Price Each Mix Promotion

The Price Each Mix promotion gives customers a discount when they buy at least one item from one or more item groups. The promoted items are generally related to each other. For example, the Price Each Mix promotion can be used for the following campaigns:

Buy a pizza roll and coke and get $1.00 off the price.
Buy a hamburger and fountain drink at $7.95.

To set up a Price Each Mix promotion, you need to create several groups of items that will take part in the promotion, for example, a Pizza Rolls group and a Coke group. For each created group, you need to set up a separate discount. The Price Each Mix promotion supports the following types of discounts:

New price: A new, specified price for promoted items applied as a total for all promoted items in a promo group.
Discount amount: A specified discount as the exact amount.
Discount rate in percent: A specified discount as the percent rate.

Please mind the following limitations depending on the cash register type:

Bulloch CR: Only New price discount type is supported.
Verifone Commander CR: The New price discount type is applied as a new retail for each promoted item in a promo group, not as a total.

For more information on cash register limitations, see Compatible Cash Registers.

Setting Up Price Each Mix Promotions

To set up a Price Each Mix promotion:

Go to Price Book > Promotions.
At the top of the Promotions form, click Add New.
In the Promotion Name field, enter the name for the new promotion.
In the Receipt CR Description field, specify the promotion description that must be displayed on cash register receipts. The name length must not exceed ten characters including spaces. By default, the promotion name is displayed in this field.
In the Promotion Type list, select Price Each Mix.
Result: The promotion default settings are uploaded in the How much? section according to the selected promotion type.
In the Priority list, in case you have several promotions for same group of items, specify the priority in which the promotion will be applied on the cash register in order to be in compliance with the vendor policy. Possible values:

Empty: Leave the Priority field blank, if you have only one promotion for one certain group of items.
From 0 to 10: Define the promotion's priority by setting up the lowest value to the highest priority level.

The Priority field is only supported by Radiant cash registers. For more information on promotion compatibility, see Compatible Cash Registers.

In the How much section:
In the Participation list, select the type of objects for which the promotion must be activated: Stores, Division, Company, and so on.
In the list of objects below that is opened for the selected type of objects, click the power icon on the right of the object for which you want to activate the promotion.
Configure promotion's promo groups. In the What is included? section, click Promo Groups Included.
Result: The list of promo groups available for this promotion is displayed in the left column.
For each promo group to be added to the promotion:
In the left column, select the promo group and click the Add button.
Result: Selected promo group is added to the right column.
In the right column, select the promo group and click the Add List button.
Result: The promo group is added to the How much? section > promo groups.
In the How much? section > promo groups, double-click added promo group and specify the following settings:

In the Quantity field, specify the number of items that a customer must purchase for the promotion to take effect.
In the Discount type field, select the type of discount that you want to set for the promotion:
- New price: Select this option if a new price for items in the group is to be set as a total for all promoted items in a promo group.
- Amount: Select this option if a discount as the exact amount is to be specified.
- Percent: Select this option if a discount as the percent rate is to be specified.

Please mind the following cash register limitations:
- Bulloch CR: Only New price discount type is supported.
- Verifone Commander CR: The New price discount type is applied as a new retail for each promoted item in a promo group, not as a total.

In the Discount field, specify the new price or the discount value, depending on the discount type that has been selected. This field is mandatory for the Price Each Mix promotion

Click the Update button.
In the Promotion unit cost field, specify the item cost for the promotion.
In the Taxation list, select when the taxes must be calculated for items added to the promotion: After discount or Before discount.
Configure the following promotion's settings:

Reimbursement from Vendor
Timeframe

The Reimbursement from Vendor and Timeframe settings are configured equally for all promotion types. For more information on how to configure them, see Promotion Setup Form.

Scroll down to the Promo Results table and make sure the promotion is set up correctly. The results are calculated for each group separately and then summed up. The promo results are calculated by the following formulas:

Retail:
New Price: Retail = Promo Price
Amount: Retail = (Current Retail * QTY - Amount Discount)
Percent discount: Retail = Current Retail - ((Current Retail / 100) * Discount Percent) *QTY
Price Change:
New Price: Price Change = Promo Price - (Current Retail * QTY) + Buydowns
Amount: Price Change = -(Amount Discount*QTY) + Buydowns
Percent discount: Price Change = -((Percent Discount*Current Retail/100) * QTY) + Buydowns

For example, you set up a promotion in the following way:

The initial retail price for the promoted item is $1.49.
If a customer buys 2 items, the customer gets a discount of 10%.
No reimbursement amount is set up.

In this case, in the Promo Results section, you will see the following values:

Retail: $2.68 (for 2 items)
Price change: -((10*1.49/100) * 2) = (0.30)

To view the explanation about the promotion results, to the right of the necessary location name, click Explanation.

At the top of the promotion form, click Save to save the changes.