Menu Config: Edit the Menu Configurations, Menu Categories, Modifier Categories, PLUs, and Production Items

The Menu section includes 2 pages:

Menu Configuration
Menu Categories
Modifier Categories
PLU
Production Items

Editing the Configuration

Use the Menu > Configuration to set up the basic parameters of a menu. Follow the steps below to edit settings on the Menu > Configuration page.

Steps:

From RM, click Manage > Menu Manager > Enter the Menu Editor.
Click the Menu > Configuration page to display the Configuration screen.
Under Configuration, click the appropriate toggles and enter other specifications using drop-down arrows.
Click Save when finished.

Adding/Editing Menu Categories

Use the Menu Categories page to set up categories of foods and beverages on a menu. Follow the steps below to add a new menu category.

Steps:

From RM, click Manage > Menu Manager > Enter the Menu Editor.
Click the Menu > Menu Categories page to display the Menu Categories screen.
Under Menu Categories, click Add Category. The Add Category pop-up displays.

From the Add Category pop-up, enter the Menu Category Name.

Click Save when finished. The New category displays on the Menu Category grid. If you don’t see the new Menu Category, refresh the page.

To edit an existing Menu category, click the pencil icon to prompt the Menu Category pop-up. To delete an existing Menu category, click the trash icon.

Adding/Editing Modifier Categories

Use the Modifier Categories tab in Menu to setup modifier categories on a menu. Follow the steps below to add a new modifier category on the Modifier Categories tab in Menu.

Steps:

From RM, click Manage > Menu Manager > Enter the Menu Editor.
Click the Menu > Modifier Categories page to display the Modifier Categories screen.

Under Modifier Categories, click Add Modifier Category. The Add Modifier Category pop-up displays.
From the Add Category pop-up, enter the Modifier Category Name, optional Warning message, and button color (if desired).

Click Add.
A confirmation message displays. If you don’t see the new Modifier Category, refresh the page.

To edit an existing Modifier category, click the pencil icon to prompt the Modifier Category pop-up. To delete an existing Modifier category, click the trash icon.

Adding/Editing PLU

Use the PLU page in Menu section to set up PLU’s on a menu. Follow the steps below to add/edit PLU on a menu item, modifier or preference members.

PLU stands for Product Look-Up codes. These codes are used in menu management systems to uniquely identify items, modifiers, or preference members within a menu. This allows for efficient management and reporting of sales data. PLU codes can be included and exported in reporting, like Menu Mix by Report Group.

Steps:

From RM, click Manage > Menu Manager > Enter the Menu Editor.
Click the Menu > PLU page to display the PLU screen.
Enable PLU feature by turn the toggle on.

By default, you can add or edit the PLU for Menu Items. To add PLU to Modifier or Preference Members, click the dropdown and choose Modifier or Preference.

Click Edit to edit the PLU field and enter a product look-up code for up to 25 characters. We recommend PLU to be a 4-6 numerical digits.

Note: PLU is supposed to be a unique identifier. Once PLU is assigned, we don’t recommend changing it unless you really want to, because changing a PLU will introduce inconsistency in historical reporting.

You can use Auto-Generate to let RM to generate a PLU for you. When you click the “Auto Generate”, the menu editor will fill the PLU fields for items with 10001, 10002…; for modifiers with 20001, 20002…; and for the preference members with 30001, 30002… across all groups/preferences.

Click Save when finished.

Adding/Editing Production Items

Use the Production Items page in Menu section to set up Production Items on a menu. Follow the steps below to add/edit Production Items on a menu item or preference members.

Burger and wings restaurants use Production Items KDS to show the count of ingredients such as Beef Patties and Wings. It helps kitchen cooks who need to know at a glance how many of each ingredient are needed to fulfill all of the orders that have been sent to the kitchen at any given moment.

This ensures that high volumes of orders can be fulfilled quickly without taking time to read through dozens of tickets on the KDS. While similar, order count summarizes at the item level (e.g. 5 Double Cheeseburgers) on the regular KDS, the production item count will summarize at the ingredient level (e.g. 10 Burger Patties) on Production Items KDS.

Steps:

From RM, click Manage > Menu Manager > Enter the Menu Editor.
Click the Menu > Production Items page to display the Production Items screen.
Click “Add Production Item” to add a new production item, then the Add Production Item pop-up displays.

From the Add Production Item pop-up, enter the Production Item Name and KDS button color from the color palette.

Click Next, and choose what Menu Items or Preference Members this Production Item will be associated with.

Click Add, and enter the counts of Production Items by Size. For example, a 6pc Wing Combo needs 6x Wings and a 10pc Wing Combo needs 10x Wings.
You can associate both Menu Items and Preference Members with a Production Item if needed.