Discounts > Add a Shelf Life Discount

A shelf life discount is used to automatically discount certain product SKUs that are near the end of their shelf life. 

What Scenarios Need A Shelf-Life Discount?

Fresh products are great, but they do have an expiration date. You don't want to spend the time making your food only for it to be thrown away because it expired. Instead, you can set up a shelf-life discount to apply to products that are set to expire soon. This discount is advertised on the tablet screen to incentivize customers to grab that product. A discounted sale is better than no sale.

Set Up a Shelf Life Discount

  1. Navigate to the Discounts tab
  2. Select + Add in the top right-hand corner
  3. Select Discount 
  4. Complete each section accordingly:
    1. Name: Used as the primary reference to the discount. This name will be visible in the discount CSV export and used to easily search in the table view showing all current and expired discounts
    2. Value: The amount or percentage you wish to be discounted during the transaction
    3. Billed to Location: The amount that the location of the Byte store is to be charged for this discount, scale 0-100%
    4. Type: Select shelf life
    5. Max Shelf Life Days: Enter the maximum number of days a product can remain on the shelf before it's considered expired. You want it to match what you set this at the product SKU level.
    6. Max Expiration Days: Input the maximum number of days before a product expires. Once a product is stocked in the Byte store, a countdown begins for its remaining shelf-life days. When the remaining days reach the maximum expiration limit you've set, the discount will automatically apply on the menu screen and transactions. This discount will continue until the applicable product is bought or removed during restocking.
    7. Applies To: used to select products and/or categories eligible for this discount, and which Byte stores it is available in.
    8. Active Dates: used to know when to apply and remove the running discount
    9. Click Save once completed
Once discounts are created they can't be edited. To edit an existing discount you will have to end the currently running discount and create a new one

What's the difference between Max Shelf-Life Days and Max Expiration Days?

Max Shelf-Life Days states the product's total shelf-life days, while Max Expiration Days dictates when the discount should be automatically applied once the product's remaining shelf-life reaches a specified threshold.

Let's say I have a salad that has a shelf-life of 7 days. I want it to be discounted when the salad is on it's last 2 days. I would set it up like so:

  1. Enter "2" under Max Expiration Days
  2. Enter "7" under Max Shelf Life Days

This tells the Byte store to apply the discount once there are 2 days left on its 7 day shelf-life.

 How to end a discount:

  1. Go to the Discounts tab located on the right side of the dashboard
  2. Click the discount you wish to end
  3. Press the End Now button you see on the bottom right.

Does this discount stack?

Yes! This is the only stackable discount. You can add a shelf-discount so that it is 10% when there are 3 shelf-life days left and then another 20% off when are is 1 shelf-life day left.

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