Wix Restaurants: Preparing Your Menus for Online Ordering
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Make your restaurant's menus suitable for online ordering, to allow customers to place orders and customize their selection. You can add variables and modifiers, mark items as out of stock, allow customers to add special requests for items, and manage items' tax.
In this article, learn how to:
Adding item modifiers
You can add modifier groups to any item customers can personalize, like a "Toppings" group with all the available pizza toppings (i.e. modifiers), or a "Fillings" group for sandwiches. Additionally, you have the flexibility to decide which options are complimentary and which come with an extra charge.
To add item modifiers:
- Go to Menus (New) in your site's dashboard.
- Select a menu item or create one.
- Click the Modifiers tab.
- Click + Add Modifier Group.
- Set up your modifiers.
Setting items as in stock or out of stock
Toggle to mark items as in or out of stock. In your online ordering menu, items in stock are active, while out-of-stock items appear grayed out and can't be ordered.
To set an item as in stock or out of stock:
- Go to Menus (New) in your site's dashboard.
- Select a menu item or create one.
- Click the Ordering tab.
- Click the In stock toggle to enable or disable it.
Allowing customers to add special requests for items
You can decide which menu items come with a "Special Request" field, where customers let you know what changes they would like.
To enable or disable the special request field:
- Go to Menus (New) in your site's dashboard.
- Select a menu item or create one.
- Click the Ordering tab.
- Select or deselect the checkbox next to Accept special requests.
Managing items tax
When you set up tax collection for your business, you can set the same rate for all your items, or create groups for items taxed at different rates. Then, you can select which tax group a specific restaurant item belongs to.
For example, if the sales tax in your location is 10%, but alcohol is taxed at 15%, set up a tax group for alcohol and assign a 15% tax rate override.
Tip
- Learn how to set up tax groups using the manual method.
- Learn how to set up tax groups using Avalara automatic tax.
To assign a restaurant item to a tax group:
- Go to Menus (New) in your site's dashboard.
- Select a menu item or create one.
- Click the Ordering tab.
- Select the relevant group from the Items tax group drop-down.
FAQs
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What's Next?
Add automatic discounts and coupons to your site to entice customers to place an order.