Stop writing off inventory you could sell.
Sidestream sells surplus lots on your behalf. We find buyers, pool demand when no single buyer can take the full lot, and hand you clean purchase orders. You set every rule. You approve every deal.
Fulfillment through your team or licensed logistics partners.
You have product that needs to move.
You have 4 truckloads of product that need to move. Your regular channels passed. Your team could spend weeks calling buyers, negotiating small deals, chasing follow-ups — or they could focus on the business that actually makes money.
That's where we come in. We run the entire sales process — outreach, negotiation, commitments, documentation — within the rules you set. When one buyer can't take it all, we pool multiple buyers and lock each one's share. You ship once, close it out, and move on.
What you get
Faster movement
Lots move in days once we have your details and rules. Not weeks of back-and-forth.
Full lot clearance
No buyer takes 4 truckloads? We pool 10 buyers who each take their share. Same result: the lot moves.
Your rules enforced
Pricing floors, approved buyers, channel restrictions, geography limits — all enforced, no exceptions.
Less work for your team
We handle the outreach, follow-ups, negotiation, and documentation. Your team approves and ships.
Clean closeout
Clear records of what sold, who bought it, what it recovered, and where it went.
How it works
Send us the lot.
Product info, quantity, location, pickup window, and any restrictions. That's it.
Set your rules.
Pricing floor. Approved/blocked buyers. Allowed channels. Minimum lot sizes. We enforce all of it.
We sell it.
AI agents run targeted outreach to qualified buyers in our network. Real follow-ups, real negotiation — not a passive listing.
Buyers commit.
If one buyer takes the lot, great. If not, we pool multiple buyers and lock their commitments. Each buyer's share is allocated.
You approve.
You see every buyer and every offer before anything is final. You say yes or no.
Fulfill and close.
Fulfillment is coordinated through licensed logistics partners — the right method for the deal. We provide clean documentation for the closeout.
What we handle
Packaged food, including:
- ● Short-dated inventory (still sellable, date code intact)
- ● Overproduction and demand forecast misses
- ● Seasonal or promotional inventory that needs to move
- ● Off-spec product that's still sellable (packaging deviations, case pack issues, label changes)
- ● Discontinued SKUs with remaining shelf life