Combo Meal Group Pricing

You can use many pricing scenarios for combo meal groups, as described in the following examples.

Combo Meal Group Item Prices can be Overridden

Beginning with the Simphony 19.6 release, combo meal group item prices can be overridden. This allows franchisees to manage their prices independently of the franchisor. To help accomplish this, there are now separate role privileges to access Combo Meal Groups and Combo Meal Group Item Prices. After upgrading to Simphony 19.6, by default, roles with previous access to combo meal groups are given permissions to access combo meal group item prices. Going forward, any roles created after the upgrade, must have the combo meal group item prices access privilege set explicitly.

To access the Combo Meal Group Item Prices privilege, open the EMC and select the Enterprise, Configuration tab, Roles module, and then select the EMC Modules tab. Under the Menu Items section, you can find the Combo Meal Groups and Combo Meal Group Item Prices privilege settings.

See Creating Employee Roles for more information.

Pricing Combo Meal Groups Based on Side Items

You can price side items on the combo meal’s side items level instead of the pricing at the combo meal groups items level. In some cases, this simplifies combo meal price configuration. If you set prices in both places, the pricing on the combo meal groups item level takes precedence. Consider the following examples:

• (Traditional Pricing) Combo Meal #1 Drink price $0.99

• (Traditional Pricing) Combo Meal #2 Drink price $1.09

• (Side Item Pricing) Milk (drink choice) price $1.50 (upcharge)

1 Combo Meal #1: Root Beer $0.99

1 Combo Meal #1: Milk $1.50

1 Combo Meal #2: Root Beer $1.09

Pricing Combo Meal Groups Based on Size

The following figure illustrates the configuration of a basic combo meal group using different sizes and associated prices. A combo meal group called Combo Drinks contains the menu items Small Cola, Medium Cola and Large Cola. The Medium Cola is the default drink for all applicable Order Types. The workstation operator does not need to make a selection when adding the combo meal item using the workstation. The application automatically adds the Medium Cola as the default selection. (A workstation operator can modify this choice using the sizing or substitute function keys.) You can apply the prices of $1.00 for the Medium Cola and $2.00 for the Large Cola. To use combo meal sizing, set the Small Cola as the Size 1 Item, the Medium Cola as the Size 2 Item and the Large Cola as the Size 3 Item. You must set Size 1-4 Item settings for all sizable combo group items listed. To enable workstation operators to add or change combo meal item sizes, add buttons to the combo transaction page using the Page Design module.

Figure 24-1 Example of Pricing Based on Item Size

Pricing Combo Meal Groups Based on Menu Item Definition

The following figure shows another optional pricing convention. You can price any combo meal menu item (for example, a Hamburger Combo to include all combo side and drink items). Set the combo’s price in the menu item definition record (in the Menu Item Maintenance module), and deselect option 4 - Add Side Prices To Meal Price in the Combo Meals module.

Figure 24-2 Example of Pricing Based on Menu Item Definition

Another method is to lower the combo meal menu item price and then roll the price of the combo sides and combo drink items into the price of the primary combo meal menu item.