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[US Only — Need Beta Testers] Add "combo" functionality

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[US Only — Need Beta Testers] Add "combo" functionality

We'd love to have the ability to build combs in Square for restaurants.  We see it working something like this..

1) assume a full inventor of items already in system (drinks, food, etc)
2) a new section in items called "combos" is added
3) create new combo, give it a name - ex "Breakfast Sandwich w/ Coffee"
4) when you "build" this combo, you pick items from your existing item library - ex, Breakfast Sandwich, fruit bowl, coffee.
5) show the calculated combo price (the sum of the items)
6) allow us to apply % or $ discount to combo (combos are always cheaper then the sum of the items)
7) save combo

In POS, when this combo is selected...
1) it automatically adds the respective items to the check under the combo name.
2) any "item conversations" remain in place b/c the combo button is essentially a quick way to add multiple items to check w/ one button press.
3) item printer routing remains in place

By doing it this way, we can keep a neater item library and we get proper tracking of items sold.  ex - coffee sold, by combo or al-la-carte, would produce an accurate count.

Thoughts??

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Re: Add "combo" functionality

Hi all - I'm Hadley, I work on the Square Restaurants product team. Thank you all for the great feedback and requests for Combos. I wanted to share that we are starting a Beta program to offer Combos functionality. It is for Square for Restaurants Plus POS users in the US to start but will soon expand to other channels, counties and tiers.

 

If you think you'd be a fit for the beta at this time, or are interested in learning more, please join the Beta Program. You can request to join through this link: https://www.sellercommunity.com/t5/Combos/gh-p/Combos#_=_

 

Thanks! 

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[US Only — Need Beta Testers] Add "combo" functionality

We'd love to have the ability to build combs in Square for restaurants.  We see it working something like this..

1) assume a full inventor of items already in system (drinks, food, etc)
2) a new section in items called "combos" is added
3) create new combo, give it a name - ex "Breakfast Sandwich w/ Coffee"
4) when you "build" this combo, you pick items from your existing item library - ex, Breakfast Sandwich, fruit bowl, coffee.
5) show the calculated combo price (the sum of the items)
6) allow us to apply % or $ discount to combo (combos are always cheaper then the sum of the items)
7) save combo

In POS, when this combo is selected...
1) it automatically adds the respective items to the check under the combo name.
2) any "item conversations" remain in place b/c the combo button is essentially a quick way to add multiple items to check w/ one button press.
3) item printer routing remains in place

By doing it this way, we can keep a neater item library and we get proper tracking of items sold.  ex - coffee sold, by combo or al-la-carte, would produce an accurate count.

Thoughts??

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Hi all - I'm Hadley, I work on the Square Restaurants product team. Thank you all for the great feedback and requests for Combos. I wanted to share that we are starting a Beta program to offer Combos functionality. It is for Square for Restaurants Plus POS users in the US to start but will soon expand to other channels, counties and tiers.

 

If you think you'd be a fit for the beta at this time, or are interested in learning more, please join the Beta Program. You can request to join through this link: https://www.sellercommunity.com/t5/Combos/gh-p/Combos#_=_

 

Thanks! 

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Beta Member

@Hadley I requested to join back in October. I don't think I got added?

Square

@5iveSpice  I'll have our beta team add you to the group, sorry about that. 

Hi All,

 

The bundles option is a great idea but wouldn't it make sense to start with tracking the ingredients that make up say a cheeseburger?  You have a case of beef patties, case of buns and a case of cheese.  How does an operator track how many of those items come out of those cases when 1 cheeseburger is sold?

 

Swing and a miss Square!!!

@Hadley Sorry y’all took so long to roll this out. I really did like Square’s services but was forced to switch to Toast due to the lack of this functionality. 

Buy me out of my contract and I’d love to come back!

Beta Member

Hi there, 

 

Does anyone know if this is available for UK sellers too? I hate how we're always left behind here in UK even if we use the same system and products.

Beta Member

Hi @Hadley i just sent a request since I need that functionality ASAP for my summer season.

 

thx.

Square

Thanks, @Grannysdrivein - I'll have our Beta Manager reach out and have you added to the group. 

Beta Member

Hi, we are based in the UK, but I'm highly interested in this feature. If you decide to start a beta testing group for the UK, please add me in. 

I cannot believe that it has been all this time and the feature isn't still available for Square restaurant.