Pricing Levels | Hilfe - Produkte & Funktionen

What Are Pricing Levels?

Pricing levels define different pricing structures for your articles that can deviate from the default price. Pricing levels let you set flexible prices depending on the consumption type, time of day or occasion – for example, different prices for in-house consumption and takeaway, happy-hour promotions, or seasonal offers.

Each pricing level is assigned to a consumption type and given a unique name. The actual prices for each pricing level are then set on the respective article.

Without a defined pricing level, the article's default price applies automatically.

A pricing level takes effect in two ways: through its release at the Sales Point, where it can additionally be time-controlled, and through an assignment to a customer. A customer's pricing level applies as soon as the bill is linked to them — even when it is currently inactive at that Sales Point. See Customers on the Sales Point.

Consumption Types

Consumption types describe how your customers consume the products. In bessa POS, three fixed consumption types are available:

Consumption type	Description
🍽️ In-house	Customer consumes the order on the premises
📦 Takeaway	Customer takes the order with them
🚚 Delivery	The order is delivered to the customer

Consumption type and tax rate in Germany – overview (as of 1 January 2026)

Since 1 January 2026, the tax rate in food service no longer depends on the consumption type for most articles: food is subject to the reduced rate (7%), drinks to the standard rate (19%) – both in-house and for takeaway.

Exceptions include milk drinks with a high milk content (e.g. cappuccino, latte macchiato, cocoa) and tap water: for these, a different tax rate may apply in-house than for takeaway. For such articles, you set the deviating tax rate in the pricing level, see Assigning price levels to articles.

Combo menus of food and drinks at one total price are a separate topic: they concern splitting the price between both tax rates, not the consumption type. How to set up such a menu in bessa is shown in Book combo menus with food and drinks.

This overview is for orientation only and is not tax advice. Please check with your tax advisor which tax rate applies to your articles.

Use Cases for Pricing Levels

Pricing levels offer many uses:

Consumption-dependent prices: Different prices for in-house, takeaway and delivery
Time-bound promotions: Happy hour, lunch menus, breakfast prices
Seasonal offers: Christmas promotions, summer-festival prices
Marketing campaigns: Discount promotions, special offers for certain time periods
Event prices: Special prices for events or holidays

How Do Pricing Levels Work?

Setting up pricing levels takes three steps:

1. Create a pricing level

Under Article Management > Pricing Levels you create new pricing levels with a unique name and the associated consumption type.

2. Set prices on the article

For each article you define the actual prices for the desired pricing levels. The article can have an individual price for each pricing level.

3. Configure availability at the Sales Point

For each Sales Point, under Display you specify which pricing levels are available and can optionally define time restrictions.

The default consumption type, priorities for multiple active pricing levels and time restrictions are defined in the display configuration of the Sales Point.

Manage Pricing Levels

Pricing levels can be created, edited and deleted at any time. There is no limit on the number of pricing levels.

Deleting a pricing level affects all articles that use it. Before deleting, check which articles are affected.

Next Steps

Further Information

For detailed instructions, see the following articles: