Weekly menus

A weekly menu is the schedule you create each week — it shows which meals are available on which days. Once you publish it, customers can see it and place their orders.

How a weekly menu is structured

A menu is divided into categories (such as "Soups", "Main courses", "Desserts") and covers seven days. For each day and category combination, you choose which meals to offer.

Example:

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Soup	Tomato soup	Lentil soup	—
Main course	Grilled chicken	Salmon	Beef stew
Dessert	Fruit salad	Yoghurt	Fruit salad

A single day can have meals in multiple categories, or none at all (for example, no dessert on Fridays).

Creating a weekly menu

Go to Menu in the main navigation. Click + Create and choose the week.

Then add meals day by day:

1. Locate the day column and category row you want to fill
2. Click the + Add meal button in that cell
3. Search for the meal by name
4. Click the meal to add it

You can set a specific price for each meal on each day, or leave it blank to use the meal's default price.

Repeat until the week is complete.

Copying a previous menu

If your weekly menus are similar from week to week, you can copy a previous menu as a starting point:

1. Click Copy
2. Select the week you want to copy from
3. The system fills in the same meals on the same days
4. Make any adjustments needed for the new week

This is the most efficient way to work when your menu rotates.

Publishing a menu

When the menu is ready, click Publish. This makes the menu visible to customers so they can place orders.

Before publishing, the menu is only visible to staff — customers cannot see or order from an unpublished menu.

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You can publish a menu at any time before the ordering deadline. Customers can start placing orders as soon as it is published.

Unpublishing a menu

If you need to make changes after publishing, click Unpublish to return the menu to editing mode. Remember to publish it again when done.

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Unpublishing a menu that already has customer orders may cause confusion. Notify customers if significant changes are made.

Removing a meal from the menu

To remove a meal from a specific day:

1. Click on the meal in the grid
2. Click Remove (or the × button)
3. The cell becomes empty

This does not delete the meal from the system — it just removes it from that day's menu.

Previewing the menu

Click Preview to see exactly how the menu looks to customers before publishing. Use this to check that everything looks correct — meal names, prices, and category grouping.

Printing the menu

Click the print icon to generate a printable version of the week's menu. This is useful for:

• Posting in a dining area or common room
• Handing out to residents who do not use a computer
• Sharing with kitchen staff as a quick reference

Menu templates

If you use the same menu rotation every few weeks, you can save a menu as a template and reuse it. See Administration → Menu templates for details.

Viewing past menus

You can open any past week to see what was on the menu. Use the week selector at the top of the page to navigate backwards.

Past menus are read-only — you cannot change a published menu once orders have been placed.