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Meals (Combo & Combo Slot)

Meals (Combo & Combo Slot)

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Last updated: Dec 07, 2024
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Meals like Medium Whopper® Meal (Burger + Medium Fries + Drink) or Large Whopper® Meal (Burger + Big Fries + Big Drink) are defined by Combos and Combo Slots within Sanity. The term combo is also often used interchangeably with meals.

Introduction to Combos & Combo Slots

A Combo is a unique combination of items defined by one PLU (e.g. Whopper Large Menu), whereas a Combo Slot is a document that groups the different ‘side’ options available in a combo (e.g. drinks). Combo slots are always linked to a combo and contain a set of items that the user can choose from in order to build their combo.

When you select a combo you know what main item you are going to get (e.g. Whopper) but not which options (sides and/or drinks), as there is a wide variety you can choose from. Combo Slots will host all the options for combos to make the interface more user friendly.

Combo documents in Sanity might not only be limited to Meals, they can also be part of the configuration of an offer. Learn more about offers here: Loyalty - Offers.

For more details about the pricing & availability configurations (including vendor configs / PLU setup), refer to Menu - Pricing & Availability Management.

Configuring Combos

The Combo document is found under the Order-Level Content → Menu → Combo within Sanity.

Let’s have a look at configuring the hypothetical Impossible Whopper® Meal Medium

We have defined that this Combo will be composed by:

  • Impossible Whopper (the sandwich)

  • Medium Side (defaulted to Medium Classic Fries)

  • Medium Drink (defaulted to Medium Coca-Cola)

Name

This is the name of the combo that will show in the platform, so must be edited according to your marketing guidelines.

Internal Name

The name that will be displayed in Sanity - it will help you quickly identify and organize your pickers.

Description

This is the description for the combo once it is clicked on. This description only appears if the combo is not part of a Picker, otherwise the Picker description will show.

Image

This is the image that is shown for the picker.

Best Practices Tip

Choosing a picture without a background might look more appealing to turn the guest’s focus to the actual product.

Images By Channels

This field enables configuring different images for Restaurant (In-store Ordering), Delivery and Kiosk.

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Image Description

This will be the text for the alt attribute on the image.

The alt attribute is the HTML attribute used in HTML and XHTML documents to specify alternative text (alt text) that is to be rendered when the element to which it is applied cannot be rendered.

It is also important for SEO purposes, as this description is what allows search engines (like Google) to connect this image to a search. By adding the Plant-based Whopper description, there is a chance users will find this image in Google Images, which can lead to traffic in the platform

Main Item

This is the main item of your combo. In this case, the Impossible Whopper

The reason why we differentiate the main item from the rest of the items is because some POS (Point of Sales) require to make such distinction.

Is Offer Benefit?

It must be on ONLY when the combo needs to be added as a benefit for Loyalty Offers.

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Show in Static Menu

It will allow displaying the item in the Static Menu (the 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 items are available for purchase for Delivery or Pickup, for example.

Options

These are the options you can select with your Combo, see Meals (Combo & Combo Slot) | Combo Options below for details.

Channel Exclusions

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.

Vendor Configs

This is where the PLU configurations are done, please refer toPLU Management & Configuration for a detailed guide.

Settings

You can limit the number of this specific combo that can be added to cart. E.g. if set to 3, guests won’t be able to add more than 3 combos to cart.

Other Selections

All the other selections you can configure throughout the combo document have been grouped in this part of the guide.

  • Hide Main Item Description is used to hide the combo description.

Configuring Combo Slots

Guests are able to select one or multiple options with their meals. For example, a Medium Whopper® Meal comes with a medium drink and a medium sides. These options are configured via combo slots within Sanity. Most meals are provided with similar options. For example, selling Meals of a Whopper, Big King, or Double Cheeseburger will typically not change the fact that the same Sides (Fries, Onion Rings, etc.) and Drinks (Coca-Cola, Fanta, etc.) are offered. For that, we have created a simple way for you to configure Combo Slots that then can be mapped to your Combos. This way, you configure once your options and then apply them to all the different Combos, instead of adding the same drinks and sides one by one for every different Combo.

Combo Options

These are the options you can select with your Combo, you will configure these in the Combo Slots section and then apply to all the Combos you want. Following the examples defined for our Impossible Whopper® Medium Meal, see the image below for Option configurations:

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Medium Combo Sides - what sides do you want to sell with your Medium Combo? In our case, we are selling it with Medium Classic Fries and Medium Onion Rings. We default to the Fries

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Medium Combo Drinks - what drinks do you want to sell with your Medium Combo? In our case, we are selling the usual drinks our guests love, defaulted to Medium Coca-Cola.

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Each Option under a given Combo Slot document in Sanity should be mapped to the corresponding Item. Upon clicking on a given option, maximum and minimum amounts can be configured.

Note how the default selection will have a Default Amount = 1
Whereas any other option has Default Amount = 0

Name

This is the name of the combo that will show in the platform, so must be edited according to your marketing guidelines.

Internal Name

The name that will be displayed in Sanity - it will help you quickly identify and organize your pickers.

Minimum Amount

This is the minimum combo slot options that are required for this combo slot to be fulfilled. You might want your users to choose more than one option, or even accept zero selections.

Maximum Amount

This is the maximum combo slot options that are allowed for this combo slot to be fulfilled.

Note that minimum amount and maximum amount are typically both set to 1, because in most combos you would only allow one option (e.g. 1 drink and 1 side).

Is Premium Item

For configuring premiums, refer to Upselling, Add-Ons, Premiums & Recents | Premiums for detailed guidance.

Vendor Configs

This is where the PLU configurations are done, please refer toPLU Management & Configurationfor a detailed guide.

The Distinction Between Bundles and Combos

  • Combos only have 1 main item.

  • Bundles (e.g. X2 Whopper Meals, Family Party with multiple burgers and sides, etc.) are a group of different items.

For bundles, main item is not configured. All items are configured as comboslots (combo options, or sides). Sanity doesn't allow configuring two main items for a single combo. In case of a bundle offer, the offer references a combo which does not have a main item. The combo options contain all the items — 2 whoppers, 2 fries, 2 medium drinks. For PLU configurations, visit PLU Management & Configuration | The Distinction Between Bundles and Combos

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