Meals

A meal is a named dish that you can add to your menus and offer to customers. Think of it as the item on the price list — it has a name, a price, and is linked to a recipe that tells the kitchen how to prepare it.

Separating meals from recipes means you can offer the same dish at different prices for different customer groups, or rename it without changing the recipe.

What a meal contains

• Name — what customers and staff see (e.g. "Grilled salmon with potatoes")
• Price — the standard price for this meal
• Recipe — the recipe linked to this meal (determines ingredients, nutrition, allergens)
• Category — which menu category it belongs to (Soup, Main course, Dessert, etc.)
• Picture — optional photo shown to customers on the menu
• Active / inactive — only active meals can be added to menus

Finding your meals

Go to Meals → Meals in the main menu. You can:

• Search by name
• Filter by category
• Filter by active/inactive status
• Sort alphabetically or by last modified

Creating a meal

1. Click + Create
2. Enter the meal name (e.g. "Pasta Bolognese")
3. Set the standard price
4. Link it to a recipe — click Select recipe and search for the recipe by name
5. Assign a category (e.g. "Main course")
6. Optionally upload a picture
7. Click Save

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If the recipe does not exist yet, create it first under Meals → Recipes, then come back and create the meal.

Editing a meal

Click on any meal in the list to open it. Click Edit to make changes.

You can change:

• The meal name (this does not affect the recipe)
• The standard price
• The linked recipe (note: changing the recipe will affect what the kitchen prepares)
• The category
• The picture

Setting prices per menu

A meal's price is its default price. When you add a meal to a weekly menu, you can set a different price for that specific week — useful for seasonal specials or promotional pricing.

To set a week-specific price:

1. Open the weekly menu
2. Click on the meal in the menu grid
3. Enter a different price in the price field
4. Save the menu

The week-specific price will override the meal's default price for that week only.

Deactivating a meal

If you stop serving a particular dish, set it to inactive instead of deleting it:

1. Open the meal
2. Click Edit
3. Toggle the Active switch to off
4. Click Save

Inactive meals:

• Do not appear when adding meals to new menus
• Are still shown in past menus and historical orders
• Can be reactivated at any time

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Do not delete meals that have been used in past orders. Deactivate them instead to keep your historical data intact.

Allergens and nutrition on meals

Allergens and nutrition values are inherited automatically from the linked recipe. You do not need to enter them on the meal — they come from the ingredients in the recipe.

If allergen or nutrition information looks wrong, check the recipe and its ingredients.

Saving a meal from a production batch

After the kitchen has cooked a meal, they can record a "saved meal" — a portion that was set aside, for example for a customer who is arriving late. See the Saved Meals page for details.