Price Categories

Prices for menu items in the terminal are retrieved from price categories. No item actually has a price assigned to it. Instead it has a price category.

Price categories are generally added when entering new items into the menu. When a new category is entered, the screen prompts the user to enter new prices and new sizes.

The system will allow new units/sizes to be entered, or the sizes can be retrieved from the drop down list. Sizes will appear as a choice to the user when using the POS.

• Retail: Standard price for customers
• Cost: Purchase price or cost of item
• Price1: Tier pricing for customers or happy hour
• Price2: Same as Price1
• Price3: Same as Price1

For component recipes, this feature inventories this price line.

When this item is used as both a modifier and a main item, the price lines must be assigned to the item type that will be used in the menu. For example, a shot of tequila may be a main item, or it may be a modifier at a bar, but it's price and size need to change accordingly.

• Product is the standard product
• Default modifier is the modifier price that automatically is input
• Modifier is an optional modifier that would prompt like sizes
• Weighted item is when the weight is calculated using a weighing scale
• Bar Code is when you want to enter a bar code for the item
• Item Count is used to enter the quantity of the item

Indicates what size the pizza is, or if a topping what the price is for the correct pizza size.

You have two options to add a new price category:

1. You can add a new price category during the process of adding a new menu item
   
2. You can add a price category after you add the menu item by clicking on Edit Pricing
   

To add a new price category when you add a new menu item. Please see Add New Menu Item

To add a new price category after you add a new menu item:

1. Highlight the Menu Item from the grid and click on Edit Pricing
2. Enter a name in the Price Category Description
3. Add price lines for the menu item
4. Once done, click on Save and Close

If you want to assign the new pricing category to any other items, highlight the menu item and choose the pricing category from the drop down next to the Edit Pricing button or you can assign the new pricing category in the New Product Wizard under Select Category/Enter Prices Section.

You can access the Price Categories Window using the following two ways

1. Office ToolBar » Menu Service » Pricing Categories
2. Office-Touch » Menu Center » Pricing Categories

Pricing Categories allows you to review the items that are assigned to different price categories. It is also used to edit price lines.The category tree on the left lists all the price categories. Expanding the nodes shows what products are tied to the category.By selecting each category, you can edit the price lines on the right side.