✨ Please note: To ensure a seamless POS setup, please follow this order:
(Start by adding) MENUS ➡️
(Then add) MENU CATEGORIES ➡️
(Then add) MODIFIERS ➡️
(Finally add) PRODUCTS ✅ (You are here!)
Before you can start taking orders or processing payments with TABLE by Yoco, you’ll need to add your menu items in the TABLE back office. Build Your Own Breakfasts and Pizzas can get complex, but with a well-structured menu setup, you can empower your team to handle custom orders with ease.
Simple vs Complex Products
A simple product is a basic menu item with no customisation options, e.g. a bottle of still water, tomato, chocolate, etc.
A complex product is a menu item with multiple options, add-ons, or variations, e.g. a burger where your customer can choose their bun, add cheese, or swap out chips for salad.
It's especially important when you're creating a 'build your own' (BYO) product that you follow the process outlined above, and add your modifiers before you add your product. You can read up about modifiers here, but to save time, we're going to take you through the process for adding modifiers specifically for BYO products.
Log in to your TABLE back office at table.yoco.com.
Hover over the Products tab in the navigation bar at the top of your screen.
When the sub-categories appear, select the Modifiers option.
Select the blue Create Modifier button in the top right corner of your screen.
When the Create Modifier screen opens up, you can:
• Add a modifier name – BYO Breakfast Options or BYO Pizza Options (required).
• Add a modifier description (optional).
• Confirm the category status as ‘Modifier is in use’.
• Set the modifier to 'No' as it's not required in the case of BYO products.
Once you’ve entered the details above, go to the Modifier Rules section near the bottom of the screen. Here you can:
• Choose the modifier type – in this case, Option because you're giving customers options to choose from. If you were linking a product as a modifier, you would select Product.• Decide how many options a customer can select from this modifier group.
• Decide how many times a customer can select the option, e.g. you may decide that they can choose each product twice, so that they're able to choose two eggs, and two portions of bacon.
Select the green Save button in the top right corner of the screen.
A new series of tabs will appear on your screen. You’re now in the Details tab, which is the screen you’ve just completed.
Select the Options tab, then select the + Add Option button.
Add your first option, e.g. Scrambled Eggs, Fried Egg, Bacon, etc.
💡 Good to know: The first option you add to your modifier group is automatically set as the default – this means that it will automatically be added to every BYO Breakfast order that’s placed. If you prefer not to have any modifier automatically added to a product, simply disable this setting.
Select the + Add Option button again to add additional modifier options. Repeat until all options have been added.
Once you’ve added all your options, select the green Save button in the top right corner of your screen.
Select the Linked Sites tab, then select the + Add Bulk Sites dropdown and select the site(s) you’d like to link the modifier option to.
Select the green Save button in the top right corner of your screen.
Select the Site Settings tab, and enter per option, e.g. R20 for Scrambled Eggs, R30 for Bacon, etc.
Select the green Save button in the top right corner of your screen.
✨ Your modifier group is now ready to be linked to a product.
Follow the steps below to add your BYO Breakfast or Pizza product to your POS.
Log in to your TABLE back office at table.yoco.com.
Hover over the Products tab in the navigation bar at the top of your screen.
When the sub-categories appear, select the Products option.
Select the Create Product button.
When the Create Product screen opens up, complete the tasks below. Select the green Save button in the top right corner of the screen when you’re done.
Enter the Product DetailsAdd a product name, e.g. BYO Breakfast or BYO Pizza (compulsory).
Add a product description (optional).
Upload a product image by selecting the blue Upload button (optional).
Determine the Product Settings
Enter a base unit of measurement or UOM (this is compulsory) and make sure you choose the right one because you can’t change it later.
Choose an Inventory Type – click here to find out more about each option.
Toggle the switch to enable/disable VAT on the product.
⭐ Top Tip: Look out for these when adding product info...
• Keep product names clear
The name you give each product in your back office will display on your POS. So, keep it short and make it clear, e.g. Cheese Burger (Beef), Cheese Burger (Chicken), to help your staff distinguish easily between products. Adding an image can also make products easy to identify.
• Choose ‘each’ as the UOM for single items
You have several units of measurement to choose from: centimetres, metres, grams, kilograms, millilitres, litres, or each. All products being sold as a single item, e.g. a croissant, chocolate, drink, choose ‘each’ as the UOM.
‼️ Important: Once you’ve entered a UOM, you can’t change it to a different UOM – you’ll need to delete the product and create a new product with the correct UOM.
Once you’ve tapped the Save button, two new sections will appear on your screen. The first displays three tabs: Details, Variant Settings and Site Settings. The second shows a series of tabs (or sub-tabs) that live under each of these primary tabs.
❗Important: You must select the Save button as you move been tabs and sub-tabs. If you don’t, the changes you make on each tab/sub-tab won’t be saved, and you’ll have to go back and make them again.
When the screen changes, you will be located in the Details tab and the Details & Settings sub-tab, which you’ve just completed.
💡 Good to know: If you scroll to the bottom of the Details & Settings sub-tab, you’ll see three new switches – Product Enabled, Promotion, Show on Royalty. The Product Enabled switch is automatically enabled. The Promotion and Show on Royalty switches are not currently available for TABLE.
Select the Categories sub-category in the Details tab and add the product you’re creating to one or more categories on the Menu Categories dropdown list. When you’re finished, select the green Save button in the top right corner of the screen.
💡 Good to know: The product must be added to at least one category before it will be visible on your point of sale.
Select the Variant Settings tab and then the Modifiers sub-tab – here you’ll see a list of the variants you’ve just created.
Select the + Add Modifier button to add one or more of the modifiers you’ve created to each variant.
✨ Haven’t added modifiers yet? Click here to find out how you can add options Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, Mushrooms, and more to your BYO Breakfast Options modifier group.
When the pop-up screen appears, select the modifier you want to add to each variant.
Once you’ve finished adding your modifiers, select the green Save button in the top right corner of the screen.
While you’re still in the Variant Settings tab, select the Linked Sites sub-tab.
Select the + Add Sites dropdown menu, scroll down to the site you want to assign your product to, then select the blue + Add Sites button.
Select the green Save button in the top right corner of the screen.
Select the Site Settings tab and then the Pricing sub-tab.
Add the Selling Price and the Cost Price of the product. TABLE will automatically calculate the GP% and the price excl. VAT (if you’ve chosen to enable VAT on the Create Product screen). With a BYO product, you can either price it at R0.00 and allow your customer to determine the price by the number of modifier options they add to it, or you can set a base price that includes two eggs and toast, for example, and then adjust the price of the modifiers accordingly – whatever works best for your establishment.
Select the Save button in the top right corner of the screen to finish adding your product.
The BYO product (and the modifiers you’ve added to it) will now be visible in your TABLE point of sale as shown in the images below.
Not sure which inventory type is right? Check the table below.
Inventory Type | Description | Example |
Raw Material | A raw material is an item that’s used to produce another product that will eventually be sold. | Coffee beans are a raw material used to make cups of coffee (the finished good). |
Finished Good | A finished good is a product ready to be sold to a customer. It’s made from raw materials and is the final item that appears in your POS for sale. | A cappuccino or a croissant that you sell to a customer is a finished good. |
Non Stock Item | A non-stock item is a product or service that you sell but don’t keep physical inventory for. It might be something you order only when needed or a service that doesn’t require stock tracking. | A custom-made cake or delivery fee could be a non-stock item because it’s not kept in your inventory, but it still appears on a sales receipt. |
Consumable | A consumable is an item your business uses up in daily operations but isn’t sold directly to customers. These items support your business activities. | Receipt paper rolls, cleaning supplies, or coffee filters are consumables – they’re necessary for running the business but aren’t sold through the POS. |
Net Exclusive | A net exclusive price means the price shown excludes tax (like VAT). The tax is added separately at checkout to show the total payable amount. | If a sandwich is listed as R50 net exclusive, and VAT is 15%, the customer pays R57.50 (R50 + R7.50 VAT) at checkout. |
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