One line on the receipt, every component out of stock
A kit is sold as a single item but holds no stock of its own. Its recipe names the components it uses, which can be left out and what can stand in for each, and the cashier changes the kit at the till within those rules.
- Kit
- Gift box
- Recipe
- Coffee 250 g, mug, biscuits ×2
- Changed at the till
- Mug left out, decaf for coffee
- Stock out
- Decaf 250 g ×1, biscuits ×2
Goes through · One kit line sold; only what went in the box leaves stock
How a kit is built and sold
Make the kit item
Create an item of type kit. It is sold and priced like any item.
Write the recipe
List each component with its quantity and unit, and mark the ones a sale may leave out.
Add alternatives
For any component, name the items that may replace it and how much of each one kit then takes.
Sell it
At the till, the cashier opens the kit’s choices, leaves out or swaps parts, and the sale takes the components from stock.
Details that matter
Only allowed changes
A change the recipe doesn’t allow, such as leaving out a fixed component, is refused.
Kits inside kits
A component can itself be a kit, opened in its place. A kit can never end up containing itself.
Printed on the receipt
What was left out or swapped prints under the kit line on the till receipt.
Questions buyers ask
Does a kit need its own stock?
No. A kit holds no stock; selling one takes its components out of the warehouse.
Can a customer swap one item in the kit?
Yes, for any component you gave alternatives to. The cashier picks the swap at the till.
Can a component be in a different unit?
Yes. Each component states its unit, as long as that item converts it.