Last updated: Feb 3, 2026, 10:20 AM
| Toast Retail is not currently available to customers in Australia. |
Toast Retail software works with your Toast POS to provide an all-in-one platform to meet your retail needs. Access powerful inventory management tools that make creating and managing SKUs, adding inventory, and publishing rich product descriptions across all your channels a breeze.
This article covers the steps you’ll take to get started with using Toast Retail:
Once you’ve created your Toast Web account, you can access Toast Retail by selecting the Retail button on the left-hand navigation menu in Toast Web. Once you’ve built your item library in Toast, this will bring you to your Retail Dashboard, which shows you data on top sellers, high-level inventory stats, and links to common actions and helpful resources.
Within the Toast Retail module, a navigation menu will appear on the left side of the screen (select the arrow icon in the top left corner to expand or collapse). Here, you can access the different sections of your retail back-end:
You can also access Toast Retail on your mobile device by logging on to Toast Web on a web browser! This mobile view allows you to use your phone’s camera to scan barcodes and quickly conduct actions like receiving or counting inventory.
There is not a separate Toast Retail app, and there are no specific retail functions on the Toast Now app.
Your item library in Toast Retail is a searchable grid of your retail inventory with the ability to track additional data about items like suppliers and cost. The first time you visit the Retail page in Toast Web, you’ll be presented with three options for building your item library:
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Toast Web ( is where you’ll configure general settings for your business, including employee access and permissions, tax rates, payment options, sales reporting settings, and more. There are also some setup and customization steps you’ll want to complete on your POS terminals before you start selling items to guests.
You can find a list of these settings in this Toast Central article: .
In addition to your POS terminals, Toast Go® handhelds (if you’re using them!), and receipt printers, you’ll want to install any other hardware you’ll be using to support your retail operations, including:
If you need to purchase any hardware from Toast, you can do so by logging in to Toast Web and selecting Shop from the left-hand navigation.
For installation instructions for any other Toast hardware, you can check out the .