Upstock is how most New Zealand trade buyers order Sidekick. This is the walkthrough — not a price list. Live case pricing is in the platform.
Before you click Order
Know the rules once:
12-pack cases (one flavour per case)
5-case minimum
Mix flavours across cases in the same order
GST invoices for NZ trade buyers on Upstock
Direct-account lead times typically 2–5 business days when you are not ordering from platform stock
Full trade hub: wholesale soda for NZ cafés and retailers. Case math: Sidekick case minimum explained.
First order
1. Open Sidekick on Upstock.
2. Create or sign in with your trade account.
3. Add cases until you hit five. Cherry-heavy is the safe café open — How cafés face Cherry first.
4. Check delivery address and invoice details.
5. Submit. Download the GST invoice from Upstock when it lands.
If you are not on Upstock yet, start with samples on the platform when you can: How NZ cafés get Sidekick samples on Upstock · Why we ask for samples on Upstock first. Or email Fiona with your store name and region.
Reorder without drama
When a facing holes out, reorder the SKU that sold — do not wait until the door looks empty. Same catalogue, same five-case rule unless Fiona has agreed something else for your account.
Café merchandising: How NZ cafés add a honey soda to the fridge. Grocery cold-door: Stock Sidekick in your grocery store.
What Upstock does not replace
It does not set your menu board. Price the can as a bottled serve, not post-mix: How to price honey soda on a café menu.
It does not replace a staff line. One sentence: honey-sweetened, no cane sugar.
If something stalls
Wrong account type or need a sample — email Fiona. Put your retailer name in the subject line so it does not look like a consumer enquiry. Trade is cans going forward.
