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Set Up Menu Item Modifiers

Modifiers let a cashier customize an item at the moment of sale — a size, add-ons, a cooking temperature, or "no onions" — with the price, the kitchen ticket, and optionally stock all updating automatically. It's completely opt-in — an item with no assigned groups behaves exactly as before.

Key ideas​

A modifier group is a question the cashier answers, with a selection type: Single (radio — pick one), Multiple (checkbox — pick any number), or Quantity (stepper — pick how many of each). Each option inside a group can carry a price adjustment (up, down, or free), an optional default, and an optional linked item for stock depletion. A group can be marked required with min/max limits.

Create a modifier group​

  1. Go to Restaurant → Modifier Groups → New Group.
  2. Name it, choose the selection type, set min/max selections, the required flag, and a sort order.
  3. Add options in the grid: name, price adjustment (0 for no charge), a default tick if pre-selected, and an optional linked inventory item.
  4. Save. Mark a group or option inactive instead of deleting it, so historical sales stay intact.

Assign it to menu items​

From the group's Edit page, click Assign, search for an item, and click to attach it. An item can carry several groups — Size and Add-ons — shown in order at the POS.

Using modifiers at the POS​

Tapping an item with modifier groups pops a modal before it's added to the order: the right control per group (radio/checkbox/stepper), a required group blocking "Add to Order" until satisfied, a live price preview, free-text special instructions, and a course picker when ordering to a table. The same item with different modifiers becomes its own order line, so differently-built dishes never merge.

What happens on sale completion​

  • Unit price adjusts by the sum of selected options' price adjustments.
  • A modifier summary (e.g. "Large | Extra cheese ×2 | No onions") and the instructions save on the sale line.
  • If KDS is on, the ticket shows the summary and instructions.
  • Any option with a linked item depletes it on the next auto-depletion sync — so an add-on that consumes real product keeps stock honest.

Modifier popularity​

Open Modifier Groups → Popularity for a date range to see how often each option was selected and its total price contribution — useful for spotting your best add-ons and pruning the ones nobody picks.

Next step​

Set up online and QR ordering

Let guests order from their own phones.