How to Create, Assign and Use Food & Beverage Sides

Overview:

Food & Beverage Sides are a great way to offer Sides to be sold individually or as part of a combo attached to another F&B Inventory item.

• Part One: Creating a F&B Inventory Item as a Side.
• Part Two: Assigning Side Items to other F&B Inventory Items (Individually & Bulk Edit).
• Part Three: Using Side Items in the F&B module.

Preconditions:

Preconditions are the necessary settings, permissions, and items created in your software to allow the feature to work.

• Access to the following modules:
  • Food & Beverage
  • Inventory: Food & Beverage

Steps: Part One

Follow the below steps to create a F&B inventory item as a side:

1. 1. 1. Go to Inventory > Food & Bev.
      2. To create a new F&B item click on "+New F&B Item" or select an already created item that will be marked as a side by clicking and the "Actions Drop-down Arrow" and selecting "Edit".
      3. On the Details tab enter all required information and any additional desired information which will determine how the revenue for your sides will be classified when sold individually or when attached to another item with an additional cost to the customer.
         • NOTE: Unit Price - What the side item will sell for individually, NOT what it will cost to add the side item when included with another F&B item.
      4. Under the F&B Options tab click "Item is a Side Dish".
      5. OPTIONAL: Under the Modifiers Tab, add any needed modifiers to your side item. (example: cheese fries modifier for french fries)
      6. NOTE: Side items CANNOT have sides.
      7. Click on "Save Changes".

Steps: Part Two

Follow the below steps to assign side items to other F&B inventory items (individually & bulk edit):

• Option 1: Assigning Sides to individual F&B items.
  1. Go to Inventory > Food & Bev
  2. Select an already created F&B inventory item that you would like to make your side items available with.
  3. Click on the "Sides" tab.
  4. Toggle On any sides that will be active and available as an option for the selected F&B item.
  5. Select a "Default" side option if applicable. (This option would be preselected when ordering the item in the F&B module)
  6. Set the "Upgrade Price" if applicable for any of the Sides that are toggled on.
• Option 2: Assigning Sides to multiple F&B items using Bulk Edit.
  1. Go to Inventory > Food & Bev
  2. Select multiple already created F&B inventory items that you would like to make your side items available with and click "Bulk Edit".
  3. In the Bulk Edit screen click on the "Edit Sides" checkbox and then click on the "Sides" checkbox.
  4. Enter the following data about your Sides that will be available with the current selection of items:
     • • Active - Toggle on any sides that will be available with your current selection.
       • Set as Default - Choose a side option that will be default selected to save time when ordering common pairings. (Optional)
       • Upgrade Price - The upcharge associated with selecting a certain side.
  5. After you have made you selections click on "Confirm" in the bottom right.
  6. Review your changes and to begin your Bulk Edit click "Start Edit".
  7. After the Bulk Edit is complete the window will update. You may now close the Bulk Edit Screen and refresh your browser to see your changes.

Steps: Part Three

Follow the below steps to use side items in the F&B module:

1. In the F&B module select an already created tab or start a new tab.
2. Choose an Item that has an attached side.
3. With the item on the ticket click on the blue "Pencil Icon" to open the items Options menu which includes attached sides and modifiers.
4. In the items Options, scroll down to "Side #1" and select the applicable Side. After selecting applicable sides, click "Save Order".
5. You may now "Send" the item to the kitchen and all applicable side selections will be included on the kitchen receipt.

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