Veteran's Day Discount setup

[Kirsten_H]

We offer one free menu item and one free drink to Veterans on Veteran's Day.  They can get any menu item, and any single drink (no beer flights, pitchers, growlers...). I set it up as an item comp, which works on multiple items as I'd like, but it prints a discount line on each item, and makes for a cluttered receipt (much like my run-on sentence!).   I would prefer to be able to select the items and have the discount print only once at the bottom with the whole discount amount.   Is there a way to make that happen?

TIA for the feedback.

[au79teahouse · Accepted solution]

One way to avoid cluttered receipt would be using comb discount. However, it can get a little tricky to set it up to fit different scenarios because it's a check level discount.

Or add a modifier button to comp the price. That will save one line per eligible item on receipts. But the discount won't show on the discount report.

I would say what you have right now is the easiest way to achieve the goal but have to deal with cluttered receipts 😞 .

[Kirsten_H]

Thanks for confirming my suspicions. 😁

I haven't set up any combos before, and there are so many possible scenarios, I don't think it's the best option.

I need to be able to see the discount amount on the discount report, so I'll probably just keep it as is.  At least it allows for multiple items on the same check.  I was afraid it would only allow one item, so that's a win! 😎

I appreciate your feedback!

[rcmck]

You can turn on combine items under guest receipt setup which will at least combine items that are the same on a receipt which will cut down on some clutter. https://www.toasttab.com/restaurants/admin/receipts/receiptconfig  Other than that you could use a check level comp and split all the comped items off onto another check before discounting.