Knowing the Businesses Production Rate

[Buttcatcher]

Is there anyway to track and know the rate businesses have raw materials for sale? Like bottles and crocks?

It's difficult to just keep on visiting them and finding their stores still empty.

[AlBoulcan]

there is an overlay showing you who you deal business recently with, in the section with respect , heat ect.

[Maehlice]

Nope.

There's also no in-game ledger.

I've resorted to screenshots, spreadsheets, and a notepad to act as my ledger.

[korac]

I think it's intended to just be something you develop a 'feel' for over time - it's something I've become better at judging now, anyway (well, most of the time :D ).

The best option is of course simply to explore more so you have more sources to draw from and it becomes less of a hit-and-miss affair.

[SomaSim]

We could do a hint about when their next "refill time" is going to happen!

But not having a ledger summary that lists current inventory of all businesses is very intentional, because you don't know what they're going to have when you get there. Other businesses produce and consume their stuff at their own rates, and also AIs can steal from them or buy/sell with them. (And that's why it might be worthwhile to pay them to become a "tied house" and only deal with you, and not other AIs)