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Create a dish

If you need to build or create a new dish, you do this within a few simple steps.

Written by Cristian Bolba

The steps below cover how to build a user and company Dish and explains the difference between them.

πŸ“Œ Note: When adding ingredients to the dish the system will always add the cheapest supplier connected to the product ID - PID, that is available for the site, this feature cannot be switched off or disabled.

User Dish

Created and owned by the user, used in scenarios where dish must be hidden from the wider company users or in an approval process of submitting the dish to head office for vetting process to become a company dish.

  1. From the main dashboard click Menus and Dishes.

  2. Click Manage Dishes, then click the Build New Dish button.

  3. Click the field named Title and enter the name of the dish.

  4. Review, enter and or adjust the following settings:

    • Use for theoretical calculations only.

    • Is Active.

    • Cost Adjustments.

    • Till Settings.

  5. Click the Create button.

  6. Click the Ingredients tab, use the following buttons to populate your dish with ingredients:

    • Add Product.

    • Add Recipe Portion.


Company Dish

Created by end users and head office users, these dishes can be shared and viewed by the entire company.

  1. Click the Admin Cogs icon along the top bar.

  2. Click Menus, Dishes and Recipes, then click Manage Dishes.

  3. Click the Build New Dish button.

  4. Click the field named Title and enter the name of the dish.

  5. Review, enter and or adjust the following settings:

    • Use for theoretical calculations only.

    • Share with all users.

    • Is Active.

    • Cost Adjustments.

    • Till Settings.

  6. Click the Create button.

  7. Click the Ingredients tab, use the following buttons to populate your dish with ingredients:

    • Add Product.

    • Add Recipe Portion.

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