Food Entree Wizard

To “jump start” your menu operations, the Trak Pro Builder has a built in “Food Entree Wizard”. This will assist in creating your dinner entree and side menus, and do most of the “heavy lifting” for you. Here is how it works, from the Main Menu select POS FUNCTIONS, then FOOD SERVICE MENUS, then FOOD SERVICE MENU WIZARDS, then ENTREE / SIDES MENU BUILDER:

This will start the Wizard, and bring you to your first set of decisions to make:

STEP 1: CATEGORY AND INVENTORY

You can either place your new menu items in a NEW Menu Category (as shown in the example above) or in an existing Menu Category. You can also select which items of the Wizard you want to add in this session. Your choices are:

■ Beef Dishes
■ Poultry Dishes
■ Seafood Dishes

There is another option you can pick, and that is the Automatic Inventory option. When the Wizard creates Menu Items for you, it can also generate the appropriate inventory item records that go along with those items. For example, the Wizard can add inventory records for soft drink cups, lids and straws, or buns and meat patties for burgers. It is a powerful way to get a good start on building your inventory records.

In our example, we have selected all the options, so you can see just what the Wizard can do for you. Click the NEXT >>> button:

STEP 2: BEEF DISHES

Pictured above is the Beef Dishes Wizard panel. You can choose from 7 commonly offered cuts of steak, and from 12 different side dish options. Simply check the steaks you plan on offering, along with the sides and prices you will charge. You can then select any taxes that will be applied to beef dish sales. Pictured above is the State Sales Tax, although depending upon your location and operation, your sales may be tax exempt. Click on the NEXT >>> button:

STEP 3: POULTRY DISHES

Pictured above is the Poultry Dishes Wizard panel. You can choose from 14 commonly offered chicken, turkey and duck entrees, and from 12 different side dish options. Simply check the meals you plan on offering, along with the sides and prices you will charge. You can then select any taxes that will be applied to poultry dish sales. Pictured above is the State Sales Tax, although depending upon your location and operation, your sales may be tax exempt. Click on the NEXT >>> button:

STEP 4: SEAFOOD DISHES

Pictured above is the Poultry Dishes Wizard panel. You can choose from 14 commonly offered seafood entrees, and from 12 different side dish options. Simply check the meals you plan on offering, along with the sides and prices you will charge. You can then select any taxes that will be applied to seafood dish sales. Pictured above is the State Sales Tax, although depending upon your location and operation, your sales may be tax exempt. Click on the NEXT >>> button:

STEP 5: CONFIRMATION

Pictured above is the final confirmation step before you build your Entrees and Sides menu. If you want to make any changes, you can click on the <<< BACK button. If you are satisfied with your options, click on the FINISH button, and your Entrees and Sides menu will be constructed for you. When the wizard is finished, you will be prompted with the following message:

HELPFUL TIPS:

It is possible to run the Wizard more than once. You can elect to create a category just for BEEF, for example, then run the Wizard selecting only the BEEF options. Then, you can run the Wizard again, opting only for a category called FISH, and check just the Seafood options.
If you don't see something that matches a menu item you want to offer, just pick something CLOSE, so that the Wizard will build all the tedious records for you. It is EASIER to change a HAMBURGER to CHICKEN SANDWICH, that it is to build a whole Chicken Sandwich Menu item and choices by hand.
Just because you build a menu category of BEEF DISHES, then populate it with a bunch of choices, DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOUR POS STATIONS CAN "SEE" IT! After creating food menus, you will have to EDIT POS Station Records to GIVE THEM PERMISSION to USE the new menus!