Special Menu

Special Menu

The Special Menu function allows offering pre-defined groups of sales items at a special price in a Table Side fine dinning restaurant, similarly to combos that can be offered in fast-food restaurants. Special Menus validation also uses a logic similar to but more powerful then mandatory divisions. For example, you can buy separately a salad at $ 5.25 and a chicken breast at $ 9.75, or if order these together under a special Easter lunch menu get these for $ 12.95.

Description

The Special Menu Lists are used to group Special Menu Settings for reporting purposes. Enter a type of Special Menu Setting.

Special Menu Settings

Special Menu Settings are used as validation tables for specials.

Special Menu

Select a type from the Special Menu List.

Description

Enter a name for that special menu.

Item

Select the sale item that represents the special menu. This item will be printed as the main item with the special menu price and all included components for this special menu will be printed under as free items.

NOTE: The Variable List is disabled.

Modify

Click this button to setup each component choice.

Division

Select the division of the free Control Item for this part of the meal. If you forgot to order a priced Special Menu, but only ordered an free Control Item from this division, you will have to select a special menu before you can print the check.

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Item Class

Select the item class of the free Control Item for this part of the meal. If you forgot to order a priced Special Menu, but only ordered an free Control Item from this item class, you will have to select a special menu before you can print the check.

Quantity

Set this field to 1, unless you want to offer multiple components of the same type, such as cheese selections on a tasting menu.

Command

Select if the free Control Item is detected by Item, Item Class or Variable List.

Usage

Select the free Control Item, Item Class or Variable List that call sales items as free weight modifier for this part of the meal. If you forgot to order this free Control Item, but chose a priced Special Menu item that includes this Control Item, you will have to select this control item and a free sales items that it calls as weight modifiers before printing the check. Inversely, if this free Control Item is ordered, but no special menu that contains it is present, you will have to choose a special menu.