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Add your first product in the Tebi Back Office

How to add a product to your Tebi Back Office to create your product list and all the different elements that are a part of a product

Updated over 2 months ago

Add products to the POS via:

  • the Tebi Back Office, this article dives deep into this setup.

Note: Only Manager & Owners users can add and edit products. If you’re unable to add Products, check your user role.

Creating products in the Tebi Back Office

  • In the Tebi Back Office > go to Products.

  • Click the ‘+ Add Product’ button to add a new product.

  • Products can be configured with additional languages. Add languages in the Settings > Languages.

Required fields

There are 3 fields required: Product name, sales price and tax type.

  • Name: Type the full name of the product. This will be used in reports and searches.

    • You also have the option to create a Display name and/or Prep station name.

  • Sales price: Add the amount you will charge customers for the product, including the tax rate.

    • Prompt price while ordering: If the ‘prompt price’ switch is turned on, the pricing field will be prompted in the Sale Screen. Manually add the price each time you select the product. If the ‘prompt price’ is turned off, the sales price will be shown.

  • Tax type: Select the tax rate for this product. This is the type of tax payable over your product or service. It can be VAT or sales tax, depending on your region.

Optional fields

Understanding the optional fields:

General settings

Status

  • available’ if you want the product to be available for sale.

  • Products with the status ‘archived’ or ‘not available’ will not be available for sale.

Purchase price (excl. tax)

  • Add the amount it costs to buy and/or make the product, excluding tax. Tebi uses this to calculate the margin on a product. If you do not wish to fill this in, leave it €0.

Select type

  • Product’ (e.g. fries), ‘modifier’ (e.g. sauce), ‘gift card’ (e.g. 50€ value)

Modifier groups

Create new one

  • You can create sides and extras that customers can add to this product. For example: sauce choices, cooking preferences or toppings.

Edit existing

  • Status: available’, ‘not available’, ‘archived

  • Modifier type: (1) ‘notes’ Gather extra information about the product. E.g. allergies, spiciness. (2) ‘products’: Set up the modifier as an additional product to charge money, track inventory and gain reporting insights. E.g additional toppings, plant-based milk types.

    • Select the options you want to offer in field below

  • How to apply this modifier:

    • Apply to products: Enter the products that use this modifier group.

    • Apply to products tagged with: Enter the tags that use this modifier group. E.g. sandwiches

  • Show modifier pop-up? As soon as you tap on a product, the modifier pop-up will have the selected behavior.

    • Edit a product in a sale to select modifiers from this group

    • Always show a pop up and require modifier selection

    • Always show a pop up but modifier selection is not required

  • Selection preferences, toggle on all that apply: ‘Allow multiple selections’ Pick several options at once; ‘Select first option by default’ Automatically pick the first option to speed up order entry; ‘Allow adding the same modifier multiple times’ E.g. used to add 'extra cheese' twice or three; shots of espresso; ‘Max options that can be selected’ numeric value that is only applied in QR ordering

Classification

Category for reporting

Add categories to organize your products for reporting purposes in the Back Office.

  • Products can be linked to only one category.

  • E.g. gather all drinks with a VAT 21% under one category to gain insights on amounts sold.

Tags

Add tags to organize your products into groups for display on the Sale Screen in the Tebi App.

  • Products can be linked to multiple tags.

    • E.g., gather all coffee products under various group tags by giving cappuccino, espresso and latte the tag ‘coffee’ and ‘hot drinks’.

    • Tags are used for searching and discovering products.

SKU

Fill in the stock keeping unit (SKU), a unique identifier for your product:

  • SKUs are metadata and will not appear in the Tebi App.

  • If you don’t use SKUs, leave this field blank.

Appearance

Display name for sales grid

A shorter name for the product in the App: This name will appear on the product button on the Sale Screen.If left blank, the name created at the top will appear by default.

Description

Note down extra information about your product that you cannot add in other fields:

  • E.g., add allergy details, ingredients of the dish, and so on.

  • Note: Description information also shows on your QR menu.

  • Whatever you enter here will become searchable from the Sale Screen, and visible in the product details in the Sale Screen when you long press a product.

Color

Select a color for the: product tile in the Sale Screen; the digital Prep station (enable the toggle in the step below).

Image

Upload an image. This will be visible in the Sale Screen, or when you long press on a product tile on the Grid.

Preparation

Prep station

Select the Prep Station where this product need to be produced. When the product is ordered, a ticket will be sent to that station.

Default course

The default course when ordering this product; e.g. Starter.

Preparation priority

Higher priority products will appear higher in prep station tickets.

Use customization color in digital prep station

Prep station name

The name of the product as it appears in prep stations.

Advanced

Reduced tax part

For mixed-tax products, enter the amount of the sales price that should be charged at a reduced tax rate. E.g., a gin tonic costs €8, this consists of two products taxed separately: gin (€5, VAT 21%) and tonic water (€3, VAT 9%). Put 21% as the standard VAT rate at the top and under ‘Reduced tax part’ you need to put ‘3’. The sales price stays €8. Tap Save and your product will be completed.

Editing products

Products can be easily edited by directly changing the information in the Products table. This can be done for individual products, as well as for bulk updates.

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