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How do I setup a new meal deal promotion?

A meal deal promotion that can be used on a POS, Self Checkout or Self Order Kiosk can be created by using the ‘Promotions’ WAY2PAY Back Office module using the following steps:

  1. Once signed into the WAY2PAY Back Office, press the ‘System Maintenance’ navigation button and then press ‘Promotions’.

**NOTE** If this option is not visible, please speak to the manager or team that manage the WAY2PAY system for your organisation.

  1. Within the ‘Promotions’ screen, press the ‘Create New Promotions’ button.

  1. The page will display a form within the General tab that you will need to complete with the following information that are mandatory:
Field Description
Promo Type For a Meal Deal promotion, please select ‘Meal Deal’
Promotion Name Please give the promotion a name. For example, ‘£3 Meal Deal’
Promotion Description Please give the promotion a description. For example, ‘This is a £3 meal deal including a sandwich, crisps and a drink’
Use Specific Dates If the promotion is continuous, do not toggle this on

If the promotion is not continuous, toggle this on. From here, you will need to confirm the start and end dates for the promotion.
Use Specific Day Times If the promotion will run 24/7, do not toggle this on
If the promotion needs to run at a specific time each day, toggle this on. From here, you will need to confirm the start and end times for each day.
  1. Once all fields have been completed, press ‘Next – Qualifying Devices’ button to confirm what devices are eligible to offer this promotion.
    1. The page will display a form within the Qualifying Devices tab where you will need to select which devices can offer this promotion. Press the Devices dropdown which will present all devices in your organisation’s database. Here, you can:
    Button/Switch Function
    ‘Select All’ To add all devices to this promotion
    Press ‘Deselect All’ To remove all devices from this promotion
    Manual toggle Each device on or off in the list
    Promo Type For a BOFOF promotion, please select ‘Buy N Get
    1. Once all fields have been completed, press ‘Next – Qualifying Items’ button to confirm what products are eligible for this promotion.

    1. The page will display a form within the Qualifying Items tab where you will need to select the following information:
    Field Description
    Item Group Count

    Confirm how many product groups the meal deal has.

    For example:

    • Meal Deal with a main, side and a drink have three item groups
    • Meal Deal with a main and a side has two item groups
    Minimum Quantity Per Item Group – Confirm how many items are required in each group for the promotion to trigger.
    For example:

    • 1 = 1 x main, 1 x side and 1 x drink
    • 2 = 2 x main, 2 x side and 2 x drink
    Item Group 1-4 An item group will display for the number of groups you specified in 5a. Press each Item Group’s dropdown and select all items that are eligible for the group. Please note, it is important that you group the same type of items in the same group.

    • Press ‘Select All’ to add all devices to this promotion
    • Press ‘Deselect All’ to remove all devices from this promotion
    • Manually toggle each device on or off in the list.
    1. Once all fields have been completed, press ‘Next – Result Item & Price’ button to confirm what the resulting items and price are for this promotion.

    1. The page will display a form within the Result Item & Price tab where you will need to set the following information:
    Field Description
    Result Price Confirm the result price of the meal deal.
    Result Items When the meal deal promotion is triggered, all items will be replaced by another product.
    Here, select the item you want the meal deal items to switch to (if the item does not exist, a new item can be created using the Products module).

    • Press ‘Select All’ to add all devices to this promotion
    • Press ‘Deselect All’ to remove all devices from this promotion
    • Manually toggle each device on or off in the list
    1. Once all fields have been completed, press the ‘Save Promotion’ button.

    1. Once the Device Operator has been created, the device will take 10 minutes to receive the new login details.

    Self-Checkouts and Self-Order devices

    • will automatically apply these changes on the start screen so no further action is required.

    POS devices

    • will require a Device Operator to manually apply the new update when this has been received, this can be done by pressing the ‘New Database’ yellow notification that appears on the POS when an update is ready to apply.

Updated on November 1, 2021

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