https://community.toasttab.com/t5/restaurant-operations/waste-input-becomes-discounts-seriously/m-p/8584#M3558 <P>We were really happy to see that some of the posters on this community board's suggestions were made real by TOAST by introducing a way to record food waste each day.&nbsp; It does work and was simple to set-up.</P><P>However, we were just so surprised today to learn that:</P><P>"Each selection on the check is discounted to $0 using an item-level 100% discount. This discount is created automatically by the Toast platform and has the name Waste."</P><P>This really throws off our YOY comparisons.&nbsp; Instead of $400 in discounts last week, it was $1200.&nbsp; So no way to compare apples to apples anymore.</P><P>Waste really should not be reported to any discount category but be it's own separate field/reporting item.</P> Tue, 30 Jan 2024 21:08:08 GMT Jason 2024-01-30T21:08:08Z https://community.toasttab.com/t5/restaurant-operations/waste-input-becomes-discounts-seriously/m-p/8584#M3558 <P>We were really happy to see that some of the posters on this community board's suggestions were made real by TOAST by introducing a way to record food waste each day.&nbsp; It does work and was simple to set-up.</P><P>However, we were just so surprised today to learn that:</P><P>"Each selection on the check is discounted to $0 using an item-level 100% discount. This discount is created automatically by the Toast platform and has the name Waste."</P><P>This really throws off our YOY comparisons.&nbsp; Instead of $400 in discounts last week, it was $1200.&nbsp; So no way to compare apples to apples anymore.</P><P>Waste really should not be reported to any discount category but be it's own separate field/reporting item.</P> Tue, 30 Jan 2024 21:08:08 GMT https://community.toasttab.com/t5/restaurant-operations/waste-input-becomes-discounts-seriously/m-p/8584#M3558 Jason 2024-01-30T21:08:08Z