Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing perishable prepared foods, such as salads, sandwiches, prepared meals, fresh pizza, fresh pasta, and peeled or cut vegetables. It has no schema of its own: companies here are mapped on the Manufacturing schema, and what it does not cover is recorded as gaps.

Baseline: Manufacturing v2
Inherited from: Manufacturing
Companies mapped: 0 of 0
Primitives: 57 in 8 parts
Last updated: Nov 2, 2026

The numbers for this industry

United States · 2023 · NAICS 311991

Establishments: 1,032
Employees: 73,598
Annual payroll: $3.8B
Payroll per employee: $51.5K

Establishments by number of employees

1-4345
5-9148
10-19139
1000+6
20-49144
50-9974
100-24998
250-49953
500-99925

Source: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (national file), employees as of mid-March 2023, payroll for the year; published 2025-06-26. Coded on NAICS 2017. Withheld cells read as not published.

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29 parameters

Parameter	Primitive	Type	Unit	Companies	Median	Range
Standard gross margin	Price lists and margin rulesPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Quote turnaround	Quotes and bid responses	Number	days	0	—	—
Quotes won	Quotes and bid responses	Percent	%	0	—	—
Purchase price variance	Purchasing	Percent	%	0	—	—
Inventory turns	Raw, work-in-progress and finished goods	Number	per year	0	—	—
Days of inventory	Raw, work-in-progress and finished goods	Number	days	0	—	—
Orders on time and in full	Shipping	Percent	%	0	—	—
Bill of materials accuracy	Bill of materials	Percent	%	0	—	—
Revisions per month	Bill of materials	Number	revisions	0	—	—
Days to release a change	Engineering changes	Number	days	0	—	—
Schedule attainment	Production schedulingPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Average changeover	Production schedulingPremium	Number	minutes	Members	Members	—
Work orders closed on time	Work orders	Percent	%	0	—	—
Average cycle time	Work orders	Number	hours	0	—	—
Overall equipment effectiveness	Machine capacityPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Capacity utilisation	Machine capacityPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Unplanned downtime	Machine capacityPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Maintenance that is planned	Maintenance	Percent	%	0	—	—
Mean time between failures	Maintenance	Number	hours	0	—	—
Supplier defects	Supplier qualityPremium	Number	parts per million	Members	Members	—
Supplier deliveries on time	Supplier qualityPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Cost variance against standard	Standard costs and variancesPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Material share of product cost	Standard costs and variancesPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Recordable incident rate	Plant safety and environment	Number	per 100 workers	0	—	—
Quality system certification	Quality management system	Choice none · documented, not certified · certified · certified, sector-specific	—	0	—	—
First-pass yield	Quality management system	Percent	%	0	—	—
Scrap rate	Quality management system	Percent	%	0	—	—
Hours to trace a lot end to end	Lot traceability	Number	hours	0	—	—
Recall drills per year	Lot traceability	Number	drills	0	—	—

Median and range are shown once 3 or more companies on Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing and below have published a number; each company counts once.

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29 parameters

Parameter	Primitive	Type	Unit	Companies	Median	Range
Standard gross margin	Price lists and margin rulesPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Quote turnaround	Quotes and bid responses	Number	days	0	—	—
Quotes won	Quotes and bid responses	Percent	%	0	—	—
Purchase price variance	Purchasing	Percent	%	0	—	—
Inventory turns	Raw, work-in-progress and finished goods	Number	per year	0	—	—
Days of inventory	Raw, work-in-progress and finished goods	Number	days	0	—	—
Orders on time and in full	Shipping	Percent	%	0	—	—
Bill of materials accuracy	Bill of materials	Percent	%	0	—	—
Revisions per month	Bill of materials	Number	revisions	0	—	—
Days to release a change	Engineering changes	Number	days	0	—	—
Schedule attainment	Production schedulingPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Average changeover	Production schedulingPremium	Number	minutes	Members	Members	—
Work orders closed on time	Work orders	Percent	%	0	—	—
Average cycle time	Work orders	Number	hours	0	—	—
Overall equipment effectiveness	Machine capacityPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Capacity utilisation	Machine capacityPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Unplanned downtime	Machine capacityPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Maintenance that is planned	Maintenance	Percent	%	0	—	—
Mean time between failures	Maintenance	Number	hours	0	—	—
Supplier defects	Supplier qualityPremium	Number	parts per million	Members	Members	—
Supplier deliveries on time	Supplier qualityPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Cost variance against standard	Standard costs and variancesPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Material share of product cost	Standard costs and variancesPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Recordable incident rate	Plant safety and environment	Number	per 100 workers	0	—	—
Quality system certification	Quality management system	Choice none · documented, not certified · certified · certified, sector-specific	—	0	—	—
First-pass yield	Quality management system	Percent	%	0	—	—
Scrap rate	Quality management system	Percent	%	0	—	—
Hours to trace a lot end to end	Lot traceability	Number	hours	0	—	—
Recall drills per year	Lot traceability	Number	drills	0	—	—

Median and range are shown once 3 or more companies on Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing and below have published a number; each company counts once.