Core System Enhancements & Defect Fixes - April 2026 – MealSuite

April 21 Enhancements - Launch of the Inventory Module
April 21 Enhancements - Over Budget Alerts & Menu Cost Analysis Tools
April 7 Enhancements - New Save Options for a Menu Item Extension Grid
- Facility Account
- Parent Account
April 2 Enhancement - Migration of Certain Touch Admin Functions to the Core System
Defect Fixes

April 21 Enhancements - Launch of the Inventory Module!

For accounts with access, a new inventory module is available. Our new inventory module will help you create a digital version of your storage areas, organize your products and take inventory in a sheet to shelf manner. With our easy tools, you'll be well on your way to reducing waste and staying on budget.

To access the webinar on the inventory module (recorded on April 15), see Introducing Inventory: The Foundations for Smarter Stock Control.
For the inventory support articles, see Inventory.

April 21 Enhancements - Over Budget Alerts & Menu Cost Analysis Tools

The over budget alert feature and menu costs analysis tools have been released (account-specific)!

Have real-time budget indicators show up right where you plan menus.

Use the Menu Costs Analysis screen to see detailed cost analysis on your menu and quickly identify instances that are over budget.

To access the webinar on over budget alerts and the menu cost analysis tools (recorded on January 21), see Take Charge of Your Food Budget with Menu Cost Analysis Tools.
For the support articles, see Applying Budget per Resident to a Menu and Using Menu Cost Analysis Screen to Identify Over Budget Instances on Menu.

April 7 Enhancement - New Save Options for a Menu Item Extension Grid

When working on a menu item extension grid and clicking the Save Extensions button, a new Save Extension window appears to present the available options.

Facility Account

If you are a facility account the new save option Save for select menus is available, which identifies all menus in which the item exists, and gives you ability to update selected menus.

Upon selecting the Save for select menus option, the button changes to Next Select Menus.
Click the Next Select Menus button, and the Select menus to update window appears.
Select the menus to update, and click the Confirm & Save button to apply your changes.

Parent Account

If you are a parent account the new save option Save for select menus and accounts is available, which identifies all menus in both your account and your child accounts in which the item exists, and gives you ability to update selected menus.

Upon selecting the Save for select menus and accounts option, the button changes to Next Select Menus & Accounts.
Click the Next Select Menus & Accounts button, and the Select menus to update window appears with two tabs: the My Menus Only tab that identifies menus in your account that use the menu item, and the My Child Account Menus tab that identifies menus in your child accounts that use the menu item.
From each tab, select the menus to update, and click the Confirm & Save button to apply your changes.

April 2 - Migration of Certain Touch Admin Functions to the Core System

The following functions are now available in the Core system:

HACCP Compliance Checklists
- Creating Checklists and Corrective Action Options
- Viewing Checklists
- Copying HACCP checklists to child accounts (corporate account only)
Running the Food Temperature Log Reports
- Creating Corrective Actions for Food Temperatures
Monitoring a Wireless Temperature Sensor
POS Overview Screen - previously titled the POS Dashboard
POS Reports
- POS Detailed Reports - previously referred to as POS first generation reports*
- POS Summary Reports - previously referred to as POS second generation reports

To access the help article for an above function that is now in the Core system, click its link.

Screenshot Examples

HACCP Functions Available from Left Navigation Sidebar

POS Reports Available from Left Navigation Sidebar

What Do I Need to Do?

When opening a screen for a function that has been migrated, a message banner appears at the top of the screen stating that the experience has been improved, along with a Get Started button.

Already Have Core Account Access?

If you already have an active user profile to your Core account, then when clicking the Get Started button, a message appears stating that the function has moved to your Core account with a button that takes you directly to the Core login screen.

Do Not Have Core Account Access?

If you do not have Core account access, or you do but your Core account user profile is inactive, then when clicking the Get Started button, a message appears prompting you to link your Core account by entering your email address and first and last name.

If you do have Core account access, but your user profile was inactive, you'll be prompted to check for an email and click the This was me, accept and link my logins button which will reactivate your Core account access, and automatically redirect you to the Core login screen.

If you do not have Core account access for the email address entered, you'll be prompted to create a Core account user profile via the form below. No welcome email will be sent, and you will be automatically redirected to the Core login screen.

Are the Functions Still Available in the Touch Admin Software?

Yes. The above functions will still be available in the Touch Admin software. However, they will eventually be removed at a future date; therefore it is strongly encouraged to use the functions in the Core system.

Also note that regardless of which system you use, the data will be the same (i.e., making a change in one system also updates the other system). The Core system and the Touch Admin system are front-end platforms, whereas the data is from a single back-end source.

