Services · yard floor operations

Six stations between the dock and the Truck

Every pallet that passes the gate at 2-28 Roy Blvd, Belleville - K8N 0L9, Canada (CA) follows a fixed route through the yard of Aaa Liquidation Centre Inc. The services below are the stations on that route, from the first count at intake to the last signature at the delivery dock. Book a yard visit and see them in order →

The six yard services in detail

Each service below is described as we actually run it, including what we need from the client and what the buyer receives at the end. Nothing is theoretical here; these are the steps the clerks follow on the floor every week.

Pallet Lot Intake

Intake is the first and most consequential station. When a carrier, insurer or closing store delivers a load, the clerk counts each pallet against the manifest, photographs the stack from two angles and notes any crushed cartons, missing cases or water damage before the pallet is unwrapped. A lot number is issued and written on a tag that stays with the goods for the rest of their stay. If the count and the manifest disagree, we record the difference in writing and send the buyer a copy the same day, because a claim is only as good as the evidence gathered at the gate.

Clients usually want to know how long intake takes. A single pallet is counted in minutes; a full trailer of mixed freight can take most of a morning, and we schedule those slots in advance so the dock does not queue. When the load is refused freight, we photograph seals and paperwork as well, since the carrier will need that record later.

Priced Aisle Clearance

After intake the lot is broken down and sorted into aisles by product family. Each stack receives a printed ticket showing the unit price, the case count and the condition code. Buyers walk the aisle with a clerk, lift the tag, read the number and decide on the spot. This is a clearance process, not a browse: the goal is to move the goods before the floor fills up again, so prices are set to clear and the tickets are reprinted whenever a stack is picked over.

Aisles are numbered and lit so that a buyer can find a specific stack without a guide. Priced aisle clearance works best for mixed loads where no single lot is large enough for a sheet, and for retail surplus that is still good stock but will not sell at full price. We keep a running aisle sheet at the clerk bench so the count on the ticket matches the count on the floor.

Weekly Bid Sheets

The Friday bid sheet is the public face of the yard. It lists each lot still standing with its count, condition note, viewing window and the deadline for written offers. Buyers register once, receive the sheet by email, inspect the lot in person or through the photographs on file, and submit a single written offer per lot. The highest offer at the deadline takes the lot, subject to the terms printed on the sheet.

We keep the sheet honest by listing only lots that are physically in the yard and counted within the same week. If a lot is withdrawn because of a claim or a quality issue, the sheet is reissued with the withdrawal noted rather than silently edited. Buyers can ask the clerk bench for the reissue and will get the same document the yard is working from.

Store Fixture Sales

Store closeouts bring shelving, gondolas, refrigerated cases, checkout counters, lighting and display mannequins, and none of it belongs on a pallet sheet. Fixtures are sold separately because the buyer takes on removal, transport and installation. We test what can be tested, photograph every joint and control panel, and note the parts that are missing. Each fixture is priced with its removal effort included, so a heavy refrigerated case is priced higher than a shelf unit of the same footprint.

Buyers can inspect fixtures on site before purchase and are welcome to bring a technician. The yard provides power for a short test where the connection allows it, and the clerk will confirm the dimensions and weight before the buyer arranges transport.

Bulk Case Deals

When a lot is uniform, the bid sheet is the wrong instrument. A single product in sealed full cases, or matched pallets of one item, moves faster at a fixed price per case or per pallet layer. The clerk quotes the count, confirms the carton condition and sets the deal, and the buyer collects on the next delivery day. Bulk case deals are the quickest way to clear volume for resellers who do not want to sort a mixed stack.

We do not break cases for a bulk quote. The price depends on the buyer taking the whole layer or the whole pallet, and the quote states the exact count so there is no argument at pick-up. If the count changes after inspection, the quote is reissued before the buyer pays.

Delivery Day Runs

Delivery day runs are the last station. On scheduled days the crew loads purchased lots, checks each pallet against the sheet and hands over the paperwork at the dock. Local routes across the Belleville area are grouped so that several buyers can share a truck where the loads allow, which keeps the cost of moving a single pallet realistic. Buyers are given a loading window and a contact number for the driver.

The clerk signs off the load before the truck leaves, and the buyer signs at the receiving end. Any shortage found after loading is handled through the delivery note rather than a phone call, because the note is the document both sides agreed to. If a run has to be rescheduled, we call every buyer on the route the same day.

From gate to truck, in order

A new load begins with pallet lot intake, which fixes the count and the evidence. It then moves to the sorting floor, where the goods are split by family and priced into the aisles. Anything that is uniform enough for volume is pulled and quoted as a bulk case deal; anything that survives the aisle without selling goes onto the weekly bid sheet. Fixtures are diverted to their own sales track as soon as they are identified. The route ends at delivery day runs, where the truck is loaded against the sheet and the paperwork closes the lot.

Because every station records its own numbers, a buyer can trace a pallet from the intake photograph to the delivery note. That traceability is the reason carriers send us refused freight and the reason closing stores trust us with fixtures that still have value. It also means a problem is caught at the station where it happens, not three steps later.

If you are unsure which service fits your load, call +15747091330 and describe the freight. The intake clerk will tell you whether it belongs in the priced aisles, on the bid sheet or in a bulk quote, and will give you a realistic date rather than a hopeful one.

Aaa Liquidation Centre Inc. posts its Friday bid sheet from the yard at 2-28 Roy Blvd, and the clerks at the bench will walk any registered buyer through the counts before the offer window closes.