Patent ID: 8304668

Claim:
A scale for use in weighing food products, comprising: a weighing station for receiving food products to be weighed, the weighing station having an associated mechanism for producing weight indicative signals; a controller for receiving weight indicative signals from the mechanism, the controller operable to establish a price for a weighed food product based in part upon a weight indicative signal produced for that food product; a communications interface for receiving electronic product orders; an operator interface including an operator display, the controller connected with the operator display for control thereof; wherein the controller is configured to receive electronic product orders and provide an operator with interface display information enabling the operator to select, view and process electronic product orders; wherein the controller is configured to enable operator selection of an electronic order function and, upon operator selection of the electronic order function, the controller effects display of a list of electronic orders and is configured to enable operator selection of an electronic order for processing; wherein, upon operator selection of the electronic order for processing, the scale controller associates the electronic order with identification data of the operator that is logged onto the scale.