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Create and Manage Modifier Groups and Modifier Options (Toast)

Toast's official guide to building modifier groups — required vs optional prompts, pricing strategies, POS display order, and why prep-station routing starts with how modifiers are structured.

Key takeaways

  • Modifier groups handle toppings, sides, prep styles, and upcharges — not free-text notes.
  • Required groups with POS prompts catch missing choices before tickets hit the kitchen.
  • Modifier group sorting controls display order on POS — critical when expo reads tickets left-to-right.
  • Size- and sequence-based pricing (pizza halves, deli sizes) lives at the modifier group level.

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