Menu Group Management

Elecate has already defined the Menu Groups for the menus preprogrammed in the system. You will need to place the menus you add for your company to the appropriate group.

To ensure that the necessary information shows on the food production reports, set up at least two levels. Groups assist in filtering when you are searching the database. For example, one letter or number code groups are main group categories, or parent groups. It indicates to the user that there are sub-categories under this group, such as BREAKFAST, then BREAKFAST – LARGE or BREAKFAST - SMALL. This breaks down the BREAKFAST menu category.

To add a menu group:

1. Go to Data Items on the left side panel.
2. Click Food Management.
3. Click Menu Group Management.
   
   
4. Click New Entry.
   
   
5. Fill out the information.
   
   
6. Click on Save.
   
   

To edit a menu group:

1. Go to Data Items on the left side panel.
2. Click Food Management.
3. Click Menu Group Management.
   
   
4. Double click on the menu group to edit.
   
   
5. Edit the desired information, once finished click on Save.
   
   
   
   

These sub-categories are sometimes referred to as children. Do not add any menus to any group with a single letter. The salesperson will not see these items because that group may be broken down two or more steps.

We DO NOT recommend changing the Menu Groups. We DO recommend consulting with us to make sure the changes you desire to make will accomplish your end result and ensure correct data changes and structures.

You can add up to four (4) levels of groups.

Before you can make an adjustment, Revenue Categories must be set up.

We recommend that you contact a Elecate Support person before you make any adjustments to or add menu groups.