Manufacturer Price Increase Letters & Notices

• Who and what: the manufacturer (often several brands under one parent) and the product lines affected. Some letters cover "all products", others name families or SKUs.
• The change: a percentage (54% of letters on file state one), often a range or "up to" figure; or a flat surcharge per truckload, shipment or pallet (21 notices state a dollar amount).
• Effective date: the day new pricing applies (97% of letters give one; 36% of those fall on the 1st of a month).
• Notice period: the gap between the letter's date and the effective date. Read the letter for its exact terms, such as orders entered or shipped before the effective date at current pricing.
• Reason and changes: letters often cite raw material, tariff or freight costs. A later letter can revise, postpone or rescind an earlier one; PriceLetter links the two and marks the earlier one revised or rescinded.

Typical structure (template)

[Manufacturer letterhead]   [Date of letter]
Subject: Price increase effective [effective date]

To our valued customers,
[Reason, e.g. raw material, freight or tariff costs].
Effective [date], [Manufacturer] will increase prices on [product lines] by [X% / up to X% / $Y per truckload].
[Order terms: e.g. orders received or shipped before the effective date are invoiced at current pricing.]
Please contact your [Manufacturer] sales representative with any questions.

This is the common shape of the letters in the database, not any one manufacturer's letter. See the real examples below.