These are the levels you can create to organize your online menu:
Food category and food item
Afood category is a group containing all the food and beverage items on your menu.Salad, Appetizers, Soup, Dessert, etc., are food categories.
On the other hand, food and drink items on your digital menu are collectively called food items.
For instance, in a Salad category, the possible food items you can add are Chicken salad, Caesar salad, Greek salad, etc.
Modifier group
A modifier group is a personalization category you can use to organize your choices and add-ons (modifiers).
Additionally, a modifier group can be categorized as optional or required.
An optional modifier group contains modifiers that customers can choose to add or skip upon ordering.
On the other hand, a required modifier group contains modifiers that customers must include to complete and place their orders.
Customers must select an option from the required modifiers group to proceed with their orders. Therefore, required modifiers increase the value of a customer’s order and boost the restaurant’s revenue.
Steak doneness, Drinks add-ons, Choice of salad dressings, and Choice of cheese, among others, are modifier groups that restaurants can opt for as optional or required.
These modifiers make browsing and editing the digital menu easier since it is already sorted out.
Suppose all food items can use the same modifier group. In that case, you can directly add a modifier category to a food category. Otherwise, individually add a food modifiers list to specific food items.
Modifiers
Modifiers are choices and add-ons that customers can customize their orders according to their preferences.
There are two types of modifiers—choices/options and add-ons/extras.
1. Choices and options
Choices and options are required choices customers must pick before placing an order. They may or may not have a price.For instance, in steak doneness, you can add rare, medium-rare, medium-well, and well-done choices.
2. Add-ons and extras
Add-ons and extras are additional ingredients or items customers can add to customize their orders. Most of the time, this modifier includes an additional fee.
An example is an extra coleslaw or add-on fries to a double patty cheeseburger.
How to add choices and add-ons to your online menu
Create a modifier group
First, establish the modifier groups for your choices and add-ons before adding them to food categories or food items.On the MENU TIGER admin panel, go to Menu, then proceed to Modifiers.
Click on Add and name your add-ons group.
Select a modifier group type
Choose between an optional or a requiredmodifier group.
For optional modifier groups:
Select the Optional button for non-compulsory items
For required modifier groups:
Select the Required button for necessary modifiers.
Then, input the force minimum and force maximum values per order.
The force minimum value must be at least 1, while the force maximum value depends on the type of modifiers you plan on adding to the group.
For example, if you want to allow customers to add up to 2 sauces to their orders, then input 1 as force minimum value and 2 as force maximum value.
For options that require only 1 response per order, like upsizing drinks or selecting steak doneness, input a force minimum value of 1 and a force maximum value of 1.
Enable/disable adding the same choice multiple times
Tick the Allow adding same choice multiple times checkbox to enable customers to choose a modifier from the optional or required modifier groups more than once per order.
List choices and add-ons
Then, after creating a name for your food modifiers list, click Add and input all modifiers or choices and add-ons. You can add as much as you want.
Set the price
Finally, set the price.
Click Save
When everything is set, click Save.
Double check modifiers
Check if your modifiers are functioning correctly on your customer app.
Click the customer app view on the upper right corner of your MENU TIGER admin dashboard.
Note: Localize your add-ons and modifiers to different languages to accommodate foreign customers. To choose the languages of your modifiers, go to the Website section and then proceed to General settings.
Also, the indicator beside each modifier/add-on indicates the item’s availability. Swipe the indicator on and off according to the availability.
Adding choices and add-ons to a food category
Click Menu, then go to Foods.
Next, choose a food category, then click the edit icon beside it.Then select the modifier group you want to add to the selected food category. Click Save.
The modifier group you have selected and all its add-ons and choices will automatically reflect all items in the selected food list.
If you want to be more exact, add a food modifiers list containing add-ons and choices for a specific food item.
Adding choices and add-ons to a food item
Go to Menu, then select the Food category to which the food item belongs.Next, click the edit icon beside the selected food item.
Then, select the modifier or add-ons group you want to add. Click Save.
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Different customers have different tastes and preferences. There is no one-size-fits-all recipe for creating the perfect dish that all customers will love.
However, you can always create add-ons and choices to help your customers customize their orders according to their preferences.
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Salad, Appetizers, Soup, Dessert, etc., are food categories.
