published as a figure2025-07-14source
Pallet boards missing, broken or improperly securednot published as a figure2025-07-14source
Pallet blocks split, cracked or partially missingnot published as a figure2025-07-14source
Protruding nails on the palletnot published as a figure2025-07-14source
Cases crushed, bulging, banded or unsecurednot published as a figure2025-07-14source
Product overhang exceeding 60mmnot published as a figure2025-07-14source
Chimney stacking, glued layers or prohibited pallet coveringsnot published as a figure2025-07-14source
Stretch wrap not meeting the published specificationnot published as a figure2025-07-14source
Slip sheets not meeting the published specificationnot published as a figure2025-07-14source
Corner boards not constructed of cardboardnot published as a figure2025-07-14source
Case label barcode not GS1-128 or ITF-14not published as a figure2026-04-01source
Case label misplaced on the casenot published as a figure2026-04-01source
Case barcode below the 32mm minimum heightnot published as a figure2026-04-01source
Case barcode human-readable text below 3mmnot published as a figure2026-04-01source
FSMA lot number exceeding 20 charactersnot published as a figure2026-04-01source
Label data not matching the ASNnot published as a figure2026-04-01source
FSMA labels not on all visible sidesnot published as a figure2026-04-01source
Logistic unit without a GS1-128 SSCC pallet labelnot published as a figure2023-07-01source
SSCC barcode not meeting the published formatnot published as a figure2023-07-01source
SSCC reused within 12 monthsnot published as a figure2023-07-01source
Pallet label misplaced on the palletnot published as a figure2023-07-01source
Stacked pallets without independent SSCCsnot published as a figure2023-07-01source
Pallet label human-readable text below 7mmnot published as a figure2023-07-01source
Multi-item pallet not marked in Zone Enot published as a figure2023-07-01source
Real-time temperature monitor missing on a covered shipmentnot published as a figureno version or date stated in the documentsource
Temperature monitor not from an approved suppliernot published as a figureno version or date stated in the documentsource
Temperature monitor not serialised on the BOL or wrongly placednot published as a figureno version or date stated in the documentsource
Walmart, Target and Amazon publish nothing.

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