86ing and stock
Selling things out for today or for good, stock counts, and what an 86 on an ingredient does.
When you run out, 86 it on EOLA right away so nobody orders it. Everyone on the place can, in the app’s Stock tab or on the web.
The three choices
- In stock (on the web, Available)
- People can order it.
- Sold out today
- Back on by itself at 4am. The one to use mid-shift.
- Sold out
- Until you turn it back on. For things that are off the menu for a while.
In the app
- Open the Stock tab. Every item is listed under its menu, then Ingredients, then each option group.
- Tap the row. Each shows where it stands: In stock, Out today or Out.
- Pick In stock, Sold out today or Sold out.
A row also tells you why something can’t be ordered even though it’s on, like None left, Out of bacon, or Nothing left to pick for Choose a side.
On the web, with counts
Open your place on Manage and tap Stock. Each row has the same three choices, and items have a Count box.
- A count goes down by itself as orders come in. At 0 the item is sold out.
- Leave the count blank not to count at all.
- A row marked Can’t be ordered is switched on but blocked by something else, like a sold-out ingredient.
- Every change saves as soon as you make it.
Counts are only set on the web; the app shows them as 3 left.
Ingredients, options and variants
- Ingredients
- Out of an ingredient sells out everything that can’t be made without it. Dishes that can leave it off stay on, and it’s left off.
- Options
- Sell out one choice, like Fries, and it disappears from every item that offers it.
- Sizes and colors
- Something sold in variants lists each one under it, with its own switch and count. The item’s own switch sells them all out.