Food truck step 2: a short, fast menu

A truck window can serve a customer every 30 seconds only if the menu is short and the till is simple. Aim for 15–40 items in 5–8 categories.

Before you start

• Trucks are set up as locations (step 1).

Build the menu

1. Create a few categories in Products › Categories: Tacos, Burritos, Sides, Drinks, Desserts, Catering, Merch.
2. Add each item in Products › Add Product with a short name, price and photo. Untick Manage Stock? for cooked dishes.
3. Under Business Locations on the product, tick the trucks that sell it.
4. For meal deals, create a Combo product (Combo and service products).
5. For extras (extra meat, guacamole, salsa choice), create modifier sets in Restaurant › Modifiers and link them (Modifiers).
6. On each truck’s location settings, add the bestsellers as POS featured products.

Make the till fast

In Settings › Business Settings › POS, make POS V2 the default and pick a tile style with pictures and prices (POS V2). Set Quick cash buttons to the notes customers usually hand over, so one tap enters the cash received.

/pos-v2/create

Big tiles with photos and prices. Category chips keep a short menu one tap away.

Tips and mistakes to avoid

• Remove items you have sold out of for the day from the featured list, or let staff see stock badges for tracked items.
• Keep event and catering items in their own category so they don’t clutter the window menu.
• Different prices at a festival? Use a price group instead of editing every product.

Next step

Step 3: Offline selling

Restaurant step 4: menu and modifiers