System and method for enhanced customer kiosk ordering

A system for presenting restaurant items for ordering comprising:

• a customer order taking application configured to generate customer order taking screens for ordering restaurant items;
• a processor for executing the customer order taking application;
• a memory for storing the customer order taking application;
• a display for displaying customer order taking screens generated by the customer order taking application;
• a customer input receiver for receiving selection signals;
• wherein the customer order taking application is further configured to display a list of restaurant items within an ordering interface screen;
• wherein the customer order taking application is further configured to receive a selection signal indicating that one or more of the restaurant items has been selected;
• wherein the customer order taking application is further configured to display one or more of the selected restaurant items within an order cart interface screen, wherein each of the selected restaurant items includes a selector box representing an ingredient option for the selected restaurant items;
• wherein the customer order taking application is further configured to receive a selection signal indicating that a selector box corresponding to the ingredient option has been selected;
• and
• wherein the customer order taking application is further configured to display the selected ingredient option as highlighted to indicate that it will be omitted from the restaurant item.

A computer readable medium encoded with a customer order taking application configured to display a list of restaurant items within an ordering interface on a kiosk display;

• wherein the customer order taking application is further configured to receive a selection signal at a processor from a kiosk input device indicating that one or more of the restaurant items has been selected;
• wherein the customer order taking application is further configured to display one or more of the selected restaurant items within an order cart interface on the kiosk display, wherein each of the selected restaurant items includes a selector box representing an ingredient option for the selected restaurant items;
• wherein the customer order taking application is further configured to receive a selection signal at the processor from the kiosk input device indicating that a selector box corresponding to the ingredient option has been selected;
• and
• wherein the customer order taking application is further configured to display on the kiosk display the selected ingredient option as highlighted to indicate that it will be omitted from the restaurant item.