Stock, ingredients and recipes in the POS

Q: Can a Menuthere store add ingredients in the POS?

No. Add them on the dashboard's Inventory screen; the POS shows them and records purchases, wastage and counts. See Purchase and inventory.

The Stock screen has three tabs: Dishes (switch dishes off and limit how many can be sold), Ingredients (what's on the shelf, purchases, wastage and counts) and Recipes (what one plate uses). Every bill uses up its dishes' ingredients.

Where: Menuthere POS app › Stock
Plan: Free stores keep stock on the device. A Menuthere store uses its dashboard's Dish Stock and Inventory add-ons.
Time: 15 min
Updated: 7 Nov 2026

Free store and Menuthere store

	Free store	Menuthere store
Where stock is kept	On this device	Your dashboard's inventory
Without internet	Everything works	Shows the last copy; changes need the internet
Adding ingredients and suppliers	Add ingredient and Suppliers in the POS	In the dashboard's Inventory
When ingredients are used	When a bill is saved (a cancelled bill gives them back)	When the order syncs

Every stock change needs a manager. A cashier on the till is asked for a manager's PIN.

Dishes: switch off and limit

Each dish has an on/off switch. Off means customers and the till can't order it (in a Menuthere store, the website too).
Limit sets how many can be sold: Unlimited, Today only (a count for today) or Every day (an amount that starts again each day).
Show “only N left” lets customers see how many are left.
Filters: All, Limited, Sold out and Switched off. A dish with 5 or fewer left is tagged Low.
On the Billing screen a limited dish shows N left, and Sold out can't be added.

Ingredients

Add ingredient (free store): a Name, a Unit (kg, g, L, ml, pcs and more), Category, On the shelf now, Cost of one unit, a Low-stock warning at level, packs you buy in, and a usual supplier.
The tiles show Items, Low, Out and Stock value. Low stock only filters the list.
New purchase bill: the supplier, invoice number and date, prices Before tax, Include tax or No tax, item lines and other charges. Saving brings the stock in and updates the average cost. In India it has CGST + SGST or IGST.
Record wastage: an ingredient, quantity and reason, such as Expired or Staff meal.
Adjust: Set to, Add or Remove with a reason.
Stock count: a blind count of everything, low and out items, or one category. Save draft, then Post count to set each counted item to what you found.

Recipes

A recipe is what ONE plate uses. Press Add on a dish, add each ingredient and its quantity, and press Save recipe.
A dish with sizes can have one recipe for All sizes, or its own recipe per size.
Each recipe shows the Ingredient cost, Selling price and Food cost %: green up to 32%, amber up to 40%, red above.

Questions

Does a free store need the internet for stock?

No. It all stays on the device.

Can a Menuthere store add ingredients in the POS?

No. Add them on the dashboard's Inventory screen; the POS shows them and records purchases, wastage and counts. See Purchase and inventory.

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