Your COGS % now counts what you actually collected
What You Rang Up, Not What You Listed: COGS per Item and the day breakdown under Total COGS % used to measure every item at its menu price, even when it went out the door at a discount or on the house. The cost was real, the revenue was not, and the percentage came out looking better than the shift actually was. Now a discount comes off the item before the maths, so the number you read is the number you earned.
Comped items stop hiding: give a drink away and there is no percentage to be had, because nothing came in. Rather than printing a flattering 0%, the reports say so. In the day breakdown a comped item turns grey and reads not available, and the cost it did incur still counts toward the day. Nothing gets swept under the rug, it just stops pretending to be a ratio.
Expect your number to move, and that is the point: if you run happy hour, a staff discount, or a loyalty pour, those items will read higher than they did last week. They always cost that much. Now the report agrees.
The three COGS views finally tell the same story: the day breakdown measures revenue the same way the headline above it does, so a day you click into can no longer contradict the number you clicked on.
Have a look at Reports > COGS per Item, then click any day on Reports > Total COGS % to see the breakdown behind it.