Menu board and counter

TVs above the counter show your menu with prices, change by themselves between breakfast and lunch, and mark sold-out dishes the moment someone taps their phone. You maintain the menu in one place, and every display shows the current state.

What you need#

How to set it up#

1. Create your menu in the Menu board app, with categories such as breakfast, lunch, and drinks, and each dish with its price and allergens, see Menu board.
2. Give categories a time window if they apply only at certain times, such as breakfast until 11:30.
3. Place the widget in a scene with the Board template. Switch on Show categories only at their time, and the board changes by itself.
4. Spread the menu across several TVs with Spread across, one scene per TV with its own This part.
5. Assign the scenes to the displays, see Assign a program to a display.

Tips from practice#

• Mark dishes as sold out from the phone. Staff open the Menu board on their phone and switch Sold out today. At 5 a.m., everything is available again.
• Plan new prices ahead. With Plan a change for a set date, new prices start on the first of the month without anyone staying late.
• Run promotions as program entries. A happy hour from 17:00 to 18:00 goes into a program entry with a promotion scene, while the board runs as the base program, see Show content at specific times.
• Several branches, one menu. A menu can apply to selected locations and carry different prices per location.

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• Menu board
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