*Note about the POS Diner Facing Statement Report

The POS Diner Facing Statement report, which shows bill-to-room and meal plan transactions, has not yet been migrated to the Core system, and still is run from the Touch Admin software for now.

FAQs

I have access to multiple accounts (i.e., facilities); do I have to link each one?

No. When linking (i.e., activation) is done with one account (i.e., facility), then access is automatically granted to all facilities.

Does linking my account in Core automatically sign me into Core?

No. The linking process does not sign you into Core automatically. You will be required to log into Core.

Defect Fixes

April 28

Area	Details
Recipes	On the Recipes Listing screen, resolved issue where filtering recipes by Search by Menu or Ingredients was returning inaccurate results by not accounting for ingredients used within nested sub-recipes, and significantly improved the performance of the Recipe Listing screen when applying these filters. (Internal reference: DEF-12448)
People	On a resident/patient profile fixed issue with a "Group cannot be blank" error message despite the The Group being populated. (Internal reference: DEF-12296)
Purchase Orders	When populating a shopping cart from production, the filter settings that had been previously selected on the Add Items from Production modal are maintained. (Internal reference: MS3-8333)
Internal Settings	Resolved issue with inability to edit a product license that is in use. (Internal reference: DEF-12188)

April 23

Area	Details
Connect	Fixed issue with NPO diet order being mistakenly assigned to re-admitted patients when the Connect settings for re-admits was not NPO. (Internal reference: DEF-12512) For the PCC Connect interface, resolved issue with duplicate profiles being mistakenly created when manually moving original profile to a non-PCC associated people group. (Internal reference: DEF-12325)
HACCP	Resolved issue with corrective action mistakenly being available on front-end app despite being deleted from system (via Core system). (Internal reference: DEF-12546)
Vendors & Vendor Products	Resolved issue with linked vendor products mistakenly showing the "No Matching Vendor Product" label. (Internal reference: DEF-12555)

April 21

Area	Details
Recipes	In an extension grid, fixed issue with inability to update scoop sizes to decimal points. (Internal reference: DEF-12446) Fixed issue with inability to delete a recipe due to false "in use" message. (Internal reference: DEF-11553)
People	Fixed performance issue when navigating to the personal menu screen for a resident/patient. (Internal reference: DEF-12370) Fixed calculation issue with a serving size adjustment on personal menu. (Internal reference: DEF-12245)
Vendors & Vendor Products	Fixed issue with a vendor product from a vendor that had been removed from account being mistakenly selected for an item. (Internal reference: DEF-12519) Fixed issue with the vendor priority not honouring a stock item category exception. (Internal reference: DEF-12343)

April 17

Area	Details
Recipes	Fixed an issue where recipe detail pages were incorrectly displaying cost and labor cost information for accounts that did not have the costing product license enabled. (Internal reference: DEF-12205) For a recipe with portion size that uses a special unit of measure (SUoM), such as Each, fixed issue with the amount mistakenly being 1 oz. (Internal reference: DEF-12442)
Menus	When copying a single day menu and converting it to a weekly menu, fixed issue with missing data, which in turn caused errors when editing or removing item from the newly-copied menu. (Internal reference: DEF-12268)
People	Addressed issue with items not being excluded from personal menu due to allergen. (Internal reference: DEF-12429) Resolved issue with the Person-Specific Select Menu Report not generating. (Internal reference: DEF-11508) Resolved sorting issue for the Weight Report. (Internal reference: DEF-596)
Production	Fixed issue with production report settings not saving, and instead reverting to previous selected settings. (Internal reference: DEF-12404)
Forecasting	On a forecasting worksheet, fixed issue with items not being listed by their assigned choice (i.e., choice 1, choice 2). (Internal reference: DEF-5870)
Vendors & Vendor Products	Resolved issue causing vendor product's GPO attribute to not be updated. (Internal reference: DEF-12399)
Purchase Orders	Fixed account specific issue with search results not being returned for a product search. (Internal reference: DEF-12416) Fixed issue with incorrect Qty Needed values on a shopping cart/PO. (Internal reference: DEF-12135)
Connect	Resolved issue of influx of sync failed messages, caused by resident profiles with photos not being removed from account when discharged in PCC. (Internal reference: DEF-12405) Resolved issue in which residents set as outpatients in PCC were mistakenly being considered as active in Mealsuite. (Internal reference: DEF-12317).
Internal Settings	In User and Account management: Fixed hanging issue (i.e., endless spinner) when a role is removed. (Internal reference: DEF-12326) Fixed issue with Edit Role button being mistakenly active for a user who does not have the edit role permission. (Internal reference: DEF-12271) Fixed issue with user not having the Add/Remove Configuration Features permissions. (Internal reference: DEF-12082) Fixed issue with the Edit/Assign User Roles to Yourself permission. (Internal reference: DEF-11513)

