Create happy hour specials for your restaurant or bar using promo layers. Build several layers of promos to cover specific days and times to extend specific offers for your customers.
Defining Promo Layers
Define up to three promo layers:Â Promo 2, Promo 3 and Promo 4.
- First, set up time and day buckets for each promo layer.
- Next, define prices for each promo layer on every item to to include in this series of promos.
- Example: A bar offers happy hour specials on pitchers of beer:
- For Bud Light, $5 pitchers between 5pm – 6pm (Promo 2), $6 pitchers between 6pm – 7pm (Promo 3), $7 pitchers between 7pm – 8pm (Promo 4).
- For Yuengling, $7 pitchers between 5pm – 6pm(Promo2), $8 pitchers between 6pm – 7pm (Promo3), $7 pitchers between 7pm – 8pm (Promo4)
- From Home, navigate to Items > Promos > and tap the Items tab. A promo layers work area opens.
- Tap to enable the Promo 2 work area.
- Tap to set (required) a Daily Promo Start: and End: time. If needed, tap to set an optional Start Date and End Date.
- Tap to set at least one day of the week as active for this promotional layer. At least one day of the week must be active.
- Tap to enable additional promo layers as needed. A Daily Promo Start: and End: must be set up for each active promo layer. At least one day of the week must be set to active for each active promo layer. Start Date: and End Date: are optional.
- Tap Save to save your changes when you have set up all of your promo layers.
- Note: Promo times must not overlap.
After you have set up your promo layer time and day buckets, assign prices to each item to include in these happy hour specials.
- From Home, navigate to Items > Item List > and find the item to deactivate. Scroll or search through the items to find a specific item. Tap the item to open the Item Details work area.
- Tap the Promo tab for this item to set the Promo options for this item. Tap On Sale in the promos work area to set up an initial promotional price, time, and days. Start Date and End Date are settings are optional.
- The active time for the initial promo must not overlap with times set for Promo 2, Promo 3, and Promo 4.
- Caution: Before you can set prices for Promo 2, Promo 3, and Promo 4, you must set an initial promotional price, with Start Time, End Time, and days of the week selected.Â
- Example: Set a price of $10 for a White Zifandel daily between 12pm and 5pm. This promo ends before the beginning of Promo 2.
- Next, enable each promo layer in the Promotions work area, adding in the discount price for each happy hour bucket. Tap Save to save your changes.
- Example: A White Zifandel is $6 during the Promo 2 time frame, $7 during Promo 3, and $8 during Promo 4.
- Repeat these steps to set up times, days, and prices for additional items to include in your happy hour promotions.
- Example: A Yuengling Pitcher is $4 during the Promo 2 time frame, $5 during Promo 3, and $6 during Promo 4.
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