Dragonfruit Menu Instructions

NEW UPDATE (4/17) :

● You should include descriptions for Categories and Items (you do not need to include descriptions for
Extras or Options)

NEW UPDATE (4/16) :

● For EXTRAs, there are now maximum options and free options settings along with minimum options.
○ Minimum is how many options within the extra must be chosen
○ Maximum is how many options within the extra can be chosen
○ Free options indicate the number of options that are free before the pricing of an option is used
● For Example: “All pizzas come with up to 3 toppings. Each topping after 3 is an additional $0.75. Up to
7 toppings can be added to each pizza.”
○ Minimum Options = 0
■ Because toppings are not required, the minimum would be 0
○ Maximum Options = 7
■ Since only 7 toppings can be chosen, the maximum is 7
○ Free Options = 3
■  As they speci ed 3 free toppings are included, the free options are set to 3

PLEASE NOTE - these instructions have changed:

● Youwill now be transcribing full menus - no limit of 10 categories, items, options, extras
and no longer only transcribing the longest menu

● Categoriesmay need to include hours if they contain items that are only served during
speci c hours of the day
● NOTE, some tasks are still limited to 10 categories, 10 items, 10 options, and 10 extras.
You can identify those tasks by looking for a “Menu Subtitle” eld.
● DO NOT include sections such as “Top Menu Items”/”Popular Items”/”Complete your
meal” in delivery website menus as they are collections of items from other categories
and the list changes often.
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 Intro
In this task, you will be reviewing restaurant menus and putting them into the following hierarchy.
● Category - for each Category, specify the name

○ Item - for each Item, specify the (1) name and (2) price

■ Extra - for each Extra, specify the (1) name and (2) minimum, (3) maximum and (4) free
options

● Option - for each Option, specify the (1) name and (2) price

What do these terms mean?

● A Category is a more general term that organizes the food items in a menu (Example: “Salads") - but it's not
speci c enough to know what the customer wants
● An Item is something that a customer would actually order (Example: “Caesar Salad”)
● An Extra is a change you would make to an Item but NOT the speci c versions of that change -         speci c
versions would be Options, see below. (Examples: "Add meat", "Size")
● An Option is a speci c version of an Extra (Example: "Chicken" or "Shrimp" for the "Add meat" Extra)

Example:
 Exclusions

Access Issues: If the link is not accessible, please make sure to select NO for the accessible eld!

THINGS TO EXCLUDE! These things are not appropriate for food delivery so LEAVE THEM OUT:
● Substances:
○ Alcohol - DO NOT INCLUDE ALCOHOL!
○ Tobacco Products
○ CBD Products
○ Kratom
○ Cold Medicine
● All RAW shell sh: Raw oysters, mussels, clams (all raw shell sh), including if it is in another item like sushi
● Specials and discounts - leave out things where the pricing changes based on time and day:
○ Market priced items
○ Happy hour menu items (since these are meant for in-restaurant diners)
○ Discounts and coupons that aren’t permanent
● Unlimited portions:
○ Buffets
○ All You Can Eat
○ Unlimited Re lls

Critical errors are the errors that you must avoid (and that grading will be based on). At a high
level, you are expected to have the correct prices for everything, avoid including alcohol, and
avoid missing or duplicating anything. Critical errors:

● Price - Incorrect price

● Alcohol included - DO NOT INCLUDE ALCOHOL
● Missing Category, Item, Extra, or Option
○ Category: Even if there is no explicit Category for a set of Items, a Category  should be
created. For example, if you see a list of salads without a Category of “Salad”, the Items
should be included in a new Category named “Salad” and not be included in an incorrect
Category where they do not belong like “Burgers”.
○ Extras: These often apply to multiple Items and can be hidden in the text of the Category
or Item description - for example, in the menu below, all of the burgers should have an
Extra of “Side” with Options “fries”, “waffle fries”, “onion rings”, or “salad”
 ● Duplicate Category, Item, Extra, or Option - there should not be any duplicates
○ Extras added to incorrect Items (e.g., toppings for Pizzas added for Burgers)
● Incorrect Modi ers - incorrect numbers for minimum number of options, maximum number of
options and number of free options.

