Different price for some items online vs in house, restaurant

[FarmSpirit]

Hello! We use a deposit system for some of our items that are togo or delivery. We charge $1.50 for a reusable container that can be brought back and credit applied towards their next purchase.

Right now we have made two items for each item that can go into a deposit package. One is for sales in house, sold at X price. The second is for the same item going into a package at X + $1.50. 

It feels clunky for reporting, updating, and for inventory counts.

We tried just having one item and having a modifier that is required with $1.50, but that modifier is then required for in house meals, too. We'd have to discount each item when we ring customers out.

Is there a solution to apply a specific fee to individual items online vs in house? Is there another hack that could be helpful in this instance?

Thank you!

[TheRealChipA]

@FarmSpirit Well, IF (and it is a big IF) the $1.50 applies to ALL online orders, yes there is a solution.  It involves setting up a service charge, and then applying that service charge to online orders.  The only catch is that, since some states require sales taxes on service charges, you’d have to enable Item Level Taxes for your online store.  Square will walk you through that process.

I get the feeling this might not work for you, since I think you are saying you charge $1.50 per container.  I do not know of a solution for that, other than what you are already doing.  If you aren’t stuck on the fixed $1.50, and are ok with this, you COULD set up the service charge to be a fixed percentage of the total online sale, but of course that is not perfect.

If this works for you, set up a service charge by going to your Dashboard, then:

Accounts & Settings

Business Information

Service Charges

Create Service Charge