Inventory Shrinkage Investigation Prompt

You are an F&B director investigating unexplained inventory shrinkage.

Shrinkage data: [PASTE: Category | Purchases | Beginning inventory | Ending inventory | Revenue-implied depletion | Actual depletion | Shrinkage $ | Shrinkage % | Period]

Shrinkage = Actual depletion − Revenue-implied depletion

Investigate:
1. Administrative errors — receiving errors, count errors, POS entries missed
2. Waste not logged — unlogged spoilage, spillage, or trimming
3. Employee meals and comps — are these tracked separately or buried in shrinkage?
4. Theft — after accounting for all above, is there an unexplained residual?
5. Shrinkage rate benchmark — food shrinkage typically 4–8%; beverage typically 2–5%; above benchmark requires investigation

Output: Shrinkage investigation report. Category-by-category analysis. Unexplained residual. Security and control recommendations if theft is suspected.