Scheduled menu item availability based on stock levels

Purpose

1. Automate menu item visibility based on real-time or scheduled inventory changes, ensuring unavailable dishes are hidden or marked as out-of-stock.

2. Automates communication between POS, inventory system, digital menu, and online ordering platforms.

3. Streamlines the fulfillment process, reduces manual errors, and enhances customer experience in Armenian cuisine by presenting only available items.

4. Automating this prevents overselling, reduces operational disruptions, and supports menu planning for food and beverage teams.

Trigger Conditions

1. Automated stock-level changes detected in POS or inventory management software.

2. Scheduled inventory checks (e.g., every 15 minutes, hourly) triggering automator workflows.

3. Manual override or adjustment by kitchen staff in emergency out-of-stock cases.

4. Automated supplier order receipt/failure updating menu automatable statuses.

Platform Variants

1. Square POS

• Feature/Setting: Webhook from Inventory API; automate menu update using Catalog API based on threshold stock count.
  

2. Toast POS

• Feature/Setting: Scheduled polling of Item Availability API; automated menu item disable when stock reaches zero.
  

3. Revel Systems

• Feature/Setting: Webhook triggers on inventory changes; automates 'mark out-of-stock' via Menu Management API.
  

4. Clover

• Feature/Setting: Automated "Inventory Count" event in Clover API; automator calls "Menu Item" update endpoint.
  

5. Lightspeed

• Feature/Setting: Automate with "stock.updated" webhook; Menu API used to disable/enable items.
  

6. Shopify (using Shopify POS for Restaurants)

• Feature/Setting: Admin API stock update triggers; automation via Product/Variant visibility settings.
  

7. Upserve POS

• Feature/Setting: Scheduled export from Inventory interface; automated menu change via Menu API.
  

8. TouchBistro

• Feature/Setting: Stock alert event; automates item visibility toggling via custom endpoint.
  

9. SquareSpace Ordering

• Feature/Setting: Custom automator using Inventory Update API; item hiding based on scheduled script.
  

10. ChowNow

• Feature/Setting: Automated menu sync via ChowNow Partner API; menu item status updates triggered by inventory webhook.
  

11. GloriaFood

• Feature/Setting: Inventory import endpoint; automates menu item status based on integrator.
  

12. UberEats

• Feature/Setting: Automated POS sync using Uber Eats Menu API; "OUT_OF_STOCK" field updated via webhook automation.
  

13. DoorDash

• Feature/Setting: Item Availability API; automated call when inventory system posts stock changes.
  

14. Grubhub

• Feature/Setting: Polling menu API; automate PUT request to update item out-of-stock flag.
  

15. OpenTable (for ordering add-ons)

• Feature/Setting: Inventory webhook triggers; automates menu custom field update.
  

16. Wix Restaurants

• Feature/Setting: Inventory integration via Wix REST API; automate availability toggling.
  

17. Google Food Ordering

• Feature/Setting: Automate menu via Google My Business API; schedule menu data sync per stock.
  

18. Zapier (meta-platform)

• Feature/Setting: Automates cross-platform webhooks and API calls between inventory, POS, and menu platforms.
  

19. Integromat/Make

• Feature/Setting: Scheduled automator fetching inventory data; menu API update action.
  

20. Oracle MICROS

• Feature/Setting: Automated Inventory Event API subscription; Menu Management API called by automator function.
  

Benefits

1. Automates menu management, reducing workload and error probability.

2. Ensures real-time, reliable customer-facing menu accuracy, increasing trust and satisfaction.

3. Streamlines kitchen operations and front-of-house workflow via automation.

4. Prevents overselling and automates out-of-stock communication, minimizing refunds and complaints.

5. Facilitates granular control and flexible scheduling for automatable restaurant operations.