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT Multiple item prices

If you see multiple prices for an item, you should add multiple prices using price choice - NO ITEM PRICES SHOULD BE 0
(FREE).
Example 1:

Example 2:
 Category and hierarchy selection - You will want to be careful about selecting the right hierarchy for some menus.

Explanations/De nitions
When you start each task you will need to ll the following elds:
● Restaurant Name - Fill this in if available
● Street or City Name - Fill this in if available
● Descriptions - Are there descriptions in the menu? For example: Item descriptions, Category descriptions
● Accessible menu - Can you access the menu? Click “No” ONLY IF you can’t access the menu (e.g., you don’t
have permissions to view it)
● Menu Hours - Add menu hours by clicking “ADD MENU HOURS” and using the sliders. If different meals have
different hours (e.g., Lunch items are only available from 12PM to 3PM), create one set of menu hours for each
meal and label the hours with an appropriate name (e.g., “Lunch”). This will allow us to identify which food items
are available at which hours.
○ If the restaurant is closed on a certain day, please delete the slider for that day.
○ If the same menu is available all day, use the restaurant’s store hours for the menu hours. Assume 8AM-
8PM if you do not see any store hours.
○ If speci c meals are available only at speci c hours, create menu hours for each meal. If you don't see
speci c hours listed for a meal, assume:
■ Breakfast: Open time (or 8AM if no hours) to 12PM
■ Lunch or brunch: 12PM to 4PM
■ Dinner: 4PM to Close (or 8PM if no hours)
Examples:

Restaurant Name

● Restaurant name
● Examples: Crown Pizza, McDonalds, Jollibee,
Fiorella’s, Just Shrimp

● Note: Leave blank if you do not see a

restaurant name
Location

● Street name or City name of the restaurant

● Examples: North Street, San Francisco

● Note: Leave blank if not applicable

Category: A Category is a more general term that
organizes the food items in a menu (Example: "Caesar
Salad") - but it's not speci c enough to know what the
customer wants

● Title for a group of food items

○ Choose the category name physically
closest to the list of items.
○ Usually written in BIGGER or
Bolder font.

● IF ITEMS WITHIN A CATEGORY ARE ONLY

AVAILABLE DURING CERTAIN HOURS, update
the time start slider and the time end slider to
reflect those hours. For example, if the category
is only available 3AM to 9PM. You do not need to
change the sliders for categories where the
items are available all day.

● Note: If there is no explicit Category, enter

what you think would be the best t (e.g., enter
“Salads” as the Category if you see a list salads)
Item: An Item is something that a customer would
actually order (Example: a Caesar Salad) vs. an
umbrella term or a change you would make to an order

● Lives inside of Category

● Individual food item 
● Transcribe the name of the food item

● Note: Things like the item menu number, the

number of pieces in parentheses, and
indications such as “NEW” should be included
as shown in the menu.
○ Example: In the menu to the right,
“Beef Egg Roll(1) NEW” should be an
 Item name

Item Price

● Note: Item prices should be recorded as

numbers
● Note: If price is blurry or unreadable, indicate
this with “XXX”
 Example
Multiple item prices

- If you see multiple prices for an item, you should

add a price. Example (see right)
- Item price 1: Small = $5.99
- Item price 2: Regular = $7.99
- Item price 3: Large = $10.99
- Note: “add-ons” to an item DO NOT count as
multiple prices. Example:
- “Add meat” for +$2 (this should be an Extra
with an Option, with Additional price = $2)
Another pricing example - If you see multiple prices for an
item, you should add multiple prices using price choice -
NO ITEM PRICES SHOULD BE 0 (FREE).

