Stock and purchasing

What you buy and hold, how it arrives, and how it is accounted for.

Understand

• How stock works in KJB — arriving, sitting, being used or lost, and being counted.

Set up and change

• Receive stock — recording a delivery, which is also how a purchase reaches the books.
• Count stock — checking the shelf against the record, and why you count before looking.
• Record wastage — what was lost, and why the reason is required.

Related topics

• Menu items — the difference between a stock item and a menu item.
• Purchases and accounts payable — where a delivery becomes a purchase in the books.