Set up modifiers so that patrons can customise their food and beverage orders.

Setting up an item for sale as a modifier

1. In Cinema Manager or Head Office, go to Maintenance > Bulk Items.
2. Open an existing item that you want to use as a modifier.
3. In the Alternate Selection > When Sold as Modifier section, choose how selling the item as a modifier will affect its stock levels and pricing. See Setting up an item for sale as a modifier.
4. Click Save.

Creating a modification group

A Modification Group is an Item that contains a list of related modifiers, and is the means by which those modifiers are associated with a modifiable item. For example: Sauces.

1. In Cinema Manager or Head Office, go to Maintenance > Bulk Items.
2. Create a new item to describe the modification group.
3. On the General tab, choose the Item Type: Modification Group.
4. On the Alternate Selection tab, choose the Type: Modifiers.
5. Expand the grid row for your selected item to add modifiers to the modification group.
6. Choose how the modification group will appear at POS. See Modification group options.
7. In the Alternate Selection section, choose limits and display options for the modification group. See Modification group options.
8. Click Save.

Making an item modifiable

Note: You will need to have set up modifier items and added them to modification groups to make an item modifiable. 

1. In Cinema Manager or Head Office, go to Maintenance > Bulk Items.
2. Open the item that you want to make modifiable.
3. Use the expanding grid rows for your selected item to add modifiers to it.
   

   Tip! Order the modifiers manually in the grid table, or select Sort Modifier Items on the Alternate Selection tab to sort alphabetically.

4. (Optional) Select Enable Smart Modifiers to automatically present this item's components as modifiers at POS.
5. Click Save.

See also

Modifiers

Setting up an item for sale as a modifier

Modification group options

System settings related to modifiers