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title: Create Alternative Name for Kitchen Receipt
description: Create an alternative name for a product that will display on the kitchen receipt in place of the name on the POS. This is an extremely useful tool for businesses with kitchen staff that might have reading limitations or speak…
url: "https://acadiapos.com/doc/create-alternative-name-for-kitchen-receipt/"
updated: "2025-12-29"
category: Inventory / Products
---

# Create Alternative Name for Kitchen Receipt

Create an alternative name for a product that will display on the kitchen receipt in place of the name on the POS. This is an extremely useful tool for businesses with kitchen staff that might have reading limitations or speak a different language than what is on the POS.

1. Navigate to [manage.acadiapos.com](https://manage.acadiapos.com/) for Retail or for Restaurant go to [rfsm.acadiapos.com](https://rfsm.acadiapos.com)

Click "Items" on the sidebar

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2. Click "Custom Attributes" on the top right

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3. Click "New product Attribute" in the upper right part of the screen

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4. Under **ATTRIBUTE CODE**, you must enter "**kitchen_name**" (without quotes, lowercase) or this setting will not work.

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5. Under **CUSTOM** **ATTRIBUTE** **TYPE**, select **Product attribute / string**.

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6. Step 1. Under **ATTRIBUTE NAME**, enter the name you want to appear in the item creation field. “**Kitchen Name**” is the most commonly used.

Step 2. Under **CUSTOM** **ATTRIBUTE** **TYPE**, select **Product attribute / string**.

Step 3. Under **FRONTEND** **INPUT** **TYPE**, select **Text**.

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7. Under **FRONTEND** **INPUT** **TYPE**, select **Text**.

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8. Type "6" for the size of the text field for the kitchen name, if you use really long names, you can go all the way up to a value of 1-12. In this example I used 6, it can always be adjusted later.

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9. Under **SHOW ON QUICK UPDATE FORM**, select **Enabled** if you want this field to appear in the quick update popup or **Disabled** if you do not want it to.

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10. To show on the product list in the "Items" area, you will see it displayed as a column To enable, Select the "Enabled" option.

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11. Click "Save Changes"

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12. Click "Items" on the sidebar

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13. Click the blue pen next to the item you want to EDIT/VIEW

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14. Notice the new field named "Kitchen Name". This is where you give the product an alternative name for the kitchen receipt.

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15. Type the alternative name

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16. Click "Save"

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