Subtotal Discounts: Subtotal %

Let's create a fake scenario:
You want to offer a 10% off discount promotion.
Easy right?
Now let's complicate it: you compensate your bar manager and your chef based on their sales vs. costs. So this promotion would directly impact their sales, which would, in turn, throw off their compensation. Running this promo would cause a riot!

What if there was a way to offer this 10% promotion without throwing off Report Group (sales category) numbers?
That's where a Subtotal Discount comes in to play.

A Subtotal Discount is a discount that is applied at a "check-level" versus an "item-level". The discount can be seen as a negative value applied to the check instead of the menu items on the check. 
The beauty of this discount is that you can run this fake promotion without hurting your Report Group sales. For more information on the different discount types see Subtotal Discounts vs Item Discounts

Setting up a Subtotal % Discount is easy.

• Build your discount by going to FOCUS Setup (or Focus Office) > Order Entry > Discounts
• Select an open/unused discount
• Name the discount and set an Active Time (if desired)
• Under Computation specify Subtotal %
• In the Rate field, specify the discount percentage that you want to apply.
  • Optionally, you can specify a dollar amount in the Amount field. This works with the Rate field to create Maximum Discount Amount (See Item Discount: Percentage with Max Amount)