How to Handle Multiple Menus

Overview

Deliverect customers can manage multiple menus in their account, publishing them according to different contexts, for example:

• A different menu per ordering platform (e.g. First Party vs. Third Party).
• A different menu per fulfilment type (Delivery, Pickup, Eat-in or Curbside)

On platforms which support multiple fulfilment types, end-consumers can switch between menus and be shown different content which can cover a wide range of variables, for example;

• Available items (e.g. Soda Fountain available for Pickup but not Delivery).
• Pricing strategies (e.g. applying a markup price on Delivery prices but not on Eat-in prices)

When using the Commerce API to GET Store Menu(s), the response will include the types of variations above, the following sections will explain how to identify these.

Menu Type

The menu endpoint returns an array of menus. If the customer has chosen to publish multiple menus, each menu will be included and uniquely identified by it's "menuId"

The "menuType" field (integer) indicates which fulfillment type the menu is intended for:

Price Variations

Different menus may define different prices for the same product, depending on the fulfillment type.

In the example below, two menus are returned:

• menuType: 2 → Pickup
• menuType: 3 → Eat-in

Note that the product "Garlic Bread" is the same across both menus with the exception of the "price" value.

When displaying menus, this means depending on the user’s chosen fulfillment type, the specific menu content should display.

[
    {
        "menu": "Burger Bar - Kiosk",
        "menuId": "61********************59",
        "menuType": 2,
        "products":
        {
            "65********************29":
            {
                "id": "65********************29",
                "plu": "11302",
                "name": "Garlic Bread",
                "price": 850
            }
        }
    },
    {
        "menu": "Burger Bar - Website",
        "menuId": "65********************32",
        "menuType": 3,
        "products":
        {
            "62********************22":
            {
                "id": "62********************22",
                "plu": "11302",
                "name": "Garlic Bread",
                "price": 950
            }
        }
    }
]

Menu Model

For full details on the menu structure, see. the Menu Model below;