Featured, chef-recommended and best-selling products mean different things
Distinguish featured items, chef recommendations, favorites and sales data in your menu. Keep the evidence behind AI recommendation labels clear.
Showing a product at the top of a menu may be the business's choice. A specific recommendation from the chef is another kind of information, while guests saving it as a favorite is a recorded interaction. None of these is a sales quantity on its own. Distinguishing the basis of labels in the menu and AI assistant lets you accurately explain why guests are shown a product.
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Know why the business chose to feature a product
You can feature a product to introduce something new, draw attention to a seasonal menu or make a dish with a good photograph more visible. This is the business's decision about menu presentation. It does not prove that many guests previously bought the product. Using the label 'Featured' keeps the information close to the decision's actual source.
Orvunai treats a product's featured status, chef recommendation and restaurant priority as separate concepts. Restaurant priority can express the business's preference for recommendation order; it should not be shown as a user rating or sales success. Before using these fields, your team should be able to explain what each represents in consistent terms.
Use chef recommendations as actual editorial choices
A chef recommendation is the business's culinary preference for a particular product. Giving the label to the whole menu can make choices harder for guests to distinguish. Establish who makes the selection, which products receive it and when it will be reconsidered. Review recommendation status when the season changes or a recipe is revised too.
You can explain a chef recommendation using concrete product features that support the record. For example, a preparation method or serving style verified by the business can appear in the description. Adding separate claims such as awards, expert endorsement or sales leadership requires separate evidence. One badge does not carry all these meanings.
| Term | Basis |
|---|---|
| Featured | The business's presentation preference |
| Chef recommended | The business's recorded chef selection |
| Added to favorites | A recorded guest interaction |
| Best selling | Sales records for the appropriate period and scope |
Keep menu interest distinct from sales
A product may receive many views but few orders; guests may simply be curious about its details or checking its price. Saving a favorite is also a sign of preparation for a choice, rather than a completed order. Such interactions help evaluate menu content but do not answer the same question as actual sales records. State clearly in the report title which behavior is being counted.
Do not interpret views, favorites or recommendation interactions from Orvunai's menu and assistant experience as if you have the business's POS data. A sales comparison requires separate consideration of the period, branch and product mapping in actual sales records. Even similar product names across two systems do not automatically justify combining their figures.
Test whether the assistant uses labels accurately
Mark one product only as featured and another only as chef recommended, then check the new menu publication. Ask the assistant 'What does the chef recommend?' and 'Which products are featured?' separately. Observe whether the results rely on the relevant recorded labels. Then ask 'Which is the best seller?' to see whether it clearly states the limitation when sales information is unavailable.
The expected behavior is to avoid declaring a favorited product a definite sales leader without sales records. The business's recommendation can still be offered, but its reason must be named correctly. Writing menu badges with the same accuracy creates a consistent explanation between the assistant's wording and the product card. At the start of a new season or campaign, check again that these labels are not carrying outdated decisions.
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