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Create a menu item

A menu item is the sellable version of a dish for a particular menu week. It has its own price, quantity, and availability, and it inherits your kitchen's pickup day, window, and order cutoff automatically.

Fastest path: add a saved dish to the week​

  1. Open Menu, choose the week you are planning, and select Add from library.
  2. Select a saved dish, then choose Add to week of …. If your kitchen has more than one pickup day, pick which day; otherwise the dish is added immediately.
  3. That's it — the item is scheduled with your pickup window and cutoff. A confirmation shows the pickup date, with Undo if you tapped the wrong dish. Back to Menu returns you to the week.

Or build one in the menu composer​

  1. Open Menu and select Add item. The composer opens in a panel beside the menu; the photo and the pickup line sit on the left, the details on the right.
  2. Choose a saved dish or enter the food details directly.

The item composer panel with the photo and pickup line on the left and the name, type, quantity, price and description fields on the right.

  1. Set the price, quantity available, and category. The pickup and cutoff line is prefilled from your schedule — select Adjust pickup & cutoff only if this item needs different timing.
  2. Upload a photo. Depending on Website → Design → Homepage → AI photo preferences, keep it as-is, enhance it with one image credit, or let Stovefront enhance it automatically.
  3. Save the item, then preview it in the customer storefront. Close the panel with the X or Esc; if you have unsaved changes, Stovefront asks before discarding them.

Editing and everyday changes on the card​

Each dish card in the week shows its price, availability and description. Use the − and + controls to change the quantity on the spot, Edit to open the composer, and the … menu for Add to Flyer, Clone and Delete. Ingredients, dietary tags and chef notes sit behind Ingredients and notes on the card.

For sizes, add-ons, allergens, reheating notes, quantity rules, or a special-request question, open More product details in the editor. See Add choices and ordering details.

Common mistake​

Saving a dish alone does not add it to the live menu. The dish must be added to a menu week, and that week must be published with Publish week.

Limits​

A menu week holds up to 100 items. If you hit that, you are almost certainly better served by packages than by more individual items.