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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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We would LOVE to have this feature! Can we also be added to the Beta?

Hello, This feature would be amazing for my bagel business. We are struggling with counting bagels that are used in a variety of applications (poppy bagel + crem cheese, poppy bagel + egg and cheese, 6 poppy bagels to go). I have requested to join the beta testing group. Thanks.

Hi @Hadley, I sent a request to join this a couple weeks ago, is this beta program still open? 

Thanks!

How do I join the program?

Need this for the basic POS also!

Square

Hi all - Thanks for following up. Our Beta Team will be in contact and follow up in this thread shortly. 

Square Community Moderator

Hello all! Sorry for the holdup! 

The best way to join the Combos Beta is by requesting to join the private testing group within the Beta Community. You can request to join here!

 

Keep in mind these current requirements/limitations before requesting to join the beta:

  • Available only to Restaurant Plus/Premium subscribers
  • Selling combos is only available through the Restaurant Point of Sale
    • Square Online is unsupported at this time
    •  If you process payments through Square Point of Sale or another third-party marketplace, Combo items will not show.
  • Third-party reporting and accounting integrations (i.e. Quick Books, Xero, Zoho Books, etc) are unsupported at this time. Combos will not be reported properly through the third-party connections.