It happens every month: a new sandwich comes along and with
it comes a new menu item combo--even two combos, sometimes! Maybe you choose to
retrieve the RTI version of the combo, or maybe you prefer to create the combo
yourself. Whatever your choice, before you know it Menu Management is swamped
with menu item combos that you no longer sell.
As you know, there is a finite limit to the number of menu
item combos that Menu Management can handle. If you’re nearing that limit, you
can easily clean up your database, using the Delete Menu/Inv Items option on the Restaurant Management System Utilities menu. This option is for
deleting menu and inventory items that are no longer used.
The system has several protective measures to prevent you from wrongly deleting certain menu and/or inventory items from the Menu Management database. For example, you cannot delete a menu item if non-zero product mix information exists or if it is a standard component of a recipe. Nor can you delete an inventory item if it has inventory count information, including raw waste/promo, or if there are purchases or transfers entered for the item.
Menu Management also provides an audit trail of all items
deleted.
Use the following steps to delete menu
or inventory items.
1. Perform
a Backup of all RMS data.
2. From
the RMS Utilities menu, select Compress
Files. This will purge sales and inventory information that is no longer
needed.
3. Under
Utilities, select the Delete Menu/Inv.
Items option and follow the instructions on the screen.
4. Once
the process is complete, the system generates a log report with the results.
This report will highlight which items were removed, and will also identify
items that could not be deleted and note why.
For more details, see Delete
Menu/Inventory Items in Chapter 4,
Utilities, in the Menu Management
User Guide.