Membership Criteria for the Utah's Own Program

There are several classifications of Utah's Own companies and their qualified products:  Utah's Own Company, Food Store, Restaurant, Distributor, and Utah's Own Partner.

Utah's Own: A Utah's Own company must be owned and headquartered in Utah; and the company product(s) must have 51% of its value derived from Utah products and services. Franchises or products of franchisees, such as fast food restaurants, bottlers, and so on do not qualify.

(Note: Derived value is expressed in per unit value of the finished product. Per unit value may include cost of goods sold using any Utah's Own qualified product and/or products grown or produced in Utah as inputs. In addition, marketing and selling expenses when Utah companies are utilized count toward the computation of the derived value of the finished product.)

Utah's Own Food Store: A food store whose owners and headquarters are located in Utah and who makes a reasonable effort to market Utah's Own products in their store may participate in the Utah's Own Program.  A product that is produced or made in Utah by a Utah's Own food store may qualify for the Utah's Own program provided products bot be qualified derive 51% of their value in Utah.  Franchises or products of franchises, such as fast food restaurants, bottlers, and so on do not qualify.

Utah's Own Restaurant: A restaurant which is owned by a legal entity of the state of Utah or which is headquartered in Utah may be qualified as a Utah's Own restaurant.  A restaurant not owned and headquartered in Utah may not be a Utah's Own restaurant but Utah's Own qualifed products may be identified on any restaurant menu.  Restaurant franchises, such as national fast food chains do not qualify.  They may still identify Utah's Own products on their menu.

To qualify as a Utah's Own restaurant, the restaurant shall identify at least two items on their menu that are qualified Utah's Own products and strive to use Utah's Own products whenever possible.

Utah’s Own Distributor: A food distributor whose owners and headquarters are located in Utah and who distributes Utah’s Own qualified products as a normal course of business may participate in the Utah’s Own program.  A proprietary product of a qualified distributor that qualifies for the Utah’s Own program may be further identified as a Utah’s Own product.

Utah's Own Partner: A company that is not owned and headquartered in Utah can Qualify as a Utah's Own Partner if:

• the company has a production facility located in Utah
• the company's product(s) derives 75% of its value from Utah products and services as defined above;
• they are willing to display the Utah's Own logo in their own advertising venues when reasonable and as approved by UDAF; and,
• the company is willing to implement and renew annually a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with UDAF.  The MOU will detail the Partner commitment to the Utah's Own Program that shall provide added value programs and planned advertising programs that benefit the Utah's Own program.   Partnerships are based on the contributions that can be made to Utah's Own and its participating companies apart from the planned Utah's Own activities.  Annual renewals of partnership MOU's will remain at the sole discretion of UDAF.

THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION IS ALWAYS THE FINAL DETERMINANT AS TO QUALIFICATION OF ANY COMPANIES AND/OR PRODUCTS.