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RESTAURANT SETTINGS

How to Control Store Status and Shop Hours

Learn how to control the restaurant order-acceptance status and configure Shop Hours Control to use the weekly schedule.

What you’ll learn

Use Store Status to control whether the restaurant is accepting orders and choose how Shop Hours Control works with the weekly schedule.

Open Store Settings

From the restaurant dashboard, open Store Settings. This guide focuses on Store Status and Shop Hours Control.

Menushell Store Settings showing Store Status and Shop Hours Control
Store Status controls whether the restaurant is accepting orders, while Shop Hours Control determines how the opening schedule is applied. Select the image to view it larger.

Check the current Store Status

The Store Status control shows the restaurant’s current order-acceptance state. In the captured screen, the store is set to Open (Accepting Orders).

Change the Store Status when required

Use the Store Status selector when you need to change the restaurant’s current status. Confirm the intended state before saving your Store Settings.

Store Status affects order availability

The open state is explicitly labelled Open (Accepting Orders). Use the status control deliberately when changing whether the restaurant should accept orders.

Choose Shop Hours Control

The Shop Hours Control setting determines how the restaurant’s opening hours are controlled. The captured configuration is Automatic — use weekly schedule.

Use the automatic weekly schedule

With Automatic — use weekly schedule selected, Store Settings uses the restaurant’s configured weekly schedule for shop-hours control.

Configure the weekly schedule separately

The detailed day-by-day opening and closing times are managed in the Weekly Opening Hours section. This guide focuses on the Store Status and Shop Hours Control settings.

Save the Store Settings

After choosing the required Store Status and Shop Hours Control option, select Save Store Settings to save the configuration.

Success

You can now identify the restaurant’s current order-acceptance status and configure Shop Hours Control to use the weekly opening schedule.

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