April 14

Area	Details
Recipes	For recipe reports runs from Canadian accounts, resolved issue with the Bilingual label option not appearing. (Internal reference: DEF-12318) On the Food Variations modal, fixed issue with ingredient displaying excessive decimal places instead of being rounded to 2 decimal points. (Internal reference: DEF-12298) For a facility account without its own vendor product list, fixed account-specific issue in which the cost for a recipe was not being inherited from the parent account (i.e., owner) of the recipe. (Internal reference: DEF-12256)
Menus	Fixed issue with menu reports mistakenly displaying items from an unpublished diet/texture combination. (Internal reference: DEF-12311) When applying settings for a menu report, fixed issue with the settings not saving when switching between menus. (Internal reference: DEF-12138) Resolved issue with Recipe Cookbook Report (Menus) not honouring the All setting for the Consolidate By field. (Internal reference: DEF-11817)
People	For certain people reports, fixed issue with incorrect meals being displayed the resident/patient is assigned multiple dining areas across meal periods and days. (Internal reference: DEF-7378)
Production	Addressed issue with the production report settings not saving. (Internal reference: DEF-7511)
Vendors & Vendor Products	On the Vendor Product Selection screen, resolved issue with the Attributes filter mistakenly showing an unsupported attribute for the vendor. (Internal reference: DEF-11321) For a locked APL, fixed issue with it not fully filtering out items. (Internal reference: DEF-5758)
Connect	When a manual profile sync is run for an account with the PointClickCare Connect interface, fixed issue with History tab of the profile showing just the username, which could falsely indicate it was a direct update to the profile within MealSuite. Now when a manual profile sync is triggered, the username states PointClickCare. (Internal reference: DEF-12357) When a facility sync is run for an account with the PointClickCare Connect interface (available to MealSuite Support only), fixed issue with "People group not found" error occurring and preventing the facility sync. (Internal reference: DEF-12354)
Core to Touch API	For recipe with a portion size of 0.5 cup not being reduced by half to 0.25 cups. (Internal reference: DEF-11844).
Internal Settings	In User and Account management, fixed issue with account not being removed from a user who was unassigned from the account. (Internal reference: DEF-12288) In User and Account management, fixed issue with the Last Changed mistakenly showing the name of the user rather than the user who made the change. (Internal reference: DEF-12083) On the Pending Vendor Product Linking screen fixed issue with the Last Imported date not being correct. (Internal reference: DEF-11361)

April 10

Area	Details
Core to Touch API	Resolved issue with a single day also available (AA) menu not synching to front-end ordering apps. (Internal reference: DEF-12394)

April 9

Area	Details
Core to Touch API	Made standardization change to ensure date format is Monday = 1 and Sunday = 7. (Internal reference: TOUCH-364).

April 7

Area	Details
Recipes	When creating a recipe, resolved issue with not being able to access the Use Standard Step(s)" function. (Internal reference: DEF-12105) Fixed performance issue on Recipes Listing screen when doing a search. (Internal reference: DEF-11647)
Menus	Fixed issue with menu categories in which a menu category could not be added when that menu category had previously existed and was deleted. (Internal reference: DEF-11716) Resolved issue with the WaaG report and Daily Display Menus report displaying incorrect items from the Snack and Also Available menus. (Internal reference: DEF-11410)
Production	On the Kitchen Production Sheet, fixed issue with settings not staying selected. (Internal reference: DEF-7511)
Connect	Resolved issue with outpatient status not being honoured for PCC Connect. (Internal reference: DEF-12317) Fixed issue with a resident profiles no longer being mapped to PCC. (Internal reference: DEF-12168) Addressed issue with Acknowledge message mistakenly appearing for a profile with no changes, and then that message resulting in 404 error. (Internal reference: DEF-12160)
Internal Settings	On the internal Enterprise Insights dashboard, fixed issue with incorrect count of messages for the PCC Connect interface. (Internal reference: DEF-12356) On the Pending Vendor Product Linking screen, fixed issue with the Vendor filter not displaying all vendors. (Internal reference: DEF-11367)

April 2

Area	Details
Menus	Resolved issue with error occurring when attempting to open a special event menu from the menu day view. (Internal reference: DEF-11805)
People	For a resident/patient profile, fixed issue with the Dining Room field showing Various even through the profile is not assigned multiple dining areas. (Internal reference: DEF-8134)
Connect	Made improvements to the PCC Connect auto-synching process. (Internal reference: DEF-12255)