Example with explicit name for extras:

Extra: An Extra is a change you would make to an Item
but NOT the speci c versions of that change
(Examples: "Add meat" is an Extra, but “Chicken” is
not)

● Title for a group of Options

● Extra should only be lled if there are
Options that you can add to or select for the Example without explicit names for extra:
item In this example, we can call the Extra “meat” (you must
○ Example: “Housemade Dressings” choose chicken or beef, according to the description)
○ Example: “Build Your Own Grand Slam”
 ○ Example: “Add meat”
● Look out for Extras that are listed in the Item
Description
○ Typically denoted by keywords within
the description: “choice of”, “or”, “add”

● Note: If there is no explicit Extra title shown

but there are Options listed, enter what you
think would be the best t (e.g., “Meat”) or just
enter “Extras”
In this example, the Minimum for “Meat” Extra is 1 (you
Extra Minimum must choose Chicken or beef, according to the description):

● This eld describes how many Options are

required to be chosen.
○ If you must choose an Option, make the
Minimum 1 or more.
○ If you don’t have to choose an Option, In this example, the Minimum is 0 (no add-on Option
the Minimum should be 0. required):  
● Add-on Options will usually have a Minimum
of 0 (not required) 
● Item Customization Options (mandatory
choice/”Choose”) will usually have a Minimum
of 1 or more  (required)

Extra Maximum

● This eld describes up to how many

Options can be chosen.
○ Most common wording on menus for
this eld includes: “Up to…”, “maximum
of…”

Extra Free Options

● This eld indicates the number of Options that

are free before pricing of an option is used.
○ Most common wording on menus for
this eld includes: “First <number> free”,
“Comes with <number>...”

Option: An Option is a speci c version of an Extra

(Example: "Chicken" or "Shrimp" for the "Add meat"
Extra, "Small" or "Large" for the "Size" Extra)

Example above ^ include an Extra for “Meat”, with

● Name of each choice, which is usually: Options “chicken” and “beef”.
○ Add-on item (e.g., avocado, extra meat,
extra topping)
○ Item customization (e.g., meat type,
sauces, toppings, size upgrades, flavors)
● If you see multiple Options, always list them
separately, even if they are listed on the same
line

● Note: Some options may be embedded in the

Item or Category description.
○ If that happens, create the appropriate
Extra(s) and Options, and also leave the
Options in the description (as it appears
on the menu).
 ○ Typically denoted by keywords within
the description: “choice of”, “or”

Option Price Examples:

● Price of the Option

● Option prices need to show the price in dollars
● Note:
○ If price is blurry or unreadable, indicate
this with “XXX”

○ In the example to the right, optional

upgrades like making the “fried beef
ravioli” or the “fried mushrooms” in the
“D-N-D” style should be made by setting
the base price of the Item to be what it is
($7.99) and making the price of the
Option the increase in price ($1.00).
Category Description -> Extras
● Watch out! Some categories have extras in the
description. Add any extras found in the
category description to all items in the
category.
● If you ll out the extra with all options for the
rst item, it will allow you to autocomplete and
clone for the following items.

In the example, all items in the Omelettes category should

have the following three items and options:

Extra - Country potatoes or hash browns (1 required)

Option - Country Potatoes
Option - Hash Browns
Extra - Toast, muf ns, or biscuits (1 required)
Option - Toast
Option - Muf ns
Option - Biscuits

Extra - Egg substitute available (0 required, $0.25 additional

cost)
Option - Egg substitute
 Price formatting:

Decimal places

- If the price is a whole number

(4.00, as opposed to 4.99), you
can leave off the decimal places
(you can just write “4”)

No price

- If there is no price, you can

leave the field blank! (this should
save time)
- Note: this is particularly
common for Options (e.g.
no additional price for
choosing Veggie instead
of Chicken)
- Blank is the same as 0 and 0.00

FAQs:
How to deal with special Characters?

Generally we want to transcribe everything exactly as we see it. That includes special characters like ™, ®, and ñ.

You can use this table to copy and paste them into any text eld

Special character (to copy from)

ñ
™
®
É, é
All others (less common) here: https://tools.oratory.com/altcodes.html