Know what your excess is worth on the secondary market
Spoiler Alert pairs suppliers' excess inventory with vetted buyers in our network, so less goes to waste and write-offs. Book 30 minutes with our team at FMI Midwinter and get a free benchmark for your category: how it sells and what it recovers.
One buyer portfolio pattern correlates with 80% higher cost recovery in the secondary market.
Conagra's improvement in cost recovery in its first year on Spoiler Alert, with fewer donations and destructions
Lactalis US Yogurt's improvement in cost recovery over its first three years, with leftover product routed to donation
Rise Baking's growth in vetted buyers, from 15 to 85+, after 85% of its excess had been going to disposal
Your category benchmark
What can your category really recover on the secondary market?
Excess inventory doesn't have to end as waste or a write-off. The secondary market is a recovery channel that gives it a second sale, and we'll show you how your category performs there.
Where does your category sell?
The buyer types and secondary-market channels moving inventory in your category, so you can see how your own buyer mix compares
What does 'good' look like?
How cost recovery correlates with remaining shelf life in your category, so you can find the optimal liquidation window for your product
What is the gap worth?
Two or three specific moves to cut waste and write-offs and raise recovery, with a view of what each could change
You leave with a one-page snapshot
A view of your category to bring back to your team
Built from aggregated Spoiler Alert secondary-market category data: $6B+ in transactions across 85+ categories and 270+ engaged buyers. You don't need to share any of your own data.
How it works
Pick your category
Share a few details and choose the category you want benchmarked.
Lock in your time
You’ll get an email to confirm a meeting time. Your benchmark is ready before you arrive.
Meet us at Midwinter
Sit down with our team in Chula Vista to walk through your benchmark and what to do next.
Who you'll meet at Midwinter
You’re in Good Company
Leading CPG brands manage their excess with Spoiler Alert
What Spoiler Alert brings
Expertise + technology + engaged buyer network
Alone, none of these solve excess. Spoiler Alert brings them together.
Additional resources
More on the secondary market from Spoiler Alert
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Report
Inside the Secondary Market 2026
Article
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Story + Webinar
How Lactalis built a winning cost recovery strategy in dairy
eBook
Closeout shoppers are better for your brand than you think
See you in Chula Vista
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Book now and see what best-in-class liquidation can look like for your business.