Knowing your most popular menu items can help you make more informed decisions when creating a new weekly menu and ultimately saving costs and reducing waste. Also understanding how many pre-orders were deleted can help further understand what is happening with orders.
This article will teach you...
How to generate menu reports.
Generating Reports
Navigate to Menu > Analysis.
Menus Analysis provides Two Report Types [1]:
- Popular meals will show choices being made by students and staff.
- Deleted pre-orders will show any pre-orders that have been removed.
Set the Date [2] and set any further filters [3] as necessary
The filter option allows you to filter menu types such as Main, Vegetable, Dessert, Drink or Other
Popular meal choices
Popular meals report will generate a Popular Meals Table [1]
The report can also be Exported [2] as an Excel spreadsheet.
Deleted meal pre-orders
Deleted Pre-orders Report [1] shows the sites and students whose pre-orders have been deleted.
The Report can also be Exported [2] as an Excel spreadsheet.
Below are the reasons why a pre-order may have been deleted:
Admin Menu change
Pre-orders made by students and parents are deleted if an administrator makes any menu changes to the Menu's Items, Menus, or Templates.
Menu assigned to a student
Pre-orders are deleted when a new menu template is applied to a student to meet their allergy or dietary requirements. All pre-orders are deleted and recorded in the report. Refer to, Students - Special Menu templates for allergy and non-allergy students.
Mass removal by Teacher
If configured, teachers can delete an entire class's meal selections. This helps to prevent the kitchen/caterers from making meals for students who will not be in school for the day. Refer to, Mass removal of student pre-selections.