Release Note

Google Menus API Expansion

Realease Notes
Google Menus API Expansion
September 28, 2024

Summary

LocalClarity is excited to announce a significant enhancement to our platform: comprehensive menu management capabilities for Google Business Profiles.

Background

Google Business Profiles are becoming more like full-featured websites, especially as Google adds tools tailored to specific business types. For instance, restaurants can directly present detailed menus—complete with item names, prices, and descriptions—within their profiles. This not only makes it easier for customers to see what’s offered but also improves the business’s visibility in search results.

Description

The LocalClarity team can help clients directly publish complex menus to each listing with all of the following data point options for each offering. (* Required)

Name *: Name of the food item, such as Hamburger.

Price *: Price of the food item.

Price currency *: Currency of the food item price, such as U.S. dollar.

Item description: Brief description on the food item.

Menu sections: Logical groups of food items, such as Breakfast or Hamburger-Fries combo.

Nutrition: Nutritional information, such as Total Fat=3g.

Number of people to serve: The number of people the food item can serve.

Portion size: Quantity of the food item. For example, 8-piece of nuggets.

Preparation methods: Specific methods that the food item can be prepared in.

Cuisines: The specific cuisine of the food item.

Spiciness: Spiciness of the food item, such as none, mild, medium, and hot.

Allergen: Food allergens in the food item, such as dairy, egg, fish, peanut, shellfish, soy, tree nut, and wheat.

Dietary: Dietary restriction of the food item, such as halal, kosher, organic, vegan, vegetarian, and gluten free.

Options: The food option type, such as chicken Pad Thai versus veggie Pad Thai.

Food item photo: Photo of the specific food item.

What's Next

Over the next few sprint releases, we will add more in-platform tools to manage an expanding set of details.