it just deducts from the deli manager’s inventory count. it was already bought by the warehouse and shipped based on a algorithm (with varying levels of manual control)

fun fact: most shrink (at least where im at) comes from the transfer of product between warehouse and store. warehouses love to short to make their own inventories (ths includes warehouses sending damaged, expired, and unwanted products)

also if i product is stolen enough it eventually just gets dropped forever and replaced with an alternative item