# Restaurant supply ordering across locations > Restock paper goods, cleaning supplies and smallwares for each location from chat. Stock is counted per site, low stock opens a request, and a manager approves. Updated 2026-11-06. Source: https://atta.sh/use-cases/restaurants Atta can restock supplies for each restaurant location from a chat message. It counts stock per location, opens a restock request when an item drops under its reorder point, and orders from stores you allow once the right person approves. It buys supplies sold through a store. ## Restocking one location Each location is a stock location with its own shelf counts. A manager asks from the kitchen. > **Dee (manager, Downtown):** we're down to one case of takeout boxes and the dish soap is low > > **Atta:** Downtown has 200 takeout boxes (one case) and 2 L of dish soap. Reorder points are 400 boxes and 10 L. Takeout boxes, 4 cases at $46 = $184. Dish soap, 4 x 5 L at $28 = $112. Total $296, delivery Friday. Under your $400 limit, so confirm and I'll order. > > **Dee:** confirm > > **Atta:** Ordered. $296 committed against the Downtown budget. The agent reads stock. Only people with the inventory capability write counts, receipts and moves, so a count writes the difference as a `counted` row. ## Several locations, one list Put the supplies each location buys on a recurring list. On the schedule it resets received lines to wanted and opens a request for the list's creator. It opens a request and never places an order. The request goes through the same approval rules as anything else. A kitchen that buys the same 12 items from the same supplier each week is what a recurring list is for. ## Moving stock between locations When Uptown runs low and Downtown has a surplus, a transfer moves the stock through the transit location, so it stays on hand while it's in the van. A reorder point opens a transfer when a feeding location can spare stock, and a restock request when none can. Neither places an order. ## Budgets per location Put each location on its own team and give the team a budget. Checkout reserves the amount against it and counts it as spent when payment settles. A manager's role has a limit on what they approve alone, and anything over goes to the approvers your rules name. ## What the product covers - Supplies that a store sells and Atta can buy at: paper goods, cleaning supplies, smallwares. - Stock counts per location and transfers between them. - Cards, if you turn them on: each order gets its own single-use card capped at the approved total. ## Where it buys Atta buys at stores it's connected to. Where a supplier sells through one of those, the agent orders from it. On the open web the agent only reads: it finds a product and gives you the link to buy. ## Where it fits A restaurant group with a handful of sites buying the same non-food supplies. A manager can ask from [WhatsApp](https://atta.sh/integrations/whatsapp) in a sentence. Atta is in invite-only beta and free during the beta. ## Questions ### Can Atta order food from my distributor? Only if the distributor sells through a store Atta is connected to. Atta buys supplies from stores; on the open web it gives you a link instead. ### Does it track stock per restaurant? Yes. Each location has its own counts, and transfers between locations go through a transit location so stock on the road still counts. ### Will it reorder automatically when we run low? No. A reorder point opens a transfer or a restock request. A person approves any order. ### Can each location have its own budget? Yes. Put each location on its own team with its own budget, and an order reserves against the budget it belongs to.