We now have a complete picture of what to expect with TEFAP in January. Thirteen of the 14 Entitlement orders for the second half of the month are now confirmed and the last load was postponed until February because FNS needs more time to source the product. Here’s what we expect:

• 7 truckloads of TEFAP in the first half of January (3 of these truckloads are apples). This is all Bonus product that was confirmed before the shutdown began. FNS recently moved all of our Entitlement orders to the second half of January.

• 19 truckloads of TEFAP in the second half of January. Six truckloads are Bonus, and 13 are through Entitlement. 

We are relieved that a majority of our Entitlement order for January is now confirmed. The final orders for the State funding in response to the SNAP crisis are expected to be received in the first half of January, which will help food flow be a little more even.