Is it possible to add an Existing Menu Group and not Copy it?

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I am a Multi-Location Management (MLM) user.

I have successfully created a new version of my Menu for another location.

Now I want to add a new "Menu Group" to both locations.

https://doc.toasttab.com/doc/platformguide/versioningAtTheMenuGroupAndModifierGroupLevel.html

Here's my issue:

1. Create a new "Menu Group" in Location-A's Menu.

2. Create a version of that new "Menu Group" and target Location-B.

3. The new "Menu Group" is created, but does not appear on Location-B's Menu. The menu group is essentially orphaned.

Am I missing something?

Thanks for any advice or suggestions!

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Hi Sayra,

Thanks for your comment!

Yes, our setup is very similar to yours and it was working well until we had one store that had a slightly different menu.

Imagine your Georgia store did not have Egg Dishes, and instead had "Cheese Dishes."

For the "Cheese Dishes" Menu Group, you could target "Georgia" only, but then for the "Egg Dishes" Menu Group, you would need to create another Location Subgroup that excludes Georgia.

At the time I felt this would be confusing so I decided to just create a Version of the "Main Menu" and manage it that way. (Meaning  the new Version of the Main Menu targets a single store only).

Everything was working well until I needed to add another "Menu Group."

There is no way to add a "Shared Menu Group."

Instead, I need to add two Menu Groups with the same name. And since the Menu Groups are no longer connected, I need to add/remove items twice.

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Hi! Yes, I can see why that would become difficult. We do have different subgroups that allow us to accomplish this, but we don't have a single location that has its own menu group. It works well when it's just menu items having a single location target. 

While creating location groups was confusing at first, I have found that it is the best way to maintain a single main menu, but still being able to modify when we have slightly different menu items.