Stock status

Stock status is the "sold out for today" mark. Mark a dish, or a whole list of dishes, as sold out and guests read it in words on the next scan, without a publish. The mark expires at the end of your branch's day on its own, and the dish stays on the menu the whole time.

The fish is finished, and the menu does not know

At nine the sea bass is gone. The card on table four still lists it, the guest orders it, and the waiter carries the bad news back. Hiding the dish is the wrong tool: a hidden dish is gone from the menu, and a guest who came for fish reads a menu that never had fish.

The next morning the fish is back, and somebody has to remember to un-hide six dishes, one at a time, before the first guest sits down.

A chalk note, not a menu change

Sold out is a mark on the dish, separate from whether it is on the menu. The dish stays listed, in its place, with its price, and a short line says it is sold out. The guest who came for fish knows you have fish, just not tonight.

The mark is a time, not a switch. It is true for the rest of the branch's day and false the next morning, without anyone touching it and without a scheduled job that could fail to run.

How it works

Mark one dish One request marks a dish sold out or back in stock.
Or mark the list Several dishes are marked in one request: the ones that ran out and the ones that came back, together.
The guest sees it on the next scan No publish is needed. The published version is unchanged; the mark is read live on top of it.
It lifts itself at midnight, your midnight The mark carries the time it was set and counts as sold out only for that same day in the branch's time zone.
Or lift it yourself If a delivery arrives, mark the dish back in stock and it is back on the next scan.

What it does

Written in words on the guest page: A sold-out dish stays in its section with its name and price and a short sold-out line, so the state does not depend on colour alone.
On the dish page too: A dish's own page shows the same sold-out line.
The kitchen can do it: The kitchen role marks allergens and sold-out state and nothing else. The cook can say the fish is gone without being able to change a price.
The boundary is on the server: A kitchen account that calls the price endpoint is refused. Hiding a button is not a permission; the server is.
Sold out is not hidden: Hidden and sold out are two separate states. A hidden dish is absent; a sold-out dish is present and unavailable.
Ordering refuses it: Where ordering from the table is on, a sold-out dish cannot be put in the basket, and an order that names one is rejected with the reason.
Kept out of the audit trail, on purpose: Sold-out marks are the most frequent change in the system and lift themselves. Recording them would bury the price question under an evening of service.
Shown correctly in the panel: The menu editor shows the sold-out state computed for today in the branch's time zone, separately from visibility.

What you need

A published menu	The mark is read on top of the published version. A dish that is not published has nowhere to be shown as sold out.
Permission to manage stock	Owners, managers, editors and the kitchen role can mark stock.
A time zone on the branch	The day ends in the branch's own time zone, so the branch carries one; it always does.
No plan	Marking a dish sold out is on the free plan.

What it does not do

No counts There is no quantity. Zabuno does not know you have four portions left; it knows only sold out or not.
No automatic sold out from orders Orders sent from the table do not reduce a stock figure, because there is none. Somebody marks the dish.
No "back at six" A dish cannot be marked sold out until a chosen time. It is sold out until the end of the day or until somebody lifts it.
No multi-day mark A dish that will be gone all week has to be marked again each day, or hidden.
No notification Nobody is emailed or messaged when a dish is marked sold out.
No record of who marked it Sold-out marks are not in the audit trail.

Questions owners ask

Do I need to publish after marking a dish sold out?

No. The mark is read live on top of the published version, and guests see it on the next scan.

Will the dish come back tomorrow on its own?

Yes. The mark counts only for the day it was set, in your branch's time zone.

Can my cook mark a dish sold out without seeing prices?

Yes. The kitchen role marks allergens and sold-out state and nothing else, and the limit is enforced on the server.

Should I hide a dish or mark it sold out?

Sold out, if it will be back. A hidden dish disappears from the menu; a sold-out dish stays listed with a note.

Can I say "back at six"?

No. The mark lasts until the end of the day or until you lift it.

Can a guest order a sold-out dish?

No. Where ordering is on, a sold-out dish cannot be added to the basket, and an order naming it is refused.

Sold out is free

Marking a dish sold out is part of the free plan.

See the plans