You can create alternate prices for your menu items—discounts or deals that apply to specific groups, organizations, dates or times—with Price Groups.
For example, by using Price Groups, you can create a special price that applies only when sports teams order from your restaurant, or you can offer special pricing at a certain time of day, such as "happy hour."
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Hint If you want to change pricing based on location, the best method is to create Store Groups in your menu, and then assign the groups to price nodes. See Add Store Groups.
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To use Price Groups, you define them in your menu, and then assign them to a price node that you have created with an alternate price. Terminal will use the alternate price node automatically during the days and times specified (for time-based Price Groups), or the price group may be applied manually by selecting it on the Full Review> Options> Price Groups screen.
There are two different types of Price Groups that you can create.
•Customer-based: Used for VIP customers, or customers that are part of an organization, like a sports team.
•Time and date-based: Used when you want to apply alternate prices during a specific time period (for example "Happy Hour", or "Wing Wednesdays").
Click these links to learn how to create each Price Group.
By creating customer-based price groups in Menu Designer, you can offer special pricing for groups such as sports teams or schools.
1.Click the Menu Root  , and then click the Price Groups tab. 2.Right-click in the Property Editor, and then click Add. The Edit Price Group window appears. 3.In the Name field, enter an identifying name for the price group (e.g., "Sports Teams"). Press TAB to auto-fill the Caption field. Your Price Group is now available for selection from the Price Group list in the price node Property Editor. To price an item, see Understanding Prices.
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By creating time and day-based price groups in Menu Designer, you can offer special pricing that applies during specified times (e.g., "happy hour").
1.Click the Menu Root , and then click the Price Groups tab. 2.Right-click in the Property Editor, and then click Add. The Edit Price Group window appears. 3.In the Name field, enter an identifying name for the price group (e.g., "Happy Hour"). Press TAB to auto-fill the Caption field. 4.Click the Add button. 5.Select the check boxes for the days of the week you want the price group to be automatically applied, and specify the time period the price will be in effect each day by entering times in the Start Time and End Time fields. 6.To automatically apply the price group during another time period, click Add again, select the same or new days, and enter a new time range.
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Note If day and time ranges from different price groups overlap, the price group will not be applied automatically. Terminal will instead prompt the order-taker to select the group to apply.
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Hint If they are active in Store Manager, time-based price groups can be manually applied by the order-taker at any time by touching Options and then Price Groups on the Terminal Full Review screen.
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Your Price Group is now available for selection from the Price Group list in the price node Property Editor. To price an item, see Understanding Prices.
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Important You have to activate your menu's Price Groups in Store Manager before you use them. View the Manage Price Groups topic in the Store Manager Help file for more instructions.
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See Also:
•Understanding the Menu Tree
•Manage Price Groups in the Store Manager Help
•Understanding Prices
