BYO Pizza With Arryved

Do you have pizza on your menu? Do you allow guests to customize or build their own pizza? No problem. In your Arryved Portal, you can create your pizza offering using Inventory Items and Modifiers. Whether your pizza menu is simple or vast, we can tailor the right solution for you. Follow this guide to get pizza on your Arryved Menus. 

Prerequisites

• To create or edit Modifiers and Inventory Items, you must be an Arryved Portal Super Admin or an Admin with one of the following Permissions: 

• INVENTORY

• ALL ACCESS

• FULL ADMIN

Limitations 

• Items on printed prep tickets can’t be color-coded. Tickets always print Modifiers in red if they have an upcharge, and everything else is in black ink. 

Best Practices 

To set up customizable pizza on your menus, you’ll create Item Modifiers, roll them into Modifier Groups, and apply those Groups to your pizza Inventory Item(s). 

Watch the example below to see how a pizza can be ordered in Arryved Service with Modifiers. 

Things To Consider

You can use Item Modifiers and Modifier Groups in various ways to accommodate your unique pizza menu. Think about how you allow guests to customize their pizza order: 

• Do you allow modifications on just half of the pizza? 

• Are you offering the first topping or two for free? 

• Do you offer various crust options, sauces, and cheeses, too? 

Keep reading this guide to learn how to create Modifiers for a build-your-own pizza with a basic setup. There are also some more advanced setup examples at the end. 

Step 1: Create The Item Modifiers

In this step, you’ll create all the possible Item Modifiers for toppings, cheese, sauce, and crust options. 

1. Head to your Arryved Portal. 

2. From the left side navigation, click Inventory.

3. Click Modifiers.

4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click New.

5. Create your first Item Modifier and click Save. 

• Read How To Create Item Modifiers for full instructions. 

• Pro Tip! For faster entry, use the Clone button to duplicate a Modifier similar to the next one you need to enter. 

6. Repeat for all the possible Item Modifiers you need. Remember to include toppings, sauce, cheese, and crust options. 

Step 2: Create Modifier Groups

Once all of your Item Modifiers are created, you’ll roll those into Modifier Groups. Modifier Groups present a question or a prompt so that the person placing an order is instructed to make the proper selections from that Group. 

• For example, create a Modifier Group called something like “Pizza Toppings” or “Choose [X] Pizza Toppings”. Then, add the individual pizza topping Item Modifiers you created to this Group (e.g., Pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, etc.).
  

• Don’t forget to make Modifier Groups for your pizza sauces, crust types, or any other customizations you offer.
  

• Keep in mind, the name of the Modifier Group will be visible to guests ordering through your Arryved Online Store and OpenTab QR codes, as well as service staff ordering in Arryved Service. Make sure you give the Modifier Group a Name that lets the orderer know what they need to do. 
  

How To Create Modifier Groups

• From the left side navigation in your Arryved Portal, click Inventory.

• Click Modifier Groups. 

• Click Create +New Modifier Group.

• Give your Modifier Group a Name, Default Min, and Default Max.

• Search for and add the Item Modifiers you want to go in this Group.

• Click Save. 

• Read How To Create Modifier Groups for full instructions. 

Required vs. Optional

For each Modifier Group, you must enter a ‘Default Min. # of Mod Selections.’ This is the minimum required selections the guest must make from the Group when they order an Item that has this Group assigned to it. 

• If the Default Min is set to 1 or more, the Modifier Group is Required.

• If the Default Min is set to 0, the Modifier Group is Optional. 

• When at least one Required Modifier Group is assigned to an Inventory Item, the Modifier Screen will prompt automatically when the Item is ordered through the POS channels. The server or guest will be required to make the appropriate selections from the Required Modifier Groups before adding the Item to the order. 

• Optional Groups will be on the Modifier Screen as well, but won’t require a selection. 

Pro Tips!

• When it comes to making pizza toppings optional or required, here are 2 options for you:

• 1) Make the Modifier Group Required (give it a min of 1 or more), so that it auto-prompts the Modifier Screen when the pizza is ordered. Create an Item Modifier for ‘None’ so the orderer can fulfill the requirement when the guest doesn’t want any toppings. 

• 2) Make the Modifier Group Optional. If the pizza has another required Modifier Group assigned to it (such as a choice of sauce), then the Modifier Screen will auto-prompt anyway, and the Modifier Group(s) for toppings can be made optional. 

Step 3: Assign Modifier Groups To Your Pizza Inventory Item

In this step, you’ll create your BYO pizza as an Inventory Item and apply the appropriate Modifier Groups to it. 

1. From the left side navigation in your Arryved Portal, click Inventory.

2. Click on an Inventory Folder (you may want to create a new one for Pizza). 

3. Click New Item +. 

4. Create your BYO Pizza Item. 

• Read How To Create Inventory Items for a refresher. 

5. Scroll down and expand the Modifiers section. 

6. Click + Add Modifier Group. Add the Required and Optional Modifier Groups that will help your guests customize their BYO Pizza. 

• Remember, if you’re adding at least one Required Modifier Group, it’ll auto-promt the Modifier Screen when the pizza is ordered. 
  

7. Use the first dropdown to select the Modifier Group. 

8. Use the Price Floor if needed to adjust upcharges. Choose an Item Modifier as the Price Floor, and that Item Modifier can be applied to the Item for free, as well as any other Modifiers with the same price or lower. Any Modifier with an upcharge higher than the Price Floor will be added at an extra cost (the difference in price).

• For example, Let’s say some of your pizza toppings have a price of $2.00, and some $1.00. Adding a $1.00 Price Floor will allow all the $1.00 or lower toppings to be added to this Item for free and the $2.00 toppings can be added for just $1.00. You can specify the size this applies to as well. 

9. ‘No Size Set’ indicates this Modifier Group applies to all sizes of this Item. Or, you can specify a certain size here. 

10. ‘ALL’ indicates this Modifier Group applies to this Item on all ordering channels, including Arryved Service, Arryved Online, and OpenTab. Or, you can specify which. 

Pro Tip!

Click and drag the icon with 6 dots next to any Modifier Group to rearrange the order. This is the order they will appear to the orderer in the POS channels. 

• Required Modifier Groups will always display on the top row here in Arryved Portal and appear first on the Modifier Screen during ordering. Optional Modifiers will always be underneath the Required ones. 

How Customizable Is Your Pizza?

Check out these more advanced setup options that give your guests even more flexibility with their pizza order. 

Free Toppings 

If you offer the first topping or two for free on a BYO pizza, here’s how to set that up: 

Free Toppings:

• Create a “[X] Free Toppings” Modifier Group. Make the Default Max the number of free toppings allowed. 

• When adding the Modifier Group to the Pizza Inventory Item, select your most expensive topping as the Price Floor so that anything chosen is added at no extra cost. 

Additional Toppings: 

• Create an “Additional Toppings” Modifier Group. The Default Min should be ‘0’, but you can decide on the Default Max.

• When adding the Modifier Group to the Pizza Inventory Item, skip the Price Floor setting. Any topping chosen will apply its normal upcharge. 

Toppings On Half

If you allow toppings to be added or removed on half of the pizza, here’s how to set that up:

For Arryved Service

• Create “1st Half” and “2nd Half” Item Modifiers. This is so the indication will print on your tickets or display on your KDS. 

• For this setup, you’ll want to set your printing order to ‘ADDED’ so that items on a ticket are printed in the order that they were selected.

• When adding Modifier Groups to your Pizza Items, make sure the ‘Allow Service To Apply Any Modifier?’ checkbox is checked, so those Item Modifiers can be added to the Item. Otherwise, you’ll have to add them to one of your Modifier Groups that’s assigned to the Pizza Item.

• If you’re adding these Item Modifiers to a Modifier Group, make sure you set that Group to Arryved ‘SERVICE’ only when adding it to your pizza Items.  

• In Arryved Service, the server can search for and add the ‘1st Half’ or ‘2nd Half’ Item Modifiers, then use the Add/No/Sub actions with another Item Modifier to specify what they want on that half.

For Arryved Online & OpenTab

• When guests are ordering through your Arryved Online Store or OpenTab QR codes, they can simply use the ‘Additional Notes’ section to specify if they want to remove something from half of the pizza. You can instruct them to do so by adding instructions to the ‘Additional Notes’ section through your Online Store Settings and OpenTab Settings. 

• The other option is to create 3 Modifier Groups for ‘Whole’, ‘1st half’, and ‘2nd half’ if you’d like to guide the guest through all their options. If you choose this route, make sure you set these Groups to ‘ONLINE’ when adding them to your pizza Items. 

Ordering Pizza In Arryved Service

As long as you’ve added at least one Required Modifier Group to your BYO Pizza Item, the Modifier Screen will automatically prompt when the pizza is ordered. 

• The minimum selection must be made from all of the Required Modifier Groups to be able to add the pizza to the order. Any Optional Modifier Groups will be there for convenience, but aren’t required to make a selection from.

• Remember! If the guest is modifying half of the pizza, the orderer must select the ‘1st half’ or ‘2nd half’ Modifier first, then specify the modification. That way, the instruction will print on the prep ticket.  

Prep Tickets

Below are 2 examples of how a printed prep ticket could look with a pizza order.

1. Ticket example #1 shows:

• Thick crust 

• Marinara sauce

• Pepperoni and sausage as the 2 free toppings

• A request for no sausage on half

2. Ticket example #2 shows: 

• Thin crust

• Marinara sauce

• Pepperoni and sausage as the 2 free toppings

• Basil added as a 3rd topping with an upcharge

• Garlic added to half the pizza with an upcharge

Ordering Pizza Through Arryved Online & OpenTab

Below is an example of what ordering a BYO pizza would look like for a guest ordering through OpenTab or your Arryved Online Store: 

Gut Check!

Once you’ve set up your pizza menu through your Arryved Portal, send a test order through Arryved Service, OpenTab, and your Arryved Online Store to see if the guest experience is to your liking. Don’t hesitate to reach out to Arryved Support or your Implementation Manager for assistance. 

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