K-12 School Program

Red Gold Takes Care of the Rest!

We can eliminate many of the traditional Fee for Service commodity program headaches for you. When  you choose the new Net Off Invoice option, there are many benefits:  

• Menu consistency - same great products every time, all school year long.
• No storage or delivery fees.
• Commercial distribution - products available when you need them.
• Online commodity entitlement data tracking - easy to track your usage and balances at www.k12foodservice.com.

It's Easy to Choose and Participate!

STEP 1: Simply identify your annual tomato product menu requirements from the list of available Red Gold items.  Click here for a list of available products.

STEP 2: Commit to the necessary amount of tomato paste (Commodity Code A245) prior to the USDA and your state's deadline. Contact your state office for the most reliable and up-to-date deadline information. 

We offer a handy Red Gold Commodity Calculator Tool to help you in determining your tomato paste diversion requirements.

To use this simple tool, you need to have your annual estimated product usage data available by either total cases or by total annual servings. Before adding any initial values to the tool, review the entire list of available products.  You have the option of calculating your needs by either Red Gold brands and/or by private label/distributor brands.

You have the choice of two calculation methods. Method 1 utilizes your estimated annual cases and Method 2 utilizes your estimated annual servings.

• Method 1: For each product, type in your Estimated Annual Cases Needed in Column C. The tool will automatically calculate the amount of paste required in Column D, Estimated Total Paste Pounds Needed .
• Method 2: Type in your Estimated Annual Servings Needed in Column E and the corresponding Estimated Total Pounds of Paste Needed will be automatically calculated in Column F.
• Complete this excercise for ALL your ketchup and tomato product needs. The Calculator Tool will automatically calculate a correct "Sub" Total amount of tomato paste below the branded section and a second "Sub" Total below the private label/distributor brands section.
• Total number(s) representing the amount of pounds of paste you need annually must be submitted to your respective state and/or cooperative agency for placing your Commodity Diversion requests and orders.

SPECIAL NOTE: some states and/or cooperatives (i.e. California and Arizona) may choose to obtain your A245 purchase commitment using their own alternate unit quanity for paste (i.e. 40 lbs., 400 lbs. etc.) Always confirm the actual quantity amount being requested by your respective agency and order accordingly.

Click here to use the online Red Gold Commodity Calculator Tool.

Handy Facts to Remember

STEP 3: Red Gold and your participating distributor will establish a "Tomato Bank Account" equivalent to the amount of paste you choose to divert. These dollars will be used to provide you commodity discounts based on the current SEPDS values.

STEP 4: Purchase Red Gold restaurant quality tomato and ketchup products from your participating local "certified" distributor from Day 1 of the school year. By choosing the "Net Off Invoice" Option, immediately receive the commodity discount directly off your distributor invoice, as long as dollars remain in your "Tomato Bank Account".

Click here to log in and visit www.k12foodservice.com/Public_Distributor.lasso for up-to-date list of “certified” distributors by participating states.

NOTE: Red Gold's commodity processing program is currently offered via various Value Pass Through methods, depending on your state:

Click here if you have immediate questions or would like our School Commodity Specialist to contact you directly.