Steps on how to change the cost of meals for schools using our standard Dinner Register.
Before changing the price, you will need to add the payments up to, and including the week where the price change becomes effective. See how to do this here.
Once you have created the week(s), please refresh SchoolMoney by striking the F5 key on your keyboard.
Any weeks you create after updating the price will automatically pull through the new price.
Instructions – Update Dinner Price
1. Go to the Admin tab. Scroll to the bottom and click on the Manage Dinner Payments icon.
2. Select the week for the price change from the list (it’s best to use the Date due column as your guide to select the correct week).
3. In the bottom left, click on Update Amounts.
4. From the Update Amount per Dinner pop-up box, amend the Amount per Child. Click Save. The amount per week will be updated automatically.
5. Repeat this for any subsequent weeks that you may have already created. Any weeks created after will automatically pull through at the new price.
N.B: If you have not updated the price in time, and meals have already been booked, those will not update automatically. You will need to backdate those meals if you to update them to the new price. This means removing the meals from the Dinner Register, pressing save, and re-adding them.
6. If your parents ‘Top-up’ credit on their dinner accounts (as opposed to pre-booking meals) we also recommend updating the ‘Default Dinner Top-up Amount’
Click into the Admin Tab, and select Parent Options. Update the amount in the ‘Default Dinner Top Up Amount’ box and press Save.
This is just a suggested top-up amount when parents pay. We recommend setting it as a week’s worth of dinner money, but parents will always be able to overtype this and pay more/less as per their preference.