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Categories group related products and help customers browse your menu. For example, you might create categories for Starters, Main courses, Desserts, and Drinks. Every product belongs to one category. Categories appear to customers in the same order as in the menu editor.

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Create a category

1

Open Edit menu

From the navigation, select Edit menu.
2

Add a category

Select Add category.
3

Enter its information

Add a name and, if useful, a short description.Keep Translate category name enabled if the name should be translated for customers. Turn it off for a brand or proper name that must remain unchanged.
4

Save the category

Select Save. You can now add products to the category.

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Organize categories and products

Drag the handle beside a category name to move the entire category. The order is saved and used on the customer menu. You can also drag a product to:
  • change its position within the category;
  • move it into another category.
A category with no publicly visible products is automatically hidden from customers. It remains available in the editor.

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Set category availability

Use Manage category availability to show a category only on selected days or during selected hours. The schedule applies to the category and all of its products. Outside the scheduled period, choose what customers see:
  • Keep visible and mark products unavailable leaves the category visible but makes its products unavailable;
  • Hide the entire category removes the category from the customer menu until the next available period.
For example, imagine a Breakfast category available every day from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM. If you keep it visible, customers visiting after 11:00 AM can still see the breakfast products, but they are marked unavailable. If you hide it, the entire Breakfast category disappears after 11:00 AM and returns at 7:00 AM the next day.
The schedule uses the restaurant’s timezone.

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Add a category promotion

Use Manage category promotions to create a discount that can apply to every product in the category. If a category promotion and a product promotion apply at the same time, you can choose which type takes priority. Promotions can also have their own schedule and can be temporarily disabled without being deleted.

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Edit or delete a category

Use Edit category to change its name, description, or translation preference.
Deleting a category permanently deletes every product it contains. Move any products you want to keep into another category before confirming the deletion.