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How best to add variations for pizza toppings?

We are setting up Square to run our pizzeria. I cannot figure out the best, most organized and least cumbersome way to set up topping options in variations. For each topping I have to have 3 options so the employee can select the topping for either the whole pizza, the 1st half or 2nd half of the pizza. It makes the order screen very involved as they have a very lengthy list of toppings to scroll through when inputting an order. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Re: How well does Square Restaurant POS work with Pizza Ordering ?

Thanks for your insight @SweetB. Super helpful.

 

I like the quantity idea you mentioned regarding your modifiers. We definitely see how it could benefit your business model, and countless others. Our teams are constantly looking through our seller's feedback to make necessary improvements, and we will be sure to let you know if anything ever changes or if new updates are released. 

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Hi @peppinospizzas, sorry to see you haven't received a response to your post yet. I'm not sure there is a good solution for this unfortunately. Ideally we would offer sub-modifiers that could accommodate the three different options, but that's not a feature at the moment.

 

For the time being, I think the best way to organize the toppings would be to create a modifier set for each topping, and have the modifier options be the two halves or whole.

 

Thanks for posting; definitely see how more options here would useful. Let us know if you have any other questions.

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Hi @peppinospizzas, sorry to see you haven't received a response to your post yet. I'm not sure there is a good solution for this unfortunately. Ideally we would offer sub-modifiers that could accommodate the three different options, but that's not a feature at the moment.

 

For the time being, I think the best way to organize the toppings would be to create a modifier set for each topping, and have the modifier options be the two halves or whole.

 

Thanks for posting; definitely see how more options here would useful. Let us know if you have any other questions.

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Please tell me there is a better work around than this modified topping list now almost 19 months latter than this question was asked!  I am stumped and if we can't split pizzas there is no way I can go live with this system.  

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Thanks for checking in on this, @mobileromeos. I went to look for updates that would help solve for the need to split pizza toppings and there isn't anything that I can share out right now—sorry for the frustration.

 

I will be sharing your post with our Point of Sale team and point out that having a visual component to let one designate how toppings need to be added is vital for your pizzeria. We'll circle back with any updates as they come through.

 

In the meantime, you may want to have a look at Square for Restaurants, which we recently introduced. We've also partnered with a handful of restaurant services who may be able to offer a customized solution. For more details, head over to the App Marketplace > Restaurant Management.

 

Hope this helps clear things up a bit more. Please let me know if anything else comes up.

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I’m with you on this.  I’d like a picture of a pizza to pick which side the toppings go on. 

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 This reply was created from merging an existing thread

 

I am trying to figue a way to set up for half and 1/4 pizza toppings for my pizzeria.  and ideas?

 

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Hey @Lanekimber! I'm adding your post to this thread - @peppinospizzas @mobileromeos Do you have any tips to share about how to best organize the item library, to help Lanekimber to get started? 

 

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This reply was created from merging an existing thread: Half and half pizza

 

What is the best way to set up a half and half pizza. Order is half pepperoni and half sausage?

 

thanks,

 

scott

 

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Great question Scott @Shrimpyramine! The debate about the best way to set up pizza toppings is ongoing in this thread. Read through this page for some ideas.

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Just got square we need ability to do selections per half  side too

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Since half sausage and half pepperoni pizzas are popular, I made a button just for that. Any pizzas with halfs or quarters I use the special request section. 

 

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Thanks for sharing how you manage these orders @HumbertosPizza, I appreciate it! 🍕😀

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I don't understand why they can't change the settings for the options buttons. It would be much easier to select items at random, and have them show up in order selected, instead of selecting items, and them showing up in the order the buttons are positioned. You would think someone that someone on Squares behalf would have noticed this problem and fixed it by now. 

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Did you use variations or mods or...?

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Hello fellow SQUARES .. Im working on a new restaurant and was wondering how well the POS system works with ordering pizzas ? SO many toppings and variations etc .... I dont want to spend 3K+ on a pizza specific pizza POS .. 

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Hello @PizzaBugerBeer🍕🍔🍺

 

I moved your post over to this thread so you can take a look at Helen's answer, and also see how @HumbertosPizza has their modifiers set up. Hopefully some of the other sellers on this thread can chime in and talk about what's working for them!

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Any updates or changes to the pizza 1/2 & 1/2 ordering dilema? This is a big issue for the pizza community and needs a solution. The previous suggestions are just a "get around" we really need at minimum a way to enter 1st half & 2nd half. We do not do quarters but there plenty of places that do so... 

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What we do is just type in the half and half in special instructions. After a while to text prediction will make it faster. Then just click on whatever toppings that you need to charge. 

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Thanks for sharing your tips for a workaround here, @HumbertosPizza! We appreciate it!

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We switched to Square 18 mos ago. We do not have restaurant version as we did not need it for a counter order shop. The menu set up was tricky.  Had to work around half pizza and the occasional quarter pizza. We use cheese as vase and then H1 pepperoni   H2 pepperoni with list of all topping again under a modified item list. It’s fine once inputed. Hope that helps.

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But also a huge upgrade for us from old pos especially with online options. Can’t recommend enough. 

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