Bottle Deposits

Certain regions require deposits to apply for purchases of bottled drinks.

Bottle Deposit Price

When operating in a region where it is legally required to charge a bottle deposit, the customer should ensure a "bottleDepositPrice" is set against each applicable product, either by syncing this data from their POS or manually applying on Deliverect (see customer guide here)

Once set, it will be included in the item price and will show in the menu payload as below example.

When creating the order, Deliverect will automatically apply each "bottleDepositPrice" and where configured will also add a seperate quantity of a product configured to represent a bottle deposit charge.

📘 Note: bottleDepositPrice is an integer with 2 decimal digits e.g. €0.25 is stored as 25.

{
    "products":
    {
        "65******************fb":
        {
            "_id": "65******************fb",
            "name": "Cola",
            "bottleDepositPrice": 25,
            "price": 325
        },
        "65******************f4":
        {
            "_id": "65******************f4",
            "name": "Sprite",
            "bottleDepositPrice": 15,
            "price": 315
        }
    }
}

Bottle Deposit PLU

Some POS will provide a zero-price product with a PLU that represents a bottle deposit. This will not need included by the ordering platform when creating an order as it will be automatically applied by Deliverect.

The intention is that this allow a means of displaying a line item for the total deposit amount per order in the POSand also helps in reporting on total deposit charges applied.

How should this be displayed?

Wherever this is a mandatory charge to apply, it is the responsibility of the ordering plaform to clearly state that there is a bottle deposit included in the price of the item. Below is how it will show on Deliverect's menu preview interface.

A bottle deposit is shown when [previewing the menu](https://help.deliverect.com/en/articles/7978999-preview-a-menu).

A bottle deposit is shown when previewing the menu.