We buy and move surplus food, drink & FMCG stock.
Refresh Surplus is an independent clearance broker working across the UK, Ireland and Europe. We help suppliers, retailers and manufacturers recover value from short-dated, best-before-passed and overstocked inventory, and redistribute it to vetted buyers who are ready to move it.
240+
Businesses served
150t+
Stock saved from landfill
18
Countries served
A specialist broker,
not a bargain site.
Refresh Surplus was built by operators who spent years on both sides of the FMCG supply chain. We saw stock written off, landfilled or sold for pennies through channels that didn't understand it, and we saw buyers miss out on product they'd have happily moved.
We built a focused desk to close that gap. Every offer in writing, payment on collection, and a buyer network we know personally across the UK, Ireland and Europe.
- Category experience across food, drink and FMCG
- Buyer network across the UK, Ireland and 16 European markets
- Same-day answers and every offer in writing
- Zero-landfill commitment on every deal
Est. Cardiff
Independent.
UK owned & run.
Cut the waste.
Recover the value.
Every load.
Surplus isn't a failure. It's a signal that product has moved through the system unevenly. Our job is to smooth that path: find it a second home, pay a fair price for it, and keep it out of landfill.
Every deal we broker recovers revenue for a supplier, stocks a shelf somewhere and keeps usable product out of the bin.
- Recover value from stock that would otherwise be written off
- Keep food and FMCG waste out of landfill
- Get good products to people through discount and charitable channels
- Deal honestly with suppliers, retailers and the buyers who take the stock on
Clear your surplus food,
drink & FMCG stock.
We help you buy or sell short-dated, best-before-expired, or overstocked food and beverage inventory across the UK, Ireland and Europe. Pick the side of the desk that fits you.
01 / FOR SELLERS
Sell surplus stock
Short-dated or clearance stock sitting in your warehouse? Tell us what you've got. From overstocked snacks to best-before-passed drinks, we come back with a fast, fair offer.
Sell your stock
02 / FOR BUYERS
Buy clearance stock
Brand-name food, drink and FMCG at 40-70% below wholesale. Register your categories and matching pallets come to your inbox as they land.
Browse the stock
03 / FOR FINDERS
Refer a find
Hear about surplus stock through your network? Pass it to the desk and earn a finder's fee when the deal closes. Simple terms, paid on close.
Refer & Earn
Three key principles
of our approach.
The simple framework behind every deal we broker. It's how we decide which stock we take on and which buyers we pass it to.
01
Less waste, no landfill
Every pallet we rehome is a pallet that doesn't end up incinerated or buried. We build routes that keep product in use for as long as it's safe to sell.
02
Real money, both ways
Sellers recover cash instead of paying disposal fees. Buyers get brands they know at clearance prices. Our margin comes from the waste we remove, not from either side.
03
Priority for mission-driven buyers
Discount retailers, community pantries, social enterprises and charitable redistributors get first look at the stock that fits what they do.
The people on the desk.
Two directors run Refresh Surplus. You deal with a named person from the first call to the collection.
Daniel Jones
Director of Digital Operations
Daniel runs the digital side of the desk: the site, the forms and the pricing content. He writes every guide and post published here.
Nick Darroch
Director of Sales and Operations
Nick runs the sales desk: offers, collections and the buyer network that takes the stock on.
Honest broker.
Boring reliability.
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
UK, Ireland
and sixteen more.
We buy, sell and collect across the UK, Ireland and 16 markets in mainland Europe. Every market below is one the desk trades in today, not a region we could reach in principle.
Now you know us.
Talk to the desk.
Independent, Cardiff-based and built by operators. Send a stock list, register as a buyer or refer a find; the desk replies the same day.
40yrs
FMCG experience
240+
Businesses served
150t+
Surplus saved
18
Countries