Abstract: A sales enhancement system for retail businesses including: (a) an input mechanism for inputting (408, 413), into the system, selection information on a plurality of items selected by a patron, the information on each item including: (i) at least on item type, each item type belonging to an associated item category among a plurality of item categories, and (ii) a number of units associated with each item type; (b) a memory for storing (409, 414) said selection inforamtion; (c) a display (407, 412) having a plurality of display elements arranged in a matrix, wherein each element of the display elements represents a single unit, the display designed and configured such that: (i) each item type is positioned within a single column of a plurality of columns in the matrix, each column corresponding to one of the item categories, and (ii) filled and empty elements of the display elements are visually differentiated.

Abstract: A sales enhancement system for retail businesses including: (a) an input mechanism for inputing, into the system, selection information on a plurality of items selected by a patron, the information on each item including: (i) at least on item type, each item type belonging to an associated item category among a plurality of item categories, and (ii) a number of units associated with each item type; (b) a memory for storing said selection inforamtion; (c) a display having a plurality of display elements arranged in a matrix, wherein each element of the display elements represents a single unit, the display designed and configured such that: (i) each item type is positioned within a single column of a plurality of columns in the matrix, each column corresponding to one of the item categories, and (ii) filled and empty elements of the display elements are visually differentiated.