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Track your waste and write-offs for you

Every Monday, WebRun reads the week's ingredient write offs and waste log in Poster, totals the cost by reason, and posts Slack a summary with a fuller breakdown emailed for the week.

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Every Monday at 9:00 AM WebRun
1 Poster total the week's write offs and waste
2 Slack post the waste summary
3 Gmail email the fuller report
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In short

How do I track ingredient write offs and waste automatically?

Every Monday, WebRun totals the week's ingredient write offs and waste logged in Poster, broken out by reason such as spoilage, breakage, and comps. It posts a Slack summary the same morning and emails the fuller report, so waste trends show up before they eat into your margin.

  • Waste is totaled by reason every week instead of guessed at
  • Spoilage trends surface before they become a recurring cost
  • One Slack summary plus a full emailed breakdown, every week

Built for cafe managers · kitchen managers · bar managers · hospitality finance teams

Step by step

What does WebRun do on every run?

The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.

  1. WebRun signs in and gets to work

    Opens joinposter.com in a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys.

  2. 1
    Poster - total the week's write offs and waste
    joinposter.com How to Automate Poster
    WebRun in Poster: total the week's write offs and waste
    WebRun opens Poster to total the week's write offs and waste.
    • Open Poster's write off log for the past week
    • Total the cost of write offs by reason such as spoilage, breakage, and comps
    • Note which ingredients were written off most often

    Done when The week's write offs are totaled by reason and by ingredient.

  3. 2
    Slack - post the waste summary
    slack.com How to Automate Slack
    WebRun in Slack: post the waste summary
    WebRun opens Slack to post the waste summary.
    • Post the week's total write off cost by reason
    • Call out the ingredient written off most often
    • Compare the total to the prior week

    Done when You have this week's waste summary in Slack.

  4. 3
    Gmail - email the fuller report
    gmail.com How to Automate Gmail
    WebRun in Gmail: email the fuller report
    WebRun opens Gmail to email the fuller report.
    • Draft the fuller write off and waste breakdown by ingredient and reason
    • Include the week over week comparison
    • Send the report to your own inbox

    Done when The fuller weekly waste report is sent to your inbox.

Run settings

How is each run configured?

Starting pageWhere Chrome opens at the start of each run
joinposter.com
ScheduleRuns automatically on this cadence
Every Monday at 9:00 AM
DeliveryHow each run's result reaches you
Waste and write off report · Slack
OutputWhat each run produces - A weekly total of write offs and waste broken out by reason, with cost for each.
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Setup & safety

Secure by default

Connect once, stays signed in

WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.

Your credentials stay in your own private environment - WebRun never stores your passwords.
Strict Lockdown

Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.

Domains ALLOWLIST
Typed input ALLOW
Shell command BLOCK
File uploads BLOCK
Runs in a contained environment More on policies
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Questions, answered

Does it change any records in Poster?

No. WebRun only reads the write offs already logged in Poster. It never adds, edits, or deletes a write off entry itself.

What reasons does it break out?

Whatever reason codes you use in Poster, typically spoilage, breakage, staff meals, and comps, so you can see which one is driving the week's cost.

What if staff forget to log a write off?

It can only report what's recorded in Poster. An unlogged write off won't appear until someone enters it.

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