Today's Specials
Today's Specials is where the chef sets up featured dishes for a chosen day — name, description, price, dietary type and quantity available — with a live sold tracker so the whole team can see at a glance what's still available, what's running low and what's already sold out.
Overview
A date picker (defaulting to today) lets you prepare specials in advance for a future day; the board for a given date only shows once you are viewing that date.
Each special has a Dish Name, Description (shown on the QR digital menu), Price, Quantity Available, Category, Station, Dietary Type (Veg / Non-Veg / Vegan / Contains Allergen), an optional Allergen Note, and independent "Show on QR Menu" and "Sold Out" toggles.
A live sold tracker with +/- buttons adjusts quantity sold; the progress bar fills as it sells and turns red once remaining stock drops to 3 or fewer (the low-stock threshold), showing "SOLD OUT" once remaining reaches 0 or the manual Sold Out toggle is switched on.
Sort by Station, Category or Qty Remaining; filter to All, Available or Sold Out.
"Print Board" opens an A5-style printable card listing every currently available special (with description and dietary/allergen info) for a table insert; "All Sold Out" bulk-marks every special on the board sold out in one click.
A stat strip tracks On Board / Available / Sold Out / Low Stock / Showing Online counts.
Before You Start
- You must have the Billing feature enabled on your plan.
Step-by-Step Guide
1 Add today's special
- Open Today's Specials (date defaults to today) and click "Add Special."
- Enter Dish Name, Description, Price and Quantity Available.
- Choose Category, Station and Dietary Type, and add an Allergen Note if relevant.
- Set "Show on QR Menu" if it should appear on the guest-facing digital menu, then click "Add Special."
2 Track sales through the day
- Use the +/- buttons on a special's card to adjust the sold count as orders come in.
- Watch the progress bar — it turns red once only a few portions remain.
3 Prep specials for a future date
- Change the date picker to the day you're planning for, then add specials exactly as above — they will only show when that date is selected.
4 Wrap up service
- Click "All Sold Out" to bulk-mark every special sold out at once, or toggle individual ones as they run out during service.
- Click "Print Board" any time to get a printable card of what's currently available.
Every Field & Button, Explained
| Field / Button | What it does |
|---|---|
Qty Available / Qty Sold | Remaining = Qty Available − Qty Sold; the low-stock warning (red) triggers once remaining drops to 3 or fewer. |
Show on QR Menu | Controls whether the special appears on the guest-facing digital QR menu — independent of the 86 Board / Today's Menu Status availability flags used elsewhere. |
Sold Out | Can be toggled manually regardless of remaining quantity, or is implied automatically once remaining quantity reaches 0. |
Allergen Note | Free text (e.g. "Contains nuts, dairy, shellfish") shown alongside the dietary badge on the card and on the printed board. |
Tips & Best Practices
- Use the date picker to prep tomorrow's or next weekend's specials in advance — nothing shows on today's board until that date is actually selected.
- Turn "Show on QR Menu" off for kitchen-only "chef's choice" specials you don't want advertised to guests browsing the digital menu.