Item Types and Hybrid Items

Choose an item type according to whether the item is stocked, sold or both. The type determines which catalog controls are available.

| Type | Use for | Main setup | | --- | --- | --- | | Stock | Ingredients, supplies and inventory-only goods | Location inventory, units, ingredients and production | | Menu | Sellable items that can consume recipe ingredients | Variations, sell prices, recipes, menus, categories and modifiers | | Hybrid | The same item being stocked and sold | Inventory plus menu-selling controls | | Service | Non-physical charges or services | Pricing and relevant item details without physical inventory |

Create the Appropriate Item

The Add Item dialog offers Stock Item, Menu Item and Service Item. For a stocked item that must also be sold, create it as stock and add it to a menu; Crunch treats the linked record as hybrid.

A menu item's ingredients can consume inventory even though the menu item itself is not counted as finished stock. Keep that distinction in mind when reviewing stock movement.

Review a Hybrid Item

After menu assignment, reopen the item. Its detail page can show inventory alongside Menu Variations & Recipes, Categories and Modifier Lists.

Stock and hybrid items also support Stock take Storage Areas. These split a physical count by area while keeping one live inventory total per location.

Keep Internal Ingredients Stock-Only

An ingredient used in a recipe does not need to be sold directly. Add a stock item to a menu when the actual stocked item should be offered for sale, rather than creating a duplicate record just for placement.