Is counter item transferee when storing?

[vgm21]

If I store a counter does the item transfer to another open counter or loss?

[geordieprogman]

If you store a counter with food on then the food is lost and you can't get it back.

[ElaineCarrel]

There's only 1 way to transfer food from 1 counter to another. U have to make sure there's no empty counters. Then go to place a food that u don't have a counter for already and when this happens u get a message that the chef has placed all _____ on 1 counter. What's actually happening Is the chef has combined all like foods, ie u had 5 counters all coffee and no other counters and u want to place chocolate cake, he makes 1 counter have all 5 combined counters of coffee and 1 counter has the cake. This then gives u 3 empty counters.