Groups refer to a collection of individual Vendor menus that are combined into a single experience for customers. You can create and/or join as many groups as you like.
Grouping menus from individual vendors is what makes Porter so powerful. You can create and/or join as many groups as you'd like.
Simply put, a group is a collection of menus from independently managed locations that are presented together to customers so they can order from one or more participating locations in the same transaction.
A group might include menus from all vendors in a single food hall or food truck pod. A group might include menus from all vendors active at a festival or pop-up event.
While individual vendors ALWAYS control their own menus (item availability, modifiers, variants, prices, etc.) and receive ONLY details associated with orders placed for their items, there are a few things that only the group administrator can control and are common to all members of that group and all orders placed through that group's combined menu. These "group settings" include:
- The name of the group, group description, and group header image used on Porter menus to represent the group.
- The choice of whether Vendors or consumers pay Porter's convenience fee.
- The option of allowing "destination" delivery service and specifying specific destination names available for selection.
- Whether or not new locations can be invited to join the group.
- The order in which locations are presented to customers on the group's Porter menu.
- Whether text notifications for pick-up orders are sent for each individual vendor involved in a multi-vendor order or ONLY after all sub-orders are marked as ready in Square.
You can always check which groups you are actively selling through by looking at the list in your Porter Vendor Dashboard.
