FAQ


Using Microsoft's Excel:

Just go through the following steps to ensure required file format CSV and encoding UTF-8.


1st step:

Open the exported CSV file with Microsoft Excel and edit it. In case you should find any errors caused by encoding correct them before the next step


2nd step:

Save the file by selecting 'File -> Save as ...' from the top menu bar.


Select file format 'CSV UTF-8 comma separated file (.csv)' and press save button.

You can change your password in your profile settings by clicking 'Change your password >' button on the very bottom. If you can not log in and do not remember your password you can use the passwort reset function at the login form.

Here's an interactive tutorial

https://www.iorad.com/player/1679150/Menu-Engineering-Tool-01---Create-Project

10 STEPS


1 The first step is to open menu.engineer and click Create a new project

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2 Type Name of the project. Recommendation: Take name of the establishment.

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3 Click please select

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4 Select the POS system from list.
Note: You can use 'custom import' to proceed when the POS system is not listed.

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5 Click Create new project

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6 Click Manage imports

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7 Click Import project data to add POS data to the project.

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8 Type Description of the import. Remember, there will be probably more imports in future.

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9 Click Select Zip archive to upload. This Zip has to be in the format which is dedicated to the POS system

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10 That's it. You're done. Click Import project data to proceed.

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8 STEPS

1. The first step is to open Menu Engineering and click Go to project

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2. Click Manage & analyse import data

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3. Click Aggregate data

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4. Click Download aggregated data to add food cost and categories to the data.

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5. Click Upload file & import data to upload the edited file to the tool.

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6. Click Select csv file to upload. Note: the file has to be named like the downloaded file.

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7. Click Import project data

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8. That's it. You're done.

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Here's an interactive tutorial

https://www.iorad.com/player/1680327/Menu-Engineering-Tool-02---Setup-the-data-import

16 STEPS

1. The first step is to open Menu Engineering and click Go to project

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2. Click Manage & analyse import data

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3. Click Add meal period(s)

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4. Click Create new meal period

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5. Type Period name

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6. Click Start time

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7. Select Starting time

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8. Select end time

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9. Click Create new meal period

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10. Click Create new meal period

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11. Type Period name

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12. Click Start time

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13. Select starting time

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14. Select end time

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15. Click Create new meal period

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16. That's it. You're done.

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Here's an interactive tutorial

https://www.iorad.com/player/1680328/Menu-Engineering-Tool-03---Adding-meal-periods

7 STEPS

1. The first step is to open Menu Engineering and click Go to project

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2. Click Manage & analyse import data

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3. Click Edit import

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4. Type Overhead costs in €

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5. Type Default cogs net in %

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6. Scroll down and click Save changes

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7. That's it. You're done.

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Here's an interactive tutorial

https://www.iorad.com/player/1680329/Menu-Engineering-Tool-04---Edit-import-information

14 STEPS

1. The first step is to open Menu Engineering

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2. Scroll down and click Go to project

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3. Click Manage & analyse import data

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4. Click Start analysis

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5. Here you can check general project information

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6. Scroll down and check important kpi's of the customer.

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7. Scroll up and find information about the contribution margin share of the meal periods.

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8. Scroll up and select Super Category

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9. Select FOOD

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10. Click Category

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11. Select main course

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12. Click Meal Period

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13. Select Meal period

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14. Click GO

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Here's an interactive tutorial

https://www.iorad.com/player/1680330/Menu-Engineering-Tool-05---run-the-analysis-overview

19 STEPS

1. The first step is to open Menu Engineering and click Start analysis

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2. Click Super Category

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3. Select FOOD

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4. Click Category

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5. Select Hauptgericht

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6. Click Meal Period

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7. Select Dinner (17:00 - 22:00)

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8. Click GO

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9. Here you get important kpi's related to the defined dimension.

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10. Here you get a first overview of the TOP 20 sold items. The red ones are the ones with a contribution margin below needed.

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11. The analysis provides automated recommendations for you

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12. Click Reduce cogs to get a detailed recommendation

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13. Click Close

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14. Click Raise price

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15. Click Close

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16. Click to get further recommendations

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17. Click Master to get the evaluation of all items of the dimension

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18. Click Close

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19. That's it. You're done.

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Here's an interactive tutorial

https://www.iorad.com/player/1680339/Menu-Engineering-Tool-06---Analysis-of-a-dimension