Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing

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.

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.