How to Track Ingredient Inventory for Wix Restaurant Orders
Direct answer: Track ingredients by defining a stock unit, a current quantity, a per-serving recipe, and a connection from each Wix menu choice to that recipe. Eligible orders then reduce theoretical stock by order quantity multiplied by recipe quantity.
1. Choose stable units
Use a unit that matches how the kitchen counts the ingredient: grams for bulk meat, milliliters for sauces, or individual pieces for buns. Do not mix kilograms and grams inside one ingredient record without converting first.
A stable unit makes recipe arithmetic reviewable. If one burger uses 180 g of beef and an order contains two burgers, the expected movement is 360 g.
2. Establish current stock
Enter the quantity you can support with an observation or receiving record. If accuracy matters at launch, perform a physical count rather than estimating from purchases.
The starting number is a baseline. Future restocks add, waste subtracts, and eligible orders subtract their recipe consumption.
3. Build one recipe per serving
A recipe contains the ingredient quantities used by one sellable serving. Include only operational quantities you can maintain. A recipe with unknown unit costs can still move stock, while its monetary cost should remain visibly incomplete.
When a variant changes portion size—small versus large, for example—connect it to the recipe that reflects that size.
4. Connect exact menu choices
Wix menu items can use variants, modifier groups, and modifiers. A choice such as “Large + extra cheese” may consume differently from the base item, so connections should preserve the exact choice rather than only the display name.
Test the base choice and one modifier before connecting the rest of the menu.
5. Review exceptions and count reality
Check Needs Attention for choices that were not safe to deduct. Review Activity after recipe edits or order changes. Perform physical counts on a cadence that matches ingredient value and volatility.
A physical count should establish a new authoritative quantity; older recovered orders must not deduct consumption that belongs before that observation.