Higher recovery.
Brand protection built in.
Sidestream helps CPGs, distributors, and grocery retailers recover more value from surplus and short-dated inventory by pooling demand across a network of independent grocers. AI-driven outreach aggregates small buyers into full truckloads, so you get clean purchase orders and faster turns — typically with pickup in days.
Talk to us about a lot →Your primary channels won't take everything.
Short-dated, overproduced, seasonal, off-spec — these lots don't fit your regular buyers, but they're still worth real money. The alternatives are thin: a single liquidator offering pennies on the dollar, or a write-down. Meanwhile your trade team is too busy to run fifteen small deals to capture a better price.
Pooled buyers.
Consolidated freight.
Traditional liquidators give you one buyer at a low price. Marketplaces give you a listing and wait. Sidestream actively sells into a network of verified independent grocers — pooling multiple buyers so no single one has to take the full lot, and consolidating freight so you ship once.
AI does the outreach, matching, and coordination that used to require a team of brokers. You get the recovery of ten well-run individual sales with the cleanup of a single closeout.
One counterparty.
One PO.
One invoice.
However many buyers we pool, you sell to Sidestream. Clean closeout, every time.
Brand protection built in.
Every lot ships under constraints you set:
Every buyer is verified before they see your product. You approve the final allocation before anything ships.
From lot details to clean closeout.
Send us the lot.
Product, quantity, location, pickup window, any restrictions.
Set your rules.
Pricing floor, approvals, channels, geography.
We sell it.
AI-driven outreach and negotiation across the buyer network.
Buyers commit.
One buyer or a pooled group, each share locked in.
You approve. We purchase.
Every buyer and offer is visible before anything is final. Once you approve, Sidestream purchases the lot as principal under a single PO.
Ship and close.
You ship once. Sidestream handles downstream fulfillment to pooled buyers through licensed logistics partners.
Packaged food grocery.
* Not currently: produce, fresh meat, prepared foods.
Sellers we work with.
Plain answers.
Do you buy the inventory? −
Yes. Sidestream acts as principal on every deal. Once buyers commit and you approve, we purchase the lot directly from you under a single PO — you deal with one counterparty, not ten.
How fast can a lot move? +
Most lots have committed buyers within days once we have details and rules.
How do you verify buyers? +
Every buyer is onboarded with business verification, license confirmation where applicable, and category/volume qualification.
Can you handle fulfillment if we can't ship from our DC? +
Yes — fulfillment is coordinated through licensed logistics partners. Hub pickup, multi-stop delivery, or direct ship, depending on the deal.
Have a lot to move?
Talk to us about a lot →TRANSPORTATION & WAREHOUSING PROVIDED BY LICENSED LOGISTICS PARTNERS