Surplus stock, moved fast.
We buy and redistribute short-dated, best-before-passed and overstocked food, drink and FMCG. Receive a written offer within 24 hours, with collection arranged across the UK, Ireland and Europe.
- Written offer within 24 hours
- Paid on collection
- Single pallet to full lorry
The Refresh desk
24h
Average target for a written offer
Buying now
- Food & Groceries
- Drinks & Beverages
- Confectionery & Snacks
- Household & Cleaning
- Chilled & Frozen
- Health & Beauty
- Pet Care
- Ingredients
- Mixed Overstock
What brings you to the desk?
Most people arrive with stock to clear or space to fill. Pick the side of the desk you are on and the next step is one short form, not a sales process.
For sellers
Sell surplus stock
Recover value from short-dated, best-before-passed, end-of-line and overstocked inventory.
- Written offer within 24 hours
- Collection arranged by Refresh
- Paid on pickup
- Full traceability
For buyers
Buy clearance stock
Access discounted pallet quantities of food, drink, household, health and beauty and other FMCG.
- Pallet and lorry-load quantities
- UK and European distribution
- Regular stock opportunities
- Established brand and mixed lines
Know where surplus stock is sitting?
Introduce it to our desk and earn a commercial fee when a deal completes.
150t+
Stock diverted from landfill
Tonnes of food, drink and FMCG kept in circulation since launch.
240+
Businesses served
Manufacturers, retailers and brands cleared through the desk.
18
Countries reached
The UK, Ireland and 16 markets across mainland Europe.
40yrs
Combined category experience
Food, drink and FMCG buying experience across the team.
From stock list to collection.
A straightforward process designed around stock that cannot wait for weeks of internal approvals.
01
Send your stock list
Email, spreadsheet or WhatsApp. Include product, quantity and date codes.
Minutes02
Receive a written offer
We price the inventory against real buyer demand, in writing, with no obligation.
Within 24 hours03
We arrange collection
From a single pallet to a full lorry across the UK, Ireland and Europe.
Same week where possible04
You are paid
Payment terms are confirmed clearly before the stock moves.
On collection
From list to lorry, without the usual delay.
Categories on the desk.
Food and drink are our core categories, but we consider most palletised FMCG and overstock. Each card opens the full entry: what qualifies, what the date codes usually look like and what to put on the list. If your line is not listed, ask us anyway.
See what we buyFood & Groceries
Ambient grocery · Tinned goods · Pasta & sauces · World foods
See what we buyDrinks & Beverages
Soft drinks · Water & juice · Energy drinks · Mixers & cordials
See what we buyConfectionery & Snacks
Chocolate · Sweets · Crisps & snacks · Seasonal lines
See what we buyHousehold & Cleaning
Laundry · Surface cleaners · Dishwash · Air care
See what we buyChilled & Frozen
Dairy · Ready meals · Meat & poultry · Frozen veg
See what we buyHealth & Beauty
Haircare · Skincare · Oral care · Personal care
See what we buyPet Care
Dry & wet pet food · Treats · Litter · Accessories
See what we buyIngredients
Flour & baking · Egg powder · Oils & fats · Sugars & starches
See what we buyMixed Overstock
Mixed pallets · End-of-line cases · Lorry loads · Out-of-date-code
Holding stock in one of these categories? Send us the list and we will come back with a written offer.
Get a Stock OfferHonest broker.
Boring reliability.
Two clients, in their own words. We'll happily introduce you to a reference in your category on request.
We had a surplus of hand sanitiser that had expired and was costing us in storage every month. Disposal wasn't viable. Refresh took the lot, paid on collection, and the problem was gone by Friday.
Julie Rothery
UK cleaning products distributor
With a trailer of energy drinks best-before-passed and stuck in the Netherlands, we were staring down a loss. Refresh came back with a purchase proposal inside a day and the stock has moved. Fantastic.
Daan Bakker
European FMCG group
A small desk with serious reach.
Refresh Surplus combines decades of FMCG experience with a network of buyers across the UK and Europe. We move quickly, communicate clearly and treat every stock problem as a commercial opportunity, not simply a disposal job.
Good stock deserves another route.
Stock that is short-dated, overstocked or past its best-before is usually still perfectly good product. Here is what moving it through the desk actually does.
- Keeps usable products in circulation
- Reduces avoidable disposal
- Connects stock to alternative markets
- Clear collection and movement information
- Recovers value that would otherwise be lost
Hear about stock no one is moving?
Introduce surplus opportunities to Refresh. When the stock is purchased and the deal completes, you receive an agreed commercial referral fee.
What people ask us.
If your question isn't here, email the desk. We reply faster than most form auto-responders.
We primarily buy surplus, best-before-passed, clearance and short-dated food, drink and FMCG lines by the pallet. We also take bulk ingredients, pet, and mixed overstock. If you're clearing it, talk to us.
We aim to have a written offer with you within 24 hours of the stock list landing. Urgent clearances (a date code about to run out, an end-of-month warehouse exit) we price the same day.
Product description, quantity by case or pallet, best-before or date codes, and where the stock is sitting. A spreadsheet, a photo of the pallet label or a plain email all work, and the stock-list form takes a file upload if you already have one.
Yes. Single pallet up to a full lorry, and mixed pallets are fine. If a quantity is too small for us to move, we'll say so quickly rather than leave you waiting.
Yes. We work with a UK collection network and international hauliers, from a single pallet up to a full lorry, across the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe.
Our desk is in Cardiff, South Wales. We buy and redistribute across the UK, Ireland and 16 further markets in mainland Europe, 18 countries in total.
Bank transfer on collection. If your finance team needs different terms, say so early and we will work to them.
Perfectly fine for many categories: ambient food, drinks, health and beauty. We'll tell you what we can move and what we can't.
Stock taking up space? Put it on our desk.
Send a stock list today. We aim to respond with a clear indication of interest and next steps within 24 hours.