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What is a Picker?
A picker is a higher level product concept that combines combos and/or items. On the example below, we have created a picker called “Impossible Whopper” which would be the higher level concept, then it would compile under it all the different options for an Impossible Whopper which can be:
the Impossible Whopper sandwich (“Just the Sandwich”)
the Impossible Whopper small meal (“Small”)
the Impossible Whopper medium meal (“Medium”)
the Impossible Whopper large meal (“Large”) .
Advantage of Pickers
This way, when guests navigates to the “Flame-grilled burgers” section, they see the “Impossible Whopper” picker instead of seeing the impossible whopper medium meal, the large meal and the menu item (sandwich only). When they click on the picker, they will choose between just the sandwich or the different meal sizes, as well as other aspects that can be configured.
Examples
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Note: picker and picker aspects always refer to another Sanity document. They do not have their own PLUs because, they simply map the guest selection to a specific menu item (e.g. if a guest selects 6 nuggets and medium meal in the picker, the picker aspect will map to the ‘6pc nugget medium meal’ combo item). |
Examples
Below, you can see the Impossible Whopper picker, which contains the Combo Size picker aspect.
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Another example is the Chicken Nuggets picker below, which contains the Nuggets Pieces and the Nuggets Meal Size picker aspects.
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Special-case examples
In case we want to link this picker to the whopper bacon and/or cheese MDS menu items, we would add a picker aspect with the “bacon, cheese, bacon & cheese” options;
in In case we want guests to be able to add cheese and/or bacon to the item, but without making it a new item, we would not add this picker aspect - we would simply have these ingredients as modifiers. For more info on modifiers click here.
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Another example is the Chicken Nuggets picker below, which contains the Nuggets Pieces and the Nuggets Meal Size picker aspects.
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Editing Pickers
Name
This is the name of the picker that will show in the platform, so must be edited according to your marketing guidelines.
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This is the description for the picker once it is clicked on, highlighted in red below.
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Picker Aspects
What is a Picker Aspect?
Picker Aspects are the different criteria a Guest can choose from to result in the combo or item which they would like to order.
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Just the Sandwich
Small
Medium
Large
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Picker Defaults
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Make sure to add a picker default so that there’s always an option already selected for users. You will see that a minimum of a one picker default is required in Sanity |
When you arrive to the picker page, one one option will be pre-selected. In the example above, “Just the Sandwich” is already selected without user having to make any click on anything.
This will be what picker aspect options are initially set as default when guest accesses the picker. In order to set them as default, you need to click on ‘Add item…’ under Picker Defaults, choose the same picker aspects you have added on ‘Picker Aspects’ and choose the option you want to set as default for each picker aspect.
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You should see here all the picker aspects you added previously - from the options, you must choose one |
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The default selection’s price will be shown in the Menu page (for a specific selected restaurant) and it needs to be the first one sorted in the list. Therefore, picker option with * always needs to be the first one While defaulting the biggest combo size might help sell higher tickets, defaulting the smallest and cheapest picker option will make your Menu look more attractive in the Menu page 🤷♂️ |
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Need to show different items depending on the Service Mode Group (Pickup / Delivery) or the platform (Web, Mobile, Kiosk, Google Food Ordering)? This is the place where you can exclude items from being shown to the guests.
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Other Selections
For easiness of explanation, all All the other selections you can make throughout the Items file have been grouped in this part of the guide to simplify.
Show in Static Menu will allow displaying the picker in the Static Menu, before a Service Mode or store is selected. This is the equivalent to your National Menu, but it does not mean all of the pickers are available for purchase for Delivery or Pickup, for example.
Is Real Meal? - This is for the Real Meals Campaign
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Hide Calories will hide the calories of this item in the user flow
Hide Nutrition Legal Disclaimer will hide the nutrition legal disclaimer
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Unused InformationYou might see additional fields in this document that are not part of this guide. Please disregard them as they are not needed for your Menu setup. |