Volume
Approx 90 pallets — mixed branded ambient food, drink, household and HBA
Challenge
The wholesaler was exiting a 40,000 sq ft unit with a fixed lease-end date. Mixed-category stock spanning hundreds of SKUs needed to be cleared with no on-site sorting capacity, and short-dated lines were beginning to lose value daily.
Approach
- Reviewed a partial WMS export the same day
- Buyer attended site within 48 hours to walk the racking
- Single line-item offer on the full lot — no SKU-by-SKU negotiation
- 3 collections sequenced over 6 working days to match landlord access windows
- Self-managed pallet wrapping crew arrived with each collection
Outcome
Warehouse handed back empty and on time. Wholesaler released cash tied up in slow-moving stock and avoided dilapidations exposure. Short-dated lines routed through a discount-channel partner inside their shelf life.
"We didn't have time for a 20-buyer process. One call, one offer, one team handled the lot." — Director, FMCG wholesaler