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Creating Combos - Auto Combos

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Combo Detection

The system can detect which items make up a combo meal. This helps the customer save money and prevents the cashier from reentering the individual items again as a combo.

Combo Detection has two options:

  • Automatic Combo Discount: automatically discounts the items when applicable items are on a check

Beneficial for automatic BOGOs, combination specials (ex: 18 wings, pitcher of beer, and side of fries for $x.xx), etc. –PREFERRED METHOD—

  • Recreating Items on the Check into a Combo Item: automatically recreates the items into a combo menu item with the appropriate price

Beneficial for quick service restaurants to create items into a “Cheeseburger Combo”, Chicken Nugget Combo”, etc.

Automatic Combo Discount

Automatically discounts the items that make up a combo or special. This is beneficial for restaurants that offer BOGOs, combo specials such as 18 wings and a pitcher for $X.XX, etc.

ID Screen > Managers Menu > Discounts, Gratuity and Maintenance

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. Type in a Name such as “Meal”, “Special”, “Combo”, etc. This Combo Name will be shown as a discount at the bottom of the check.
  2. Select the appropriate combo discount Type – only uses Combo Amount or Combo Set Amount
    1. Combo Amount takes off a dollar amount off of the combo item.
    2. Combo Set Amount forces the combo item to the amount set in the “Amount” box
  3. With this example, choose Combo Amount
  4. Choose a low Access Level for this combo item (this is typically designed for discounts that need to be set for a specific security level, since this is a combo, set it to the lowest possible access of Cook).
  5. Select the Category of
  6. Click on the Combos button
  7.  
  8. Select which items are included in the Combo menu item. This is designed specifically for combo meals. You cannot put the same menu item name in more than one box.
  9. Choose the primary menu item name from the Menu Items box and insert it in the Combo Item
  10. Choose an additional item for the combo such as a side in the Combo Match #1 box; Put all types of sides you can get in this box
  11. Choose an additional item for the combo such as a drink in the Combo Match #2 box; Put all types of drinks in this box

The combo feature must have exact matches.  If you have shift pricing in your menu, you must put all shift prefixes in the combo boxes.

Using Shift Prefixes:

  1. Select the Menu Item in the Menu Items box and choose a shift prefix
  2. Select the appropriate Combo Match box – you should see the menu item name with the shift name in front of the item.  

Recreating Items into a Combo Item

Automatically recreate the items into a combo menu item with the appropriate price.

Beneficial for quick service restaurants to create items into a “Cheeseburger Combo”, Chicken Nugget Combo”, etc.

ID Screen > Managers Menu > Discounts, Gratuity and Maintenance

 Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. Type in a Name such as “Meal”, “Cmb”, or “Combo”. This Combo Name will be suffixed at the end of the menu item from Combo Item box

Keep in mind that receipts only allow 18 characters.  If the menu item name is too long, your combo name may cut off and prevent the combo feature from triggering

  1. Select the appropriate combo discount Type – only uses Combo Amount or Combo Set Amount
    1. Combo Amount takes off a dollar amount off of the combo item.
    2. Combo Set Amount forces the combo item to the amount set in the “Amount” box
    3.  
  2. With this example, choose Combo Amount
  3. Choose a low Access Level for this combo item (this is typically designed for discounts that need to be set for a specific security level, since this is a combo, set it to the lowest possible access of Cook).
  4. Select the Category of Combo Item. Combo Item turns this ‘discount’ into a Combo Item vs. the regular discount of Combo.
  5. Click on the Combos button
  6. Select which items are included in the Combo menu item. This is designed specifically for combo meals. You cannot put the same menu item name in more than one box.
  7. Choose the primary menu item name from the Menu Items box and insert it in the Combo Item
  8. Choose an additional item for the combo such as a side in the Combo Match #1 box; Put all types of sides you can get in this box
  9. Choose an additional item for the combo such as a drink in the Combo Match #2 box; Put all types of drinks in this box
  10. The combo feature must have exact matches.  If you have shift pricing in your menu, you must put all shift prefixes in the combo boxes.

 Using Shift Prefixes:

  1. Select the Menu Item in the Menu Items box and choose a shift prefix
  2. Select the appropriate Combo Match box – you should see the menu item name with the shift name in front of the item.

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