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Not all stock leaves through a sale. Waste events record what you discard; internal consumption records what the store itself uses — staff meals, tastings, samples. Both deduct stock and both show up in reports, so recording them keeps your theoretical inventory honest. Where you work: BOH → Movements — Waste events (/boh/admin/operations/waste-events) and Internal consumption (/boh/admin/operations/internal-consumptions). The Waste reasons catalog lives under Catalog → Waste reasons (/boh/admin/operations/waste-reasons).

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Waste reasons

Before registering waste, define the catalog of reasons: expiry, preparation error, breakage, spoilage… Each reason has a code, a name, and whether it is considered controllable (caused by operation) or not — a distinction that later makes waste reports actionable.
Waste reasons catalog
To add one: Catalog → Waste reasons → Create (/boh/admin/operations/waste-reasons/new).

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Register a waste event

1

Open the waste form

Movements → Waste events → Create (/boh/admin/operations/waste-events/new).
2

Pick the store

3

Enter the lines

Item, quantity, unit — and the reason, which is required on every line.
4

Confirm

Stock is deducted from the closest-to-expiry lots first, unless you point at a specific lot.
Waste event form with reason per line
Make waste registration part of the shift routine (e.g. before close). Waste recorded days later distorts both the waste report and the stock counts in between.

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Internal consumption

Internal consumption works like waste but without a reason catalog: it represents legitimate non-sale usage such as employee meals or kitchen tests.
1

Open the form

Movements → Internal consumption → Create (/boh/admin/operations/internal-consumptions/new).
2

Pick the store and enter the lines

Item, quantity, and unit per line.
3

Confirm

Internal consumption form
Both documents can be cancelled from their detail page if recorded by mistake — BOH posts the opposite movements to restore the stock.
Next: Transfers and production.