86 (Out of Stock)

Restaurant shorthand for an item that is sold out or unavailable.

To '86' an item means it's no longer available: the kitchen is out of an ingredient or a dish is pulled for the shift. Communicating an 86 quickly keeps servers from selling what the kitchen can't make. When a dish is 86'd in Opero, it can hide across every ordering surface at once (POS, kiosk, and QR), so guests never order something the line can't fire.

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86 (Out of Stock): Meaning in Restaurants | Opero