Would like a feature that allows you to add an item and assign it to the menu categorization faster.

[rcheltrvel]

I came from Shopify where when you added an item to a category, that item and category showed up on your menu. It blows my mind as to why Square doesn't work that way? You can add an item quick and assign it to a category, but then that category item doesn't show up on your POS screen/menu and now you have to go back, find that item, add it to the menu and re-assign it to a menu category or sub category basically. It sucks. When I first set up my products and menu, I didn't realize this is how it works and I have over 100 products categorized into categories and sub categories (a way a menu should) and then half of them don't show up on my POS menu when we are ringing people up on our register and now there is no way to bulk edit all my products to assign them to menu categories and sub categories. WHY NOT? This is so not user friendly and the biggest time waister. It's so time consuming to develop a whole categorizing system for your items then basically have to remake the entire thing for the menu. It should be automatic. Why isn't it? Is this something that can ever be changed? In my mind, the categories should just be the same as the menu categories, not sure why it's different? This is a POS system, it's supposed to be something to help people be able to take orders and setting up a register is all categorization so you can find things quickly.

[TheRealChipA]

Hey there @rcheltrvel.. So, different Square POS apps approach POS menu building differently.  For example, the standard Square POS app allows you to put category buttons on your POS grid and any new items added to that category will automatically show up in the item list when that category button is pressed.

The Restaurants App, however, was built from the ground up to be a different app.  I'm a little confused since you mentioned Shopify, so I'll ask -- are you a retail shop or a food & beverage shop?

[TheRealChipA]

@rcheltrvel To clarify, I asked my question because if you DON'T need all of the restaurant bells and whistles, then you might just be using the wrong Square POS App.