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Pricing Page Blueprint — Food Establishment

Structures your menu item prices, catering rates, and package deals so AI can answer cost questions directly. When someone asks "how much does a sandwich cost at a deli near me" or "affordable catering options in Minneapolis," this page gives AI the exact numbers.

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What this page needs

A pricing page is where AI gets the hard numbers. When someone asks "how much is a dozen bagels" or "find a cheap lunch spot near me," the structured data on this page is what lets AI give a direct answer instead of guessing.

FoodEstablishment with hasOfferCatalog. The hasOfferCatalog field wraps your pricing into a structured catalog of Offer nodes, each tied to a specific menu item with a clear price.
Offer nodes with price and priceCurrency. Each food item or catering package should have its own Offer with explicit price and priceCurrency fields so AI can quote exact rates.
priceRange on the business node. A general priceRange (e.g., "$" or "$5–$15") gives AI a quick tier signal for filtering when users ask for "affordable" or "premium" options.
MenuItem descriptions inside each offer. Each Offer should wrap a MenuItem with a clear name and description so AI knows exactly what the price covers.

Why these fields matter to AI

Each field in the template below serves a specific role in how AI systems discover, classify, and recommend your business.

Researched and tested by Minnesota AI

FoodEstablishment

name: Non-negotiable. AI cannot cite or recommend an unnamed entity.
url: AI needs a stable URL to route users and attribute recommendations.
telephone: AI won't recommend a local business it can't confirm is reachable. Phone is the primary trust signal for location-based queries.
priceRange: AI filters local recommendations by budget. One of the most common qualifiers in location-based queries.

Use This Prompt to Implement Your Schema

Copy this prompt and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any AI coding tool. It will ask for your business details and generate ready-to-use JSON-LD schema for your page.

You are implementing AIFDS-compliant JSON-LD structured data for a Food Establishment Pricing page.

AIFDS (AI-Friendly Data Structure) is a schema framework built on research into which
structured data fields AI systems actually read, parse, and use when deciding whether
to cite a page. Documentation at aifds.org.

Before generating any code, ask me for the following information in a single numbered list.
Do not generate schema until I have answered every required field.

REQUIRED — do not proceed without these:
1. Business name
2. Domain
3. Faq answer
4. Faq question
5. Item description
6. Item name
7. Phone number
8. Price
9. Price range
10. Pricing page description
11. Pricing page title

OPTIONAL — ask for these but proceed if I skip them:
1. Any additional details not covered above

Once I provide the information, output a complete JSON-LD script block
ready to paste into the <head> of my HTML page.

Output requirements:
- Valid JSON-LD wrapped in <script type="application/ld+json"> tags
- schema.org vocabulary only
- Every AIFDS-required field for this industry and page type included
- Include this data attribute on the script tag: data-aifds="aifds.org Food Establishment Pricing"
- No placeholder text — omit missing optional fields rather than fill with examples
- After the code block, list any optional fields skipped that would strengthen AI citation

Generated schema follows the AIFDS framework. Fields were selected based on research into AI crawler behavior. View the research at minnesota.ai

Template — fill in your values

Copy this template and replace every YOUR_* placeholder with your own data. Add or remove offers from the hasOfferCatalog array to match your actual pricing.

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@graph": [
    {
      "@type": "FoodEstablishment",
      "@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/#business",
      "name": "YOUR_BUSINESS_NAME",
      "url": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com",
      "telephone": "YOUR_PHONE_NUMBER",
      "priceRange": "YOUR_PRICE_RANGE",
      "hasOfferCatalog": {
        "@type": "OfferCatalog",
        "name": "Menu Pricing",
        "itemListElement": [
          {
            "@type": "Offer",
            "price": "YOUR_PRICE_1",
            "priceCurrency": "USD",
            "itemOffered": {
              "@type": "MenuItem",
              "name": "YOUR_ITEM_NAME_1",
              "description": "YOUR_ITEM_DESCRIPTION_1"
            }
          },
          {
            "@type": "Offer",
            "price": "YOUR_PRICE_2",
            "priceCurrency": "USD",
            "itemOffered": {
              "@type": "MenuItem",
              "name": "YOUR_ITEM_NAME_2",
              "description": "YOUR_ITEM_DESCRIPTION_2"
            }
          },
          {
            "@type": "Offer",
            "price": "YOUR_PRICE_3",
            "priceCurrency": "USD",
            "itemOffered": {
              "@type": "MenuItem",
              "name": "YOUR_ITEM_NAME_3",
              "description": "YOUR_ITEM_DESCRIPTION_3"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "WebPage",
      "@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/pricing/",
      "name": "YOUR_PRICING_PAGE_TITLE",
      "description": "YOUR_PRICING_PAGE_DESCRIPTION",
      "isPartOf": {
        "@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/#website"
      },
      "breadcrumb": {
        "@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/pricing/#breadcrumb"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
      "@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/pricing/#breadcrumb",
      "itemListElement": [
        {
          "@type": "ListItem",
          "position": 1,
          "name": "Home",
          "item": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/"
        },
        {
          "@type": "ListItem",
          "position": 2,
          "name": "Pricing",
          "item": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/pricing/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "@type": "FAQPage",
      "@id": "https://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/pricing/#faq",
      "mainEntity": [
        {
          "@type": "Question",
          "name": "YOUR_FAQ_QUESTION_1",
          "acceptedAnswer": {
            "@type": "Answer",
            "text": "YOUR_FAQ_ANSWER_1"
          }
        },
        {
          "@type": "Question",
          "name": "YOUR_FAQ_QUESTION_2",
          "acceptedAnswer": {
            "@type": "Answer",
            "text": "YOUR_FAQ_ANSWER_2"
          }
        },
        {
          "@type": "Question",
          "name": "YOUR_FAQ_QUESTION_3",
          "acceptedAnswer": {
            "@type": "Answer",
            "text": "YOUR_FAQ_ANSWER_3"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Frequently asked questions

Should I list every menu item or just highlight popular items?

Include at least your most popