Wastage

The Wastage page lists every waste record from the branch selected in the sidebar, newest first. One row is one binned item, because staff file a record by scanning the label of the thing they are throwing away.

What a Record Shows

• the product, or no product when the item was never labelled
• when it was wasted
• the reason, as a coloured badge
• who recorded it, and any note they left
• the photo, when one was attached on the device

Switch between Cards and Table above the list. The table adds columns for quantity, who recorded it and the note. Search covers the product name and the reason.

A record can be deleted from the ⋮ menu on its row. It is worth leaving records alone: they are your due-diligence trail, and a deleted one is gone from your reports too.

Recording from the Dashboard

Record wastage files a record without a device: pick the product, pick a reason, set the quantity, the date and time, and add a note.

Use it to catch up on something that was missed. The usual route is the device, because scanning the label ties the record to the exact label that was printed.

Reasons

The reasons staff pick from are yours to define, per branch, under Settings → Waste Reasons. Keep the list short enough to pick from at a glance during service. See Waste Reasons.

Reports

• Reports → Waste Report: totals, cost and the breakdown by reason over 7, 30 or 90 days
• Reports → Over-Production: how much of what you print ends up wasted, per product
• Reports → Compliance Pack: the wastage log alongside label discipline and allergen coverage, as one PDF for an inspection

Nothing Showing Yet

Records appear here once a device has filed and synced them, which happens every few minutes. Devices record waste with no internet at all and send it up when the connection returns, so a quiet page usually means nothing has been filed rather than something being lost.

How staff file a record, including batch scanning a whole clear-down, is in Recording Food Waste.