Perishable prepared food manufacturing (NAICS 311991) contract obligations

913,907 awards, modest dollars per action

Dividing $2,356,801,189.21 by 913,907 produces about $2,579 per award. That low average plus an extremely high count matches frequent delivery orders against subsistence or similar food vehicles. The packet does not itemize menus. It shows that 913,907 contract records carry 311991.

Census perishable prepared food manufacturing covers salads, fresh pasta, peeled vegetables, and similar perishable prepared items, not canned shelf-stable lines (those have other codes). On a federal award the six digits are whatever the contracting office reported.

Why the award count dwarfs many manufacturing codes

USAspending.gov stores many delivery orders as separate award rows. A perishable-food schedule can generate daily or weekly calls that each increment the 913,907. The $2.36 billion obligation stock is still the committed sum of those actions, including modifications that keep the code.

Assistance for feeding programs often lacks NAICS. Mixing child-nutrition grants with $2,356,801,189.21 would blend instruments. Keep this page on the contract slice tagged 311991.

Obligations are not meals served

An obligation is a legal commitment on the award action. It is not a tray-count and not an invoice paid. Outlays follow delivery and billing. De-obligations can reduce the net if an order is cancelled. This packet has no meal or pound field.

Neighboring food codes

Commercial bakeries in this extract also show a very high award count; poultry processing does not. Those are different NAICS lines. Compare them on the all-industries index and cite each code if you add dollars. Do not merge bakery and prepared-food totals into one “food” figure without saying so.

Using the prepared-food hub

The Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing industry page lists the USAspending.gov actions behind $2.36 billion and 913,907 awards. Sort there for vendors and agencies. This guide cites only the packet facts.

Citing 311991 without mistaking orders for factories

Quote $2,356,801,189.21 as USAspending contract obligations on 913,907 awards tagged NAICS 311991. Lead with the award count when the question is how busy the code is; lead with the dollars when the question is obligated value. Do not describe 913,907 as a plant census.

Perishable supply contracting often uses short-dated orders. That pattern makes the average look small while the obligation stock still exceeds $2.3 billion. Neither statistic is a unit price for a salad. Option years and catalog buys can add rows before invoices catch up.

If later orders are recoded to another food NAICS, new actions leave 311991. Warehouse refreshes can move both the dollars and the 913,907 count. Treat the live table as current.

Assistance without NAICS stays outside. Frozen specialty food and canning codes are different lines when tagged that way. Quote USAspending.gov, quote obligations, quote 913,907 awards, and open the hub for recipients. Stop before converting perishable prepared food manufacturing into dietary advice.

Readers quoting this industry should keep two packet facts in one sentence: $2,356,801,189 in USAspending.gov contract obligations and 913,907 awards tagged NAICS 311991 (PERISHABLE PREPARED FOOD MANUFACTURING). Dropping either figure hides whether the book is a few large vehicles or many small orders. The rounded obligation used for citation is $2,356,801,189; cents on the source total, if any, do not change the industry identity of the code.

PERISHABLE PREPARED FOOD MANUFACTURING shows an extremely high award-record count (913,907), the signature of delivery orders and modifications against supply vehicles. Treat that figure as rows in the award feed, not as plants, routes, or meals. Food-manufacturing codes record procurement of tagged products, not nutrition-assistance benefits and not farm-program outlays. PERISHABLE PREPARED FOOD MANUFACTURING stays on the contract slice. Record corrections in the USAspending.gov warehouse can move both the $2,356,801,189 and the 913,907-award count. Treat the live PERISHABLE PREPARED FOOD MANUFACTURING industry page as current and this file as a reading of the harvested packet.

Internal comparison belongs on the all-industries index, where NAICS 311991 sits beside other six-digit contract totals. Adding neighboring codes by hand creates a new total this packet does not contain; cite each NAICS if you add. Assistance awards that omit NAICS remain outside $2,356,801,189. Outlays remain unpublished here. Quote obligations, quote 913,907 awards, cite USAspending.gov, and open the overlay hub for recipients rather than inventing agencies, fiscal years, or unit counts the packet does not list.

Questions

How much is obligated under NAICS 311991 perishable prepared food?

USAspending.gov contract awards tagged Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing show $2,356,801,189.21 in obligations. That sum sits on 913,907 awards and is a commitment total, not meals served and not nutrition-benefit outlays. USAspending.gov is the source for the $2,356,801,189 obligation stock and the 913,907 contract awards tagged PERISHABLE PREPARED FOOD MANUFACTURING (NAICS 311991). Assistance awards that omit NAICS are outside both figures.

Why are there more than 900,000 awards?

The indexed file contains 913,907 contract records with NAICS 311991, including delivery orders and modifications. Perishable-food vehicles often generate many small actions. The count is not a count of factories. Keep the citation on contract obligations: $2,356,801,189 on 913,907 awards coded NAICS 311991. Outlays, grants without NAICS, and unit counts are not in the packet that produced this page.

Does this include SNAP or school-meal grants?

No. Those programs are typically assistance awards that may lack NAICS. They are not in the $2,356,801,189.21, which is the contract slice tagged 311991. The industry hub lists the underlying USAspending.gov rows. This answer restates only packet facts: NAICS 311991, $2,356,801,189 obligated, and 913,907 awards for PERISHABLE PREPARED FOOD MANUFACTURING.

Is the average order about $2,600?

The implied average from $2,356,801,189.21 divided by 913,907 is only a ratio of the two packet facts. It is not a catalog price and not a median. Open the industry table for individual actions. Do not treat 913,907 as establishments or $2,356,801,189 as cash disbursed. Both numbers describe USAspending.gov contract actions tagged NAICS 311991 (PERISHABLE PREPARED FOOD MANUFACTURING), not assistance and not outlays.