The Refresh Surplus blog
Notes from the desk on surplus FMCG clearance: market moves, where value hides in short-dated stock, and how we keep inventory out of landfill.
4 min readSurplus Stock Disposal vs Redistribution: The Options Compared
Landfill, recycling, anaerobic digestion, animal feed, donation or resale? The UK waste hierarchy ranks them, with costs and recoveries compared.
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4 min readSelling OOD and Non-Food FMCG in the UK: What the Rules Really Allow
Out-of-date household, cleaning and health & beauty stock is mostly lawful to sell in the UK. What the dates on non-food FMCG mean, and the routes that pay.
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4 min readHow to Liquidate Excess Food & Drink Inventory in the UK
A step-by-step playbook for liquidating excess food and drink inventory in the UK: manifest, valuation, channel, logistics and audit-proof paperwork.
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4 min readBest-Before vs Use-By: Where UK Law Actually Draws the Line
Best-before is a quality marker, use-by is a legal safety limit. What UK food law says about selling, donating and buying date-marked stock.
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4 min readWhat to Do With Short-Dated Stock: A Decision Framework
A practical decision framework for short-dated food and drink: what to do at twelve weeks, six weeks and two weeks of code life, and how each option prices.
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5 min readWhere to Sell Surplus Food Stock in the UK: Every Route Compared
Brokers, marketplaces, charity redistribution, apps, direct wholesale, animal feed: every UK route for surplus food stock compared on speed and value.
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4 min readCSR in UK Food & Drink: Turning Waste Into Value (and Profit)
A practical CSR playbook for UK food and drink: the waste rules now in force, the voluntary frameworks that matter, and the commercial routes for surplus.
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7 min readFood Waste in the UK: The Report
The scale of UK food waste, where it occurs, what it costs, and the routes (redistribution, animal feed, anaerobic digestion) that turn the problem into value.
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5 min readFrom Waste to Worth: The Journey with Refresh Surplus
Why surplus stock keeps ending up in landfill, and how a digital-first brokerage turns potential waste into value for sellers, buyers and communities.
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