Items

Simple items that are sold as individual units.

Example: Candy bars.

These represent items that are made up of a number of individual components. These are useful to track the portion of each component that makes up a recipe item.

Example: Popcorn could be a recipe that consists of the component items Popcorn Kernels, Butter, and Popcorn Box.

These represent items that let patrons make a single choice from a range of choices for that item.

Example: Ice-cream Sundae could be a parent sales item with the options Vanilla Sundae, Chocolate Sundae, and Boysenberry Sundae.

These represent items that let patrons make multiple choices to customise an item. We recommend using modifiers as a more flexible alternative to features.

Example: Ice cream can be topped with fudge sauce, nuts, chocolate sprinkles. The patron can select none, one, or more choices.

Note: It's possible to nest features inside options, but it's not recommended. It's not possible to nest options inside features; that is, a parent sales item cannot be a feature.
In contrast to recipes, features are discrete and there is no way to track the amount of a feature inside each item sold.

These represent items that let patrons make multiple choices to customise an item. Modifiers can be physical items or concepts.

Note: As modifiers are associated with the top-level item, nesting is not an issue.
Certain items cannot be modified: Parent Sales Items, Components, Item packages, Items with Features. These hard constraints derive from the nature of the items.

Miscellaneous saleable items that are typically not food-based.

Example: Gift vouchers or coupons, booking fees, administration fees.

These represent items sold as combos. Each can include any of the other item types or configurations.

Example: Combo A contains a popcorn (recipe), a chocolate bar (normal item), a small drink (parent sales with options), and a soft serve with toppings (item with features or modifiers).

Note: Nesting occurs at the level of the items contained inside the item package, and not at the level of the item package itself. As such, nesting constraints apply to the items contained inside the item package.