Connect supplier products to Ingredients

Overview

• Ingredient Purchase Options are Store-specific links between a Business Ingredient and a Store Supplier/Supplier Product.
• A purchase option records usable quantity/unit and can use the latest Supplier Product price or a manually maintained price.
• The first active purchase option connected to an Ingredient is made Preferred automatically.
• Only one active purchase option should be Preferred for an Ingredient in a Store.
• Disconnecting an option soft-removes that connection; if it was Preferred, MiniTill selects another active option by priority where available.

When to use this

• Create multiple options when the same Ingredient can be purchased from several suppliers or in different pack sizes.

Step-by-step

1. Open the Ingredient for the selected Store.
2. Choose Connect product.
3. Select an existing/synced supplier product or create a manual supplier product.
4. Review/edit Usable quantity and unit.
5. Set the Preferred option that represents the Store's normal purchasing choice.
6. Compare Recipe/Product cost after changing Preferred or usable quantity.

Common mistakes

• Do not use purchase pack count as Usable quantity when the pack contains multiple units unless the conversion reflects the actual usable total.
• Do not connect a supplier product already linked to another Ingredient.
• Do not disconnect the Preferred option without checking which replacement MiniTill will use.

Troubleshooting

• If a purchase option cannot be saved, confirm its unit is compatible with the Ingredient base unit and quantity is greater than zero.
• If the wrong Supplier price seems to be used, check which purchase option is currently Preferred/selected.