Keg tracking and margins

Start a keg

Open an item’s Keg level disclosure, enter a capacity from 1–100 litres and the current remaining amount, then choose whether guests may see a percentage. Tracking belongs to the item at this location and is shared by menus that use it.

Manual tracking needs no POS. Operational keg data is separate from published menu versions, and zero remaining never marks a serving sold out.

Use Square estimates

Automatic tracking requires a connected read-only Square sales stream and explicit millilitres for each eligible imported variation. Completed orders after the baseline subtract quantity × serving volume. Missing-volume packaged drinks and weight/quantity-unit sales are excluded.

Square completion time is not physical pour time. Close open tabs before checking or replacing a keg.

Correct or replace

Correcting remaining volume starts a fresh baseline and prevents older late-arriving orders from being deducted. Refunds, cancellations, and quantity decreases never refill the keg; staff correct waste, samples, and mistakes manually.

A new keg clears prior deduction receipts for that item. Repeated sales imports deduct only newly recorded volume. Estimates clamp at zero.

Estimate margins

Enter the complete keg purchase cost and serving volumes to compare estimated cost per serving with menu prices and a target gross margin. The calculation is planning guidance: it excludes waste, taxes, labor, fees, and unrecorded pours.

Disconnection or a different Square environment, merchant, or external location pauses automation.

Limits and boundaries

Capacity is 1–100 litres. Estimates exclude refunds, cancellations, weight sales, missing volumes, waste, samples, and open tabs until orders complete.

If something goes wrong

Correct the remaining amount to start a new baseline. Replace the keg only after closing open Square tabs and reviewing serving volumes.

Still stuck? Email Venue Menus support with the location, menu or screen name and the action you were taking.