About Offering Products as Stand-Alone Products on Grid
A product is made available in the POS via the category it is assigned to (either a menu category or a non-menu category). For example, if a cup of yogurt is assigned to the Snacks category, then that cup of yogurt will be available in the Snacks category tile on the POS grid.
Alternatively, it is possible to have the product offered as a stand-alone product on the grid not part of its assigned category.
Depending if you want to add a product to a Food & Beverages grid or a Products & Services grid, refer to the appropriate set of instructions below:
- Adding Product as Stand-Alone Product on a Food & Beverages Grid
- Adding Product as Stand-Alone Product on a Products & Services Grid
Adding Product as Stand-Alone Product on Food & Beverages Grid
To add a product as a stand-alone product on a Food & Beverages grid, complete the following steps:
- In Touch Admin, select POS Settings > Grids. The Grids screen appears.
- Click the grid name of the desired Food & Beverages grid. The grid appears.
- Select the desired meal service tab (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
- For an empty tile that you want to be a a stand-alone product, click its Add button (first screenshot below). The Add New Tile pop-up appears (second screenshot below).
- Click Product at the top of the pop-up.
- From the drop-down, select the product to be assigned to the tile.
- On the POS, the tile name will be the product name. If you prefer another name, then enter it in the Product Name Override field.
- Click the Add New button. You are returned to the main page, where the newly-added tile appears. Note that the top of the tile is PRODUCT.
- If the product needs to be added to other meal periods, then repeat the above steps starting at step 3.
Adding Product as Stand-Alone Product on a Products & Services Grid
To add a product as a stand-alone product on a Products & Services grid, complete the following steps:
- In Touch Admin, select POS Settings > Grids. The Grids screen appears.
- Click the grid name of the desired Products & Services grid. The grid appears.
- For an empty tile that you want to be a a stand-alone product or service, click its Add button (first screenshot below). The Add New Tile pop-up appears (second screenshot below).
- Click Product at the top of the pop-up.
- From the drop-down, select the product to be assigned to the tile.
Note: For the product to be available from the drop-down, it must be assigned to a non-menu category, even though the product is being added as a stand-alone product and not offered via its category. A "non-menu category" is created by selecting the This category can be applied to non-food products check box for the category (screenshot below). See Opening a Non-Menu Category to access this check box.
- On the POS, the tile name will be the product name. If you prefer another name, then enter it in the Product Name Override field.
- Click the Add New button. You are returned to the main page, where the newly-added tile appears. Note that the top of the tile is PRODUCT.
- If the product needs to be added to other meal periods, then repeat the above steps starting at step 3.