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Item Groups and Menu Items
An Item Group is a collection of Menu Items with similar attributes. Using Item Groups makes it easy to work
with groups of Menu Items for tasks such as price changing, sales tracking and applying discounts
automatically.
Item Groups do not appear anywhere in the Order Entry screens.
Another advantage of using Item Groups is course firing, since orders can be printed in the kitchen in Item
Group order. By arranging your Item Groups in course order on the Item Group list, you can make orders print
out in the order that they will be served.
To set up an Item Group, you need to decide what Menu Items belong together.
Examples of Item Groups might include Appetizers, Domestic Beers, Glass Wine, Bottle Wine, and Salads.
To create a new Item Group
Setting Item Group Prices
When you set up an Item Group, you can set a default price for all of the Menu Items within that group. If you
later want to alter the default price, you can simply edit it on the Edit Item Group screen.
If you want to change the price of a single Menu Item within the Item Group, you do not need to assign it to
new Item Group. Instead, you may keep it within the same Item Group and set a unique price for that
individual item.
Additional Item Group Functionality
Menu Items
Dinerware allows you to decide how and where any given menu item appears on your screen. It lets you
organize them into Screen Categories, set individual or category prices, designate where the order will be
printed out, and display what choices are available for the item.
Dinerware is designed to make it easy for you to enter new Menu Items. You can speed up the menu entry
process even more if you have the following information available when you sit down to create your menu:
Once you have gathered all of the above information, you’ll be ready to create Menu Items in Dinerware.
To Create a new Menu Item
Additional Menu Item Functionality
When to Create a Menu Item and When to Create a Choice
In general, a Menu Item is an item that may be ordered from the menu independently, with or without a
making a Choice. In fact, most Menu Items can be ordered without an associated Choice. (However, you may
set up the Menu Items so that certain choices must be made. See Optional and Forced Choices for more
information.)
A Choice is a specific option available to modify a given Menu Item. A Choice is never ordered without an
associated Menu Item. However, if you want to be able to place an order for something without ordering
another Menu Item, create the item as a Menu Item. If an item necessarily comes with a Menu Item, then
create it as a Choice. You could also have items in both categories.
Example: Should a small green salad be a Choice or a Menu Item?
If your restaurant serves identical small green salads as both a side to an entree and as an individual
item, then you should create two different small green salads: one as a Choice (associated with the
entrée) and one as a Menu Item.
A Choice is a specific option (e.g., pepperoni) available for a given Menu Item (e.g. Pizza). A Choice is never
ordered without an associated Menu Item. You cannot order a Choice by itself. A Menu Item is an item that
may be ordered from the menu, with or without modification. Most Menu Items can be ordered without an
associated Choice.
Therefore, if you want to be able to place an order for an item without ordering a Menu Item, create the item as
a Menu Item. If an item necessarily comes with a Menu Item, then create it as a Choice.
An Item Group is a collection of Menu Items with similar attributes. Using Item Groups makes it easy to work
with groups of Menu Items for tasks such as price changing, sales tracking and applying discounts
automatically.
Item Groups do not appear anywhere in the Order Entry screens.
Another advantage of using Item Groups is course firing, since orders can be printed in the kitchen in Item
Group order. By arranging your Item Groups in course order on the Item Group list, you can make orders print
out in the order that they will be served.
To set up an Item Group, you need to decide what Menu Items belong together.
Examples of Item Groups might include Appetizers, Domestic Beers, Glass Wine, Bottle Wine, and Salads.
To create a new Item Group
- Choose Item Groups.
- Choose New.
- Type in a name for the Item Group and a price for items in that group.
Setting Item Group Prices
When you set up an Item Group, you can set a default price for all of the Menu Items within that group. If you
later want to alter the default price, you can simply edit it on the Edit Item Group screen.
If you want to change the price of a single Menu Item within the Item Group, you do not need to assign it to
new Item Group. Instead, you may keep it within the same Item Group and set a unique price for that
individual item.
Additional Item Group Functionality
- Create a new Menu Item and add it to an Item Group
- Assign an already existing Menu Item to an Item Group
- Create a new Item Group with a standard default price
- Change the default price for an Item Group
- Edit the price of a single Menu Item within an Item Group
- Set a unique price for item X within an Item Group
- Raise or lower the price of all items within an Item Group
- Control Print Order with Item Groups
- Change the order in which Item Groups appear on the Item Groups list
Menu Items
Dinerware allows you to decide how and where any given menu item appears on your screen. It lets you
organize them into Screen Categories, set individual or category prices, designate where the order will be
printed out, and display what choices are available for the item.
Dinerware is designed to make it easy for you to enter new Menu Items. You can speed up the menu entry
process even more if you have the following information available when you sit down to create your menu:
- Item Group to which each Menu Item will belong and the price you plan to charge for it
- Screen Category to which each Menu Item will belong
- Name of each Menu Item
- Menu Item description (optional)
- Alternative Kitchen Print Name (optional) helpful in printing items in another language (Roman
characters) - Cost of Menu Item to produce (optional)
- The Choice Sets offered with each Menu Item
- The Choices offered with each Menu Item
- The Revenue Class to which each Menu Item will belong
- Applicable taxes, if any
- Printer(s) where the Menu Item orders should be sent
- The location where you would like the Menu Item to appear on the Order Entry screen
Once you have gathered all of the above information, you’ll be ready to create Menu Items in Dinerware.
To Create a new Menu Item
- Choose Menu Items.
- Choose New.
- Enter information for the item.
- This may include an item name and description, alternative kitchen name, the Item Group and
Screen Category it belongs to, price, revenue class, printer choice, and any available choice
set.
Additional Menu Item Functionality
- Using Save as New Item to retain all the Edit Menu Item screen selections
- Create a Menu Item with a unique price
- Edit an existing Menu Item
- Create Daily Specials
- Designate a printer for a particular Menu Item
- Change a printer for a particular Menu Item
- Using Menu Items for Course Firing
- Assigning Revenue Classes
- Assign a Tax to a specific Menu Item
- Using Item Costs to Track the Expense of Offering the Item
- Set up Item to be sold by Weight
- Activate and Deactivate Menu Items
When to Create a Menu Item and When to Create a Choice
In general, a Menu Item is an item that may be ordered from the menu independently, with or without a
making a Choice. In fact, most Menu Items can be ordered without an associated Choice. (However, you may
set up the Menu Items so that certain choices must be made. See Optional and Forced Choices for more
information.)
A Choice is a specific option available to modify a given Menu Item. A Choice is never ordered without an
associated Menu Item. However, if you want to be able to place an order for something without ordering
another Menu Item, create the item as a Menu Item. If an item necessarily comes with a Menu Item, then
create it as a Choice. You could also have items in both categories.
Example: Should a small green salad be a Choice or a Menu Item?
If your restaurant serves identical small green salads as both a side to an entree and as an individual
item, then you should create two different small green salads: one as a Choice (associated with the
entrée) and one as a Menu Item.
A Choice is a specific option (e.g., pepperoni) available for a given Menu Item (e.g. Pizza). A Choice is never
ordered without an associated Menu Item. You cannot order a Choice by itself. A Menu Item is an item that
may be ordered from the menu, with or without modification. Most Menu Items can be ordered without an
associated Choice.
Therefore, if you want to be able to place an order for an item without ordering a Menu Item, create the item as
a Menu Item. If an item necessarily comes with a Menu Item, then create it as a Choice.
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