Pricing Overrides

Owned by Rose Eliff (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Nov 30, 2017
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Summary

Pricing Overrides are used to alter the price of a menu item, component or serving option on a specific menu. 

This is commonly used when setting up a special menu (such as happy hour menu, Mother's Day menu, etc.) with items that are also found on other menus. 

To access the pricing overrides page in ECM, go to Financial > Pricing Overrides


Be aware of applying multiple pricing overrides

Be aware that multiple pricing overrides can have unintended results.

Example:

Menu item: Taco plate

  • Taco plate is priced at $10.00. It is set at -50% pricing override during Happy Hour
  • Components of the taco plate are priced at $5. They are set at -50% pricing override during Happy Hour
  • Result: The components AND the taco plate are each reduced 50%. Components are reduced 50% to $2.50 then the taco plate is reduced another 50% to make the overall price 1.25.

Configuration

The Pricing Overrides page displays the pricing overrides that have been configured for the business concept. The grid includes: 

  • Name - Name given to pricing override; this column can be reordered up or down
  • Description - Description of pricing override; column can be filtered
  • Percent Adjustment - The percentage of the price adjustment applied using the pricing override; column can be filtered
  • Dollar Amount Adjustment - The dollar amount of the price adjustment applied using the pricing override; column can be filtered
  • Fixed Price - The Fixed Price to be applied to override the current price when applying the pricing override; column can be filtered

The lower right corner displays the number of items displayed in the view and the total number of items available. 

The following actions can be performed on this page: 

  • Add Pricing Override - Click to open configuration screen 
  • Search - Search can be alphabetical, numeric or using special characters such as - or $
  • Edit - Edit any pricing override by clicking the edit (pencil) icon to open the current configuration 
  • Pagination - Click the forward or backward arrows to page through the available items
  • Items per page - Use the dropdown to select the number of items to be displayed per page

After configuring a pricing override, the override can be applied to a menu item: 

  • Edit a menu item
  • Click the Pricing Overrides tab
  • Select the desired pricing option
  • Select the desired menu to which the pricing option will be applied

When the menu item is ordered from the specified menu, the pricing option will be applied to the menu item as configured. 

Application

In the example, an item has been ordered from the breakfast menu. The item has been configured to apply a percent discount pricing override when ordered from the breakfast menu. 

The special pricing is indicated by the red tag icon and the note below the item ordered. 

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