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Modifiers
Modifiers are specific Menu Item ingredients and prep styles that can be used to modify Menu Items. For example, there may be modifiers for individual ingredients like mustard or tomato, as well as prep style modifiers for fried, over easy, chilled, gluten free, etc.
Create New Modifier
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Assign Modifier to Modifier Group
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Modifier Options
Modifiers Options indicate how the Menu Item is to be modified, i.e., extra onion, no onion, onion on the side.
Create New Modifier Option
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Modifier Groups
A Modifier Group allows for similar or related Modifiers to be grouped together.
For example, individual groups can be created for the burger topping options, dipping sauces, and egg prep styles.
Create New Modifier Group
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Sub Items
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2. Ensure that this group contains the correct Menu Items. These items will appear as choices after ordering the parent item and selecting its Modifiers. If a menu item group exists only to provide sub items, consider hiding the group and/or items from search and online ordering. A group like this should probably not be added to any Menu Screens. | |
3. Find the parent item. This is the item that the sub item group attaches to. | |
4. Select New Linkage and choose the appropriate Menu Group in the list. | |
5. Determine the Min and Max based on what the guest should be allowed to have and what information is necessary to make the order. If Min is blank, the order flow can proceed without selecting any sub items. If Max is blank, an unlimited number of sub items can be added. | |
6. Choose a Price Level in the Pricing drop-down. If the price of the sub items is included in the parent item, select None. Current uses the Standard price of the menu item. Other price levels are created in the Price Levels section of the back office and set for each menu item. Rollup Pricing adds the price of the sub item to the parent item instead of displaying it on a different line. The best practice is to make this match the menu that is shown to guests. If the parent item includes one sub item, but additional sub items can be added for a price, consider attaching the sub item group twice: Once with Max: 1 and Pricing: None And again with no Max and a different Price Level. |
Verify Modifiers in FOH
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Duplicate Modifier Group
For this example we are duplicating the Modifier Group “*As A Cocktail” to create identical Modifier Groups with different pricing based on the Liquor prices. Liquor prices here are $4.00 or $5.00 which dictates the *Long Pour price.
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1. Create Modifier Groups - one group as the Original, one for the $4 liquors and one for the $5 liquors
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2. Create required Modifiers, i.e., cocktails
3. Create the required Modifier Option(s)
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4. Tap on the Modifiers icon from the BOH main screen 5. Click on the magnifying glass icon to bring up the Find function | |
6. From the drop down menus select:
7. Tap OK
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8. Tap the check mark icon to Select All Modifiers
9. Add the Modifiers to the newly created Modifier Groups | |
10. Navigate to the Modifier Options settings 11. Select the newly created Modifier Option 12. In the Modifier Groups section, add the new Modifier Groups Now there are three separate Modifier Groups, with the same Modifiers inside, all with the same Modifier Option | |
13. In this example, you would then update the Pricing for each Modifier in each Modifier Group appropriately
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Modifier Sorting & Print Priority
The order in which modifiers are added on the FOH are not the way it will send to the kitchen. If you don’t change the settings in the BOH modifiers will always be sent to the kitchen in alphabetical order, no matter how they were entered on the FOH.
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Print in Order of Entry1. Select the Printers icon from the main BOH screen | |
2. Select the desired printer(s) from the list in the left hand panel 3. Scroll to the Requisition Settings section, and check the Print Modifiers as Entered - no sorting checkbox
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Modifier Print Priority1. Select the Modifiers icon from the main BOH screen | |
2. Select the desired modifier from the list on the left hand panel 3. In the General Information section, use the Print Priority field to indicate which position this modifier will print in | |
Suppress Modifiers on Specific Station Types
You can suppress or hide modifier groups on specific station types.
This means that on your Bar Station Type you can ring in menu items without seeing a modifier screen, but on the Server Station Type it will display to allow the server to modify the item.
For this example, you do not need modifiers to show up on the Bar Station Type when ringing in a drink because the Bartender already knows what to mix with the whiskey.
For your Server Station Type you would want to always show the modifiers, so you check the Always Force Show Modifiers box in the Station Types Settings.
This means that the Server would be able to ring in the whiskey and choose a modifier to add a mixer or make it a cocktail.
For the Bar Station Type you would NOT want to show the modifiers, so you DO NOT check the Always Force Show Modifiers box in the Station Types Settings.
This means that the Bartender does not need to ring in the mixer or cocktail modification because that person is the one also making the drink.
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Menu Item Settings1. From the main BOH menu screen, select Menu Items 2. Select all the menu items that you do not need modifiers to display on at certain station types, e.g., all the liquors for the Bar station type 3. In the General Information section, tick the Do Not Force Show Modifiers checkbox | |
Station Type Settings1. From the main BOH menu screen, select Station Types 2. Select the Server station type, and any other station types that modifiers should always be visible for 3. In the Configuration Settings section, tick the Always Force Show Modifiers checkbox | |
4. Deselect the Server station type in the panel on the left and select the Bar Station Type 5. In the Configuration Settings section, make sure the Always Force Show Modifiers checkbox is NOT checked |