Dishes

This is the main landing page when using the Recipe Manager module.

You can use this page to search for existing dishes and to create new dishes.

To search for a dish:

You can either type in a dish name or part of the name in the search bar or use the filters.

If using the filters the categories and sub categories are collapsed by default, to expand them and see all options click on the Toggle link in red.

Assigned To: this field lets you limit your search to those dishes which have been assigned to a specific Brand or Outlet

Excludes: this option lets you search for dishes which exclude certain allergens

Suitable For: this option lets you search for a dish which is suitable for vegetarians/ vegans

Show Exceptions: this option lets you easily find dishes which don't have any ingredients - really useful if we integrate with your epos provider as this captures dishes created due to a sale in the epos

Archived: include archived dishes in your search

I have searched for and found my dishes, what does this view of the dish show me?

You will now see the results of your search. The page will show you the first 10 results, to see more you can either click on the next page at the bottom of the page or increase the number of results you can see by changing the 10 under the Add Dish button to 25, 50 or 100.

You can also use the additional search field to further search through your dishes, eg your initial search for 'pie' have returned 15 dishes, now type 'mash' and find the 'pie and mash' dish out of those 15.

This view of the dishes will show you the full dish name including an image if there is one, the dish reference (if linked to your epos, this will be the dishes PLU on the till), the gross sales price if entered in the dish, the sale price type (see the key above the dishes), the theoretical sales price if entered, the theoretical sales volume if entered, when the recipe was created and who by, when the last change was made and a map pin icon (that is explained below).

Map pin

Click on the map pin icon to assign the dish to a Location or a Brand. You can also set a location specific sales price here too. See Help on that page for further guidance.

Label icon

Click on this to start building your label

How can I view the dish details?

To view the ingredients, nutrition, allergens etc, click on the dish name. See Help on that page for further guidance.

How can I edit a dish?

To edit a dish, click on the dish name. See Help on that page for further guidance. To edit the reference sales price or the theoreticals, you can click directly on the figure in red and make those changes.

Reports

Having searched for a dish or group of dishes, you have the option to report on Allergens and Nutrition, the Recipe Card and Recipe Data by selecting these at the bottom of the page.

Other reports can be found by going to Reports under the Recipe Manager module header in the menu bar on the left of the page.  We are in the process of populating our new Reporting module with reports, go to Reporting, Reports, Recipes.

How do I create a new dish?

To create a new Dish. click Add Dish

Follow the Help guidelines on the next page to create your new dish.