SOP: FIFO inventory discipline

First in, first out. Always. Bar, kitchen, walk-in, dry storage.

When you receive product:

  1. Date it with the receiving date (label maker is at the prep station).
  2. Place behind existing stock.
  3. Rotate older stock forward.

When you pull product:

  1. Pull from the front (oldest).
  2. Never reach to the back for fresher product.

Why

Waste is the single biggest controllable cost in a bar. A bottle of vermouth that oxidizes because nobody rotated it is $30 in margin lost. Across a year of small wastes, that's thousands.

Sustainability is not separate from cost. It is cost.

Track: Sustainable.