Track Take-Out orders as a category in Aloha

[Element3]

Hi Everyone,

I am currently tracking Take-Out orders using a Revenue Center. However, the managers want to track the take-out orders using a category. I know it is redundant, but that is what they want.

How would I go about accomplishing this?

Here are some useful details:
We are using Aloha 5.2.8
Currently we have the following categories:
Food
Alcohol
Merchandise

Thanks!

 

[DTSMAN]

You shouldn't. Either revenue center or job code is best.

You would have to have every item in there twice to use a catagory. In item maintenance you would have Cheese Stix and Cheese Stix To Go, one for the 'dine in' category and one for the 'to go' category. Then create all new menus for a 'to go' menu with all the new 'to go' items on it and hope servers and cashiers use the right menus.

You don't want to do that.

Bo

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[Element3]

Thank you for your reply DTSMAN.

I was afraid that would be the case. Now I am trying to figure out how to best explain this to the managers. They also consult with another tech. Although he was probably talking about Revenue Centers, they probably mistakenly assumed that it is possible. They managers are not very computer literate.

 

[TobeThor]

If you are looking for menu item sales for the Take-out side of things couldn't you just get a revenue center report that details sales in that RC by menu category (apps, entrees, sides etc.) or by the menu items themselves (wings, mozz stix etc.?

 

[Element3]

TobeThor,

Yes we can. However they(the managers), just want everything to come out in the Revenue Sales report that comes out of the FOH terminal. I would need to retrain them. However, sometimes they can be kind-of stubborn. They are all in the 50 to 70 year old age range.