Ability to Add Costs for Modifiers
I have had this request made by a number of my cafe and coffee shop merchants.
It would be extremely helpful for restaurants to get more accurate cost reporting and gross profit margin reporting if Clover could add the ability for merchants to assign a cost to modifiers just like we do for items.
For coffee shops and restaurants every additional protein option, every milk choice for a coffee, flavor syrup pump, etc has a cost to it from an accounting stand point.
Lets say i have a $5 Latte, if I am adding an modifier to that item like oat milk for $0.75, that additional $0.75 has a true cost to it that is currently not being considered in the Clover Item Sales report. We can just roughly up the latte cost but that doesn't accurately reflect all the different modifier options that any given customer can order. Adding a feature for merchants to add the cost of modifiers would allow cost to be considered for any customization of any product the merchant sells
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Courtney Ann Quain
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MODIFIERS: ADD COSTS SO WE CAN GENERATE ACCURATE PROFIT REPORTS!!!
As of now, we can only add a cost to an item. If someone wants to change a size, add an ingredient, etc that costs extra, we have no way for that to reflect on the cost of the item which makes the profit reports useless. I was told that the only work-around is to turn every single modifier into an item button, which would be incredibly tedious and will not work for a busy cafe.
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Jorden Jensen commented
Please add the ability to associate a cost to a item modifier as that additional item has both a price and a cost from an accounting stand point. If I am adding an item (modifier) to the sale of an item, that cost needs to go up for things to be accurate and help track and improve margin numbers year to year.