In some cases, you may have selections in your menu, like self-serve fountain pop, that have flavors that are purchased as separate stock items (for example, cola syrup or root beer syrup for the pop), but sold simply as "large pop" or "chips."
If you use SpeedLine Inventory, to make it possible to track ideal usage of these "flavored" menu items, a generic stock item is used to track total ideal usage and cost for the category that contains the individual stock item flavors. For example, a generic "pop syrup" item can be added to track the usage of all flavors of syrup in the "fountain drinks" category. The generic item is first added in Store Manager, and then added to the menu and included in the item contents of each flavor of the menu item.
To Add the Generic Stock Item to the Menu
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Important You must create the generic stock item in Store Manager before adding it to Menu Designer. See Estimate Ideal Usage and Cost of a "Flavored" Menu Item in Store Manager Help. |
1.Create a generic item in the menu:
a.In the menu tree, click the Menu Root. 
b.On the General tab, select the Allow Editing of PLUs check box, and click OK to confirm editing of PLUs.
c.Expand the menu tree if needed to find the group containing Inventory items.
d.Right-click the group that contains the flavored items (for example, "Pop Syrup"), point to Add, and click Item/Modifier.
e.In the Name and PLU fields, enter the same name and PLU that you entered when the stock item was added in Store Manager.
f.Ensure the Active and Include In Inventory check boxes are selected.
g.In the Initial Stocking Unit list, select the same stocking unit that was assigned when the item was added to Store Manager.
h.Click the As Modifier tab and select the As Modifier check box.
2.Find where the current flavored items are used in the menu:
a.In the Inventory items group that contains the flavored items, right-click an Item/Modifier node
(for example, Coke Syrup) and click Where Used.
b.Under Search In, clear all check boxes except Menu, and then click OK.
c.In the results pane at the bottom of the screen, double-click the first entry with a Type of Item Contents. The entry will be highlighted in the menu.
3.Substitute the generic stock item in the item contents of flavored items:
a.On the Contents tab, double-click the flavored stock item in the contents list (for example, "Coke Syrup").
b.Beside the Item/Modifier field, click the browse button. 
c.Browse to the new generic item you added (in this example, "Pop Syrup"), select it, and click OK.
d.Click OK again. The generic item will now be used to calculate ideal usage when this flavor is sold.
4.Repeat steps 2 and 3 until all the specific stock item flavors are replaced with the generic stock item.
5.On the Menu Root General tab, clear the Allow Editing of PLUs check box.
7.If there are no errors in the results pane, save and exit.
8.Refresh Terminal.
See Also:
•Estimate Ideal Usage and Cost of a "Flavored" Menu Item (Store Manager Help)
