There are specialty outlets -so called salvage grocery- that do just this -usually in cheap strip malls as otherwise the RE would be too expensive to be viable.

There are specialty outlets -so called salvage grocery- that do just this -usually in cheap strip malls as otherwise the RE would be too expensive to be viable. They sell items close to their expiry and they are at a significant discount. Many people don’t know about them because they are not their target market.