How create a combo meal?

[coheneric5]

Hi,

We are trying to create 2 combos meals A & B, A is $139 and B is $169.

COMBO A Price $139
6x Mediterranean salads
+
Choose from fish below
 -Fish 1
 -Fish 2
 -Fish 3
+
Choose from chicken below:
 -Chicken 1
 -Chicken 2

COMBO B Price $169
6x Mediterranean salads
+
Choose from fish below
 -Fish 1
 -Fish 2
 -Fish 3
+
Choose from Meat below:
 -Meat 1
 -Meat 2
+
Desserts

How can I achieve this?

Best.

[TheRealChipA]

@coheneric5 I think I have a pretty easy, straightforward way to do this, but I have questions:

1. Each salad gets 1 fish and either 1 meat or chicken?
2. Do all salads in the combo get the same choices?

[coheneric5]

answer to your questions.

1- yes
2- for the salads it is the same choice for both combos

[coheneric5]

So, can you let me know the solution??? It is very urgent

[TheRealChipA]

Apologies for the delay. I am almost done in a meeting and then I can reply from my iPad and not my phone. Probably 30 minutes. 

[coheneric5]

ok thank you.

[TheRealChipA]

@coheneric5 Here are the steps that I believe will do what you want.

1. Create a Modifier list called Fish, and fill it with entries for each fish option, all with no extra charge.
2. Create Modifier lists for Chicken, Meat and Dessert, as described above.
3. Note that I would NOT toggle on the Modifier list option to only allow one selection, even though you only want one selected.  There’s a better way to do this when you are create your Combo Meal items, later.
4. Go to your item library and create Combo Meal A for $139.  Attach the Fish & Chicken Modifier lists to it, the customize each so that you can specify that one and only one option must be chosen.  Save it.
5. Repeat step 4 for Combo Meal B for $169, attaching the Fish, Meat and Dessert modifier lists, being sure to customize them for this item, as well.

That should do the trick, other that putting these new items on your POS grid, and if you have an online store enabling them there as well.

Let me know if you need anything else, or if I misunderstood your end goal, here.

Regards,

[coheneric5]

ok thanks for the instructions. By any chance do you have a video tutorial that shows this?

Best.

[TheRealChipA]

below are links to Square Help articles on those subjects. Unfortunately the only one that has a video is the item article. 

Creating Modifiers 

Creating Items Help Article with video

[coheneric5]

ok it is done I think. How can I simulate the combo selection now? Thank you

[coheneric5]

Hi,
I still have. a problem, the customer can't choose more than 1 option for each category. (check my screenshot)

[TheRealChipA]

Why would you want them to select more than one option in each category?  Are you saying that each salad in a combo can have its own fish, or meat, or chicken?  All salads aren’t the same for one combo?

[coheneric5]

I think you misunderstood. Let me explain you the combo: no matter what they will get the 6 Mediterranean salads, then they would have to choose between the 2 fish options (they can only choose one), then they will have to choose between 2 poultry option (they will choose only one), then the side order (as default they will only get one) and the dessert, they will only get the default one. 

[TheRealChipA]

That’s what I thought you meant.

Then in your previous post, you were saying that the customer IS being allowed to choose more than one option for fish and poultry, and shouldn’t be?  If so all you need to do is edit those modifier lists and say that customers are allowed a minimum or 1 choice, and a maximum of 1 choice.  Then if they try to click a second one it won’t allow it.

Also, you do not need to have modifier lists for Side Orders or Dessert or Salads, since this combo meal automatically gets those,  Just say what is included in the description.

Does that make sense?

And as much as I hate to do this to you, I’m going to have to stop here very shortly.  Maybe it would be better for me to call you tomorrow morning?  

[TheRealChipA]

@coheneric5 Again, my apologies that I had to pause our conversation last night.  If you haven’t gotten this resolved yet, do you want to consider talking this through on the phone today?  If you do, I can send you my number via a private message here on the board.  I am available most of the day except between 2-3:30pm EST.

Regards,

[coheneric5]

Thanks for your help, it has been resolved. Just one more question, how can we put this under a new menu called "Catering" and have this published online too?

Best.

[TheRealChipA]

@coheneric5 I’m glad that most of it has been resolved.  To answer your question about adding this under a new menu in your Square Online Store, there are a few ways to do this, but here is one.

1. From your dashboard go to Online -> Items -> Categories.
2. Click on the Add Category button, give it the title “Catering.”
3. In the Items section, click “Choose items”
4. Search for the items you want to add to this category, check them, then click Done
5. Click “Save” which will return you to the Site Items List.
6. From the Site Items List, you’ll need to change the new items’ availability and fulfillment method.  To do this, check each new item and click the Edit button.  Then select Set Fulfillment and check each method available for these - pickup, etc — then click the Set fulfillment button.
7. Repeat the above step only this time after you click the Edit button, choose Update visibility and set them all to Visible, followed by Apply to x items button at the top.

This should do it.  Just be aware that the Online Store can take a few minutes to update after you Publish it.  Also, I’m assuming that you already have an Online Store and don’t need to set one up from scratch.  If you don’t have an Online Store already, there are lots of steps, and you’ll need to review a lot of Square Help to get you through that.

Good luck,

[coheneric5]

thank you.

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