Retailers
Retailer EDI requirements, summarised for suppliers
Each retailer publishes its own supplier manual, message guides and pallet standards. We keep the working summary here, and the template that enforces it inside FTP EDI.
Tesco
EDIFACT D96A orders, ASNs and invoices, with the ASN mandatory for every palletised load and EPOD replacing paper TRNs.
- Documents
- ORDERS · DESADV · INVOIC · RECADV
- Acknowledgement
- CONTRL within 4 hours of each DESADV and INVOIC
Sainsbury's
Tradacoms orders, delivery notes and invoices, with EDIFACT DESADV available for ASN-enabled depots.
- Documents
- ORDHDR · DELHDR · DESADV · INVHDR
- Acknowledgement
- No application acknowledgement on Tradacoms
Lidl GB
EDIFACT D96A with strict PO number patterns, best-before on every DESADV line and an approved pallet label specimen.
- Documents
- ORDERS · DESADV · INVOIC
- Acknowledgement
- CONTRL within 1 hour on inbound orders
Amazon UK
ANSI X12 4010: 850 orders, 855 acknowledgements, 856 ASNs and 810 invoices with 997 functional acknowledgements both ways.
- Documents
- 850 · 855 · 856 · 810 · 997
- Acknowledgement
- 997 within 1 hour on inbound
Boots
EDIFACT D96A orders, ASNs and invoices with GS1 logistic labels and a standard UK delivery note.
- Documents
- ORDERS · DESADV · INVOIC
- Acknowledgement
- CONTRL within 4 hours of DESADV and INVOIC
Morrisons
EDIFACT D96A orders, ASNs and invoices with GS1 pallet labels and per-depot pallet rules.
- Documents
- ORDERS · DESADV · INVOIC
- Acknowledgement
- CONTRL within 4 hours of DESADV and INVOIC
Don't see your retailer?
We add retailers on request as part of onboarding. Waitrose, Asda, Co-op, Ocado, Aldi, B&M, Holland & Barrett and the wholesalers are all in progress or live for existing customers.
Guides
Background reading
What is an ASN
Why every palletised delivery needs one and what goes in it.
GS1-128 pallet labels
SSCCs, application identifiers and where the label goes.
EDIFACT vs Tradacoms vs X12
Which retailers use which, and why it does not need to matter to you.
Going live with Tesco, Sainsbury's and Lidl
The onboarding sequence for the three most common first retailers.
Trading with one of these retailers?
Tell us which retailers and depots you supply. We'll confirm the template, the timeline and the price within one working day.
No software to install. Live in days. UK-based support.