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One menu, every screen

Restaurant menu management software with one menu for every screen

The till, the kitchen screen and the bill all read one menu, so a price changed once is changed everywhere it shows.

The short answer Restaurant menu management software keeps one menu and makes every screen read it. In CountStand the menu holds each dish’s price, GST rate, HSN code and veg or non-veg mark, with variants, modifiers and combos, and the till, the kitchen screen and the printed bill all read from it. Start from a ready-made menu for your cuisine, a CSV file or items typed in one by one, and we move an existing menu across with you. In every plan, from ₹2,999 a month.
₹240Menu₹220₹240₹240GST1One menu2The till3The kitchen screen4The bill
  1. 1One menuChange a price once: ₹220 becomes ₹240 everywhere it shows
  2. 2The tillThe price on the tile is the price the bill charges: ₹240
  3. 3The kitchen screenReads the dish and its options from the same menu
  4. 4The billPrints the dish at ₹240 with its GST, split into CGST and SGST
Fig. 0One price change at a sample restaurant: from the menu book to the printed bill.
  • One menuread by the till, the kitchen screen and the bill
  • Ready-madea cuisine menu with tax rates set, in one press
  • CSVimports that only add, and never rename or reprice
  • HSNand a GST rate on each dish, as a tax invoice needs
Fig. 1The till at 1:42 pmSample menu from Akira · open at Snacks
Fig. 1The bill at 1:42 pmAkira, Surat
  1. 1Sections are your menu’s sections.The strip jumps through one continuous menu, in the order you set.
  2. 2The diet mark comes first.Veg or non-veg sits before each dish’s name, from the mark on the menu.
  3. 3One price, everywhere.The price on the tile is the price the bill charges.
  4. 4Tax comes from the dish.Each dish carries its GST rate, and the bill splits it into CGST and SGST.

01At a glance

What the menu holds.

  • Three ways inA ready-made menu for your cuisine, a CSV file from the system you are leaving, or the items typed in one by one.
  • Imports that only addAn import never renames, reprices, retaxes or deletes what is there, and skips a dish whose name already exists.
  • Checked after importThe screen warns you to check two things: anything not marked non-veg arrives as veg, and a row with no tax column arrives at 5% GST.
  • Tax on the dishEach dish carries its GST rate and its HSN or SAC code, which a tax invoice needs against every rate on it.
  • Variants, modifiers and combosPortions, add-ons and set meals are part of the dish, so the kitchen ticket says exactly what to make.
  • Out of stock in one tapThe kitchen marks a dish off, the till shows it struck through and says why, and a manager puts it back from the menu.

02In detail

Why keep one menu instead of a copy per screen?

A price kept in two places is a price that will one day disagree. When the till, the kitchen screen and the printed bill each hold their own menu, a change made in one is missed in another, and the guest quoted ₹220 is charged ₹240.

CountStand keeps the menu once. The till sells from it, the kitchen screen reads the dish and its options from it, and the bill prints its name, price and tax from it. Change a price and there is nothing else to update.

How do I bring my current menu across?

We do it with you. Items, prices and categories come from a spreadsheet, a photo of your printed menu or a PetPooja export; historical orders from the old system are not imported. You can also start from the ready-made menu for your cuisine, with tax rates already set, and edit from there.

A CSV needs a name column and a price column, and uses a category column if there is one. After any import, check the two things the screen warns about: the veg marks, and the tax rate on rows that had no tax column. Dish names are written in English letters, because another script would reach the thermal printer as control bytes; the import names the rows to fix.

03Questions

Questions about menu management.

Bring your menu, and we will help it across

Menu management is in every plan, from ₹2,999 a month. Apply, and we reply within two working days.

From ₹2,999 a month per outlet, plus GST