How to implement minimum spend requirement for a party (multiple tabs)

[bottletheory]

Hi All,

Curious if anyone has implemented a minimum spend policy for a party where guests are opening separate tabs. We've thought about assigning all tabs to a single table in the party area, but not sure how to report on that in realtime without dumping a report to excel. 

Appreciate any ideas!

Thanks,
Josh

[rcmck]

I guess you could also create an alternate service area completely and just use that service area. Or another option could be to create a fake employee for the party that everything is put under and tracked that way. 

[bottletheory]

Thanks. We actually use QR codes so for this scenario (min spend party w/ separate checks), the revenue center approach seems to be the best option. 

Steps  would be..

1. Change "party area" tables to new revenue center "Party"
2. Report on min spend for the evening.
3. Change tables back to original revenue center after the party wraps. - painful, but doable.

2. 

[lchatzipetrakos]

We have a "party" number we use for events like this, so we can run the shift review at any moment and set the net sales at moment's notice.  Then on the back end we split up the sales/tips/etc. for those who work the event.

[bottletheory]

Interesting...by "number" do you mean a table number? 

[lchatzipetrakos]

No, a clock in number.  We use 9999 and run that shift review exclusively for that party.