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Retail Inventory Audit Checklist

by Sal santos, from the Community

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Use this retail inventory audit checklist to standardize store checks, reduce shrink, and improve stock accuracy. Verify EAS systems and deactivators, bottle locks, staff purchases and receipts, inventory scales, and consumable write-offs. Review bakery plans and sign-offs, back-office counts, cashier and till compliance, and backstock organization. Capture the store’s current loss metrics, dashboard results, focus areas, and action plan. Assign accountability, document findings with photos and notes, and track corrective actions across locations.

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