Understanding Modifiers

Overview

Modifiers are items in a menu-system that modifies a customer's order. An example can be size, sweetness level, flavor, etc. This allows the system to be simple and clean. Instead of having the same item listed repetitively, modifiers streamline a restaurant's menu.

To further understand, similar to Mosaic POS, modifier items a.k.a. "modifiers" are grouped under "Modifier Groups". This organizes the menu and its items to quickly apply modifier groups to similar items.

Example:

Modifier Group: Size

Modifier Item: Small, Medium, Large

This can be applied to the following sample items:

- Cold Brew Coffee

- Chamomile Tea

- Iced Caramel Machiatto

Access

Users can go to Inventory > Modifiers to access this submodule of Resto iQ. Once here users will see all active and inactive Modifier Groups, Type, Required Qty, and Brand.

Guide

In Resto iQ (as well as Mosaic POS), there are 2 types of Modifiers: Forced and Unforced. Below are the differences and examples.

Forced and Unforced Modifiers

Forced modifiers are modifiers that are required for the transaction to be settled/completed. Unforced modifiers are optional items that customers may add if they wish; these are items that are not required to successfully make an order.

In this example, we have "Milk Tea Add-ons" and "Milk Tea Size". As you can see, add-ons are unforced while the size modifier is forced.

Upon shifting to Modifier Items, we can see the items listed down.

We can see here the orange items are add-ons (which are unforced), and then the blue items are the size options (which are forced).

Total Cost on the other hand is the additional amount added to the base price of the item. In this example, we can see the additional costs to be a few pesos per modifier.

So if a customer orders a Medium Milk Tea with additional Pearls, the formula will be:

Php 80 Milk Tea Base Price

+25 Medium (Milk Tea Size)

+10 Add Pearls (Milk Tea Add Ons)

= Php 115.00