Fair-Share Allocations

Your state agency uses fair-share allocations to assign Food Distribution Program products at a warehouse to the sponsors serviced by the warehouse.

A fair-share allocation uses the fair-share basis number of each participating sponsor. It distributes product quantities in proportion to the sponsor's program participation. Sponsors with larger fair-share basis numbers receive larger quantities of a product than sponsors with smaller fair-share basis numbers

Generally, your organization can refuse all or part of a product quantity on a fair-share allocation. The allocation performs these functions:

Identifies the product quantities allocated to your organization.
Charges your organization for the entitlement (product cost) of the product quantities.
Invoices your organization for the related service fees (as appropriate).
Places the product quantities in inventory for your organization at your servicing warehouse.

Notes:

Your state agency uses fair-share allocations to distribute most of the product it receives from the USDA.
Fair-share allocations use the "Alloc" allocation code and appear on the Sponsor Summary - Allocation tab.
You review your allocated product inventory on the Sponsor Summary - Inventory tab.