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      How to Create & Manage Food Menus

       

      Available for the Build, Grow & Coordinate plans on the Locable Marketing Platform

       

      Restaurants, caterers, and other businesses need to feature their menu(s) on their website and a great option is included in Locable's software.

      Creating a Menu

      To create a new menu, click Online Storefront > Menus in the main navigation, then click Add a New Menu.

       

      Managing Your Menu(s)

      Each menu can include a range of information, sections, and items. As your menu evolves over time, simply add and remove items or sections to update your menus.

      Notable Menu Highlights

      1. Menus can be created without being active, however they must be active to be embedded.

      2. Your menu name is for internal purposes only - perhaps, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Catering, etc.

      3. Each menu can have a header image - NOTE: Image functionality is in development for our menus. It is not currently implemented.

      4. The description will appear at the top of the menu.

      5. Menus are comprised of one or more sections - Appetizers, Entrees, Kids Menu, etc. - and can have a description displayed at the top of the section.

      6. Menu Items can be added to a section and include a name, price, and description.

      7. You can track variations and additions as well as their impact on the price.

      8. Nutritional information can be displayed adjacent to a menu item or you can create a separate menu specifically to delve into nutritional information.

      9. An optional menu disclaimer can be added to the bottom of the menu.

      10. Finally, don't forget to save your work often.

       

      Embed Your Menu

      Each menu can be added to your website through Menu Embeds.

      Menu Embed Highlights

      1. Give your menu embed a name, this is only visible to you and useful for organizing things if you create multiple different embeds.

      2. Select your layout - either show the selected menu(s) or show a grid that links to a secondary menu.

      3. Choose which menus to include. Sometimes you may want to show different menus on different web pages which would require multiple embeds.

      4. If you want to embed your menu on a website not powered by Locable, you can use the embed code displayed here.