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A spreadsheet import builds a store’s categories and products in one go, so you don’t type a long menu into the dashboard by hand. It covers products only — modifiers, modifier groups and tax rates are added afterwards in the menu builder.
The import is only available for a store that has no menu. If the store already has one, archive it first — see Replacing the menu on a store.

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Importing a Menu

1

Download a template

Go to Stores, click Create a menu on the store card, then Spreadsheet Import. On the Import from a spreadsheet page, click Download Excel file or Download CSV file.
2

Fill in your products

One row per product, using the columns in the table below. Keep category names spelled consistently — categories are matched by name, so “Starters” and “Starter” create two categories.
3

Upload the file

Click Import on the same page and choose your file. A file is required; you cannot type rows in by hand.
4

Match your columns

The uploader — headed Menu import — asks you to match each column in your file to a storekit field, then shows your rows so you can fix anything it flags as invalid. This part of the screen comes from our import tool, so its buttons are its own.
5

Finish the import

Submit the reviewed rows. storekit creates a menu called CSV Import Menu for that store and opens it in the menu builder. Rename it from Settings → Name if you want something else.

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Columns You Can Import

That list is the whole import. There is no column for modifiers, modifier groups or tax rates.

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Allergen Tags

The allergen list is fixed. Allergens and May contain allergens accept only these values: Celery, Gluten, Crustaceans, Fish, Eggs, Lupin, Milk, Molluscs, Mustard, Nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soya, Sulphites, Almonds, Barley, Brazil Nuts, Cashew, Hazelnuts, Kamut, Macadamia, Oats, Pecan, Pistachio, Rye, Spelt, Walnuts, Wheat, Sugared Drink, Dairy, Lentils, Queensland Nuts, Shellfish, Treenuts, Sources of gluten.

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Dietary Tags

Dietary tags accepts only these values: Alcohol, Halal, Kosher, Vegan, Vegetarian, Tobacco, E-cigarette, Vapes, Smokeless tobacco, No allergens, Gluten Free, Sugar Free, Lactose Free.

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Modifiers Cannot Be Imported

Modifiers, modifier groups and tax rates can’t be imported from a spreadsheet. The import takes one file of products — a second file of modifiers cannot be uploaded, and there is no modifier or tax column to map. Add them after the import.
After the products land:
  • Add modifier groups per product from Menus → Edit → the product → Modifiers. Groups are shared, so build a group once and attach it to other products with Use an existing group — see Modifiers.
  • Set Tax Rate on each product in the product panel — see Products.
  • To edit many products at once, use Grid View from More actions in the menu builder.
The menu Export CSV does produce a separate Modifiers_ file, but it is for reviewing your modifiers in a spreadsheet — it cannot be imported back in. See Seeing All Your Modifier Groups.

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Troubleshooting

Prices must be numbers, so strip currency symbols and thousands separators. Product Inventory Count and Product sorting must be whole numbers. Allergen and dietary values must match the fixed lists above exactly, comma-separated, with nothing extra in the cell.
Header names don’t have to match ours — you map each column to a storekit field during the import. Give every column a single header row, and check that Category Name, Product Name and Product Price are all mapped before continuing.
Categories are created from Category Name as written. Fix the spelling in your file and import again into a fresh menu, or move the products in the menu builder.

Managing Menus

Replace, archive and un-archive a store’s menu

Products

Prices, images, tax rates and product details

Modifiers

Add modifier groups after importing

Tags & Allergens

How allergen and dietary tags appear to customers