Stock Management for Farm Shops
A farm shop range is unlike anything else in retail: weekly deliveries from thirty local producers, fresh lines that live or die in three days, and a seasonal turnover of products that would break most stock systems.
INV3NTORY keeps it counted without slowing you down — till sales update stock live, waste gets logged at the bin, and every supplier’s lines sit in one organised list when it’s time to reorder.
Fresh lines, tracked daily
Short shelf lives mean stock truth changes by the hour. Till sync keeps counts live, so you order Friday’s bread on Thursday’s facts.
Thirty suppliers, one list
Group products by producer so reordering is a two-minute supplier-by-supplier check, not a walk round the shop with a notepad.
Waste on fresh, finally measured
Log what gets binned or marked down in seconds. After a month you’ll know which lines to order shorter — and which deserve more space.
Seasonal swaps without chaos
Asparagus in, squash out. Add and retire lines in seconds, and keep last season’s sales history for next year’s ordering.
Margins across very different shelves
Veg, butchery, deli, gifts, and pantry all earn differently. See margin by category so the pretty shelves justify their space.
Common questions
Most of our produce has no barcode — does that matter?
No. Products without barcodes can be added and counted by name, or you can print your own labels. Many farm shops track packaged lines precisely and run fresh loose produce on quick manual counts.
What about items sold by weight?
Track stock at whatever unit makes sense — most farm shops run weighed lines on value and quick spot-checks, and let packaged lines count down precisely from till sales.
Which tills does it work with?
Square, Zettle, Lightspeed, and EPOS Now connect directly — Square and Zettle are especially common in farm shops. No connected till? The scanner and manual adjustments still work.