Creating Promotions – Basic Level

The promotion feature in Foodics is a tool that allows businesses to create and manage special offers, discounts, and deals for their customers. This feature can be used to increase sales, attract new customers, and encourage repeat business.

Moreover, promotions can be set up in Foodics for different types of items, such as food items, drinks, or entire categories of products. Businesses can also set different types of promotions, such as buy-one-get-one-free, percentage discounts, or fixed-amount discounts.

Promotions can be set to run for a specific period of time. They can also be set to run only during specific days of the week or at certain times of the day.

To create a basic promotion level follow these steps:

1. Click Manage on the side menu.

2. Click Promotions.

3. Click Create Promotion.

4. Fill the Basic Details of the promotion as follows:

• Name (obligatory field): Enter the name of the promotion.
• Name Localized: Enter the localized name in a 2^nd language of your choice.
• Start Date (obligatory field): Enter the date when the promotion starts.
• End Date (obligatory field): Enter the expiry date of the promotion.
• Start Time (obligatory field): Enter the time when the promotion becomes active.
• End Time (obligatory field): Enter the last time after which the promotion is inactive.
• Applies On Days (obligatory field): Enter the days on which the promotion can be used.
• Applies On Order Types (obligatory field): Enter the order types on which the promotion can be. used (drive thru, pick up, delivery, dine in, …).
• Priority: Enter the promotion’s priority in case there’s a conflict with another promotion. 99 is the highest priority level, followed by 98 , and so on.
• Include Modifiers: Check this box if the promotion applies on the product’s modifiers too.

5. Scroll down to the Promotion Details section and select the promotion type: Basic.

6. Fill the following details:

• Discount Type (obligatory field): Select the discount to be a fixed amount or a percentage of total order value.
• Discount Amount (obligatory field): If selected a fixed-type discount, write the amount of the discount to be applied on orders or products. If selected percentage-type discount, write the percentage discount to be applied on orders or products.
• Maximum Discount Value (obligatory field): Enter the maximum amount of discount in case of applying percentage-type discount.
• Products: Enter the name of the products for which the customer can get the discount.

7. Scroll the page upward and click Save Promotion button on the top right corner.

The screen will now be updated with the name of your new promotion appearing as part of a card collection, with each card containing the promotion name, its status, and its start and end dates.