Editing Surplus store (section)

{{Short description|Business that sells excess supply}}
[[Image:Van Nuys Surplus.JPG|thumb|right|The Van Nuys Army & Navy Surplus Store, a former surplus store in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], United States]]
A '''surplus store''' or '''disposals store''' is a business that sells items and goods that are used, purchased but unused, or past their [[Shelf life|use by date]], and are no longer needed due to [[excess supply]], decommissioning, or [[obsolescence]]. The surplus sold is often [[military]], [[Government agency|government]], or [[Manufacturing|industrial]] goods; in the case of the former two, the business is usually called a '''military surplus store''', '''government surplus store''', '''war surplus store''', or '''army-navy store'''.