Will Shopify POS soon support preset modifiers for food orders?

[3CraftyMs]

Hi there,

We are opening a retail store that also has a cafe and coffee shop. This means we will have a lot of retail inventory (and an online store) but also food/beverage. We plan to use Shopify POS, and were surprised and disappointed to discover that Shopify only does variants, not modifiers (toppings, add-ons, or special requests) like Square or Toast does. We need the ability to easily select from preset modifiers, like Soy Milk, No Milk, Extra Espresso Shot, etc, to food orders at point of sale. Will this feature be available soon? It's a standard feature available on all the other POS systems.

[carmelwooding]

Hi @3CraftyMs!  We had clients in a very similar situation - running Shopify for online store & retail & then they opened a coffee shop. Their problem was that, because it was a single in-person location, people would bring retail products to purchase at the cafe, etc, so running a second pos system for the cafe items was really difficult, or required some way to sync inventory.  The Shopify variant system just didn't work for their coffee shop items either!

In response to their problem, we recently developed a Shopify app to help! POS Cafe allows merchants to create custom modifier sets, like milk types and sweeteners, to apply to Shopify products sold through the Shopify Point of Sale system. Of course, you can add extra charges to certain modifiers, etc, as you would expect. 

We're new to the marketplace but are rolling out new features all the time & really passionate about working with merchants to get feedback to ensure we're providing what's needed to add value and help efficiency. Check us out on the app store (we have a 7 day free trial) 🙂 https://poscafe.app | https://apps.shopify.com/poscafe