Your perishable departments are leaking recoverable value every day.
Produce, dairy, bakery, and deli generate surplus on a daily clock. SurFlow detects it before it expires, runs markdown first so it can still sell, routes the rest to donation partners, and turns each donation into a documented §170(e)(3) deduction, across every store, without adding work to the floor.
The Grocery Reality
Surplus in grocery isn't an exception. It's a daily event.
Every store runs the same loop: perishables approach their sell-by date faster than they move, staff make judgment calls under time pressure, and the donation window closes before anyone documents anything.
The food gets tossed, the shrink gets written off, and the §170(e)(3) deduction sitting in that pallet goes unclaimed. Multiply by departments, then by locations. That's the leak.
How It Works In Your Stores
Detect. Markdown. Donate. Document.
Detect
SurFlow reads your inventory data and flags tax-eligible surplus days before expiration, produce to bakery, so it surfaces while there's still time to act.
Markdown, then donate
Flagged items run a markdown window first, giving them a chance to sell. What doesn't sell routes into donation workflows with your partner nonprofits. Store staff get clear, simple instructions; pickups are logged with weights, timestamps, and partner confirmation.
Document & recover
Each donation generates an IRS-compliant §170(e)(3) valuation and audit-ready record (per donation, per store, per period) exportable for your finance team in one click.
By Department
Built around how grocery surplus actually behaves.
Produce
High volume, fast spoilage: the densest source of divertible surplus.
Dairy
Clear date codes and cost basis; clean donation and valuation candidates.
Bakery
Daily bake cycles mean predictable end-of-day surplus.
Deli & prepared
Short shelf life, high per-unit value; timing is everything.
The Tax Mechanics
Packaged grocery inventory is especially well-suited to §170(e)(3).
The enhanced deduction lets C-corporations deduct up to 2× the cost basis of qualifying donated food. Grocery inventory has exactly what the deduction rewards: a clear cost basis, defined quantities, and date-coded products.
SurFlow produces the per-donation valuation and documentation that makes the deduction claimable: the part most operators are missing, not the donating itself.
C-corp status is required for the enhanced rate. Consult a qualified tax advisor regarding applicability to your specific operation.
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