What this page is for
This page writes a modifier group: its question, how many answers it takes, and the list of answers themselves. An answer can leave the recipe alone, or change it by adding an ingredient, leaving one out, or scaling its quantity, so choosing it changes what comes off stock and what prints on the kitchen docket.
A group is written once and attached to as many items as it applies to from each item's own page; it is not priced here.
Only people whose role can manage the catalogue see this page.
Fields
Name
The question, as it reads on the till and the kitchen docket. The same field, lower down beside each answer, names that answer instead.
Example: How cooked for the question; Medium for one of its answers.
Order
Where this group applies relative to other groups, lowest first, when two answers on one item change the same ingredient.
Example: 1
Fewest answers
The smallest number of answers the group needs once anything in it is chosen. Does not force a choice by itself; see Must be answered for that.
Example: 1
Most answers
The largest number of answers that may be chosen.
Example: 1
Must be answered
When on, the till will not ring the item until one answer is chosen. Distinct from Fewest answers, which only applies once something has been picked.
Example: on for How cooked on a steak; off for Extra cheese.
Then asks
Lets choosing this answer open a second question, such as which sauce. Choose Nothing more when it does not.
Example: Nothing more
Chosen by default
Shown already picked on the till; staff can untick it.
Example: off, so the guest is always asked.
Change
What this answer does to the parent recipe.
- Add an ingredient: introduces a component that was not already in the recipe.
- Leave out an ingredient: removes a component the recipe already has.
- Change the amount: scales a component's quantity up or down.
Example: Add an ingredient for Extra cheese.
Component
Which ingredient the change applies to, or introduces for Add an ingredient.
Example: Cheddar cheese
Quantity
How much of the component to add. Shown only for Add an ingredient.
Example: 20
Unit
The unit the quantity is counted in. Shown only for Add an ingredient.
Example: Gram (g)
Multiply by
How much to scale the component's quantity by, shown only for Change the amount. 2 doubles it; 0.5 halves it.
Example: 0.5 for a half portion of sauce.
How to…
How to write a modifier group
- On Catalogue → Modifier groups, press New modifier group.
- Fill in Name, Order, Fewest answers and Most answers, and turn on Must be answered if the till must not ring the item without a choice.
- Press Add answer for each answer, naming it and, if it opens a further question, choosing it under Then asks.
- For an answer that changes the recipe, press Add recipe change, choose the Change, and fill in Component and the fields that change needs.
- Press Create modifier group.
How to reorder the answers
Press the up arrow beside an answer to move it earlier. Answers apply in the order listed when more than one changes the same ingredient.
Worked examples
Restaurant and bar
The Acacia Grill & Bar writes How cooked: Fewest answers 1, Most answers 1, Must be answered on. Answers Rare, Medium and Well done, none changing the recipe. It also writes Extra cheese: Fewest answers 0, Most answers 1, Must be answered off. Its one answer, Yes please, has a recipe change of Add an ingredient, Component Cheddar cheese, Quantity 20, Unit Gram (g).
Salon or car wash
Sparkle Car Wash & Salon writes Add-on treatment: Fewest answers 0, Most answers 2, so a guest may add up to two extras. Answer Wax adds Car wax to the recipe; answer Air freshener adds one unit of Air freshener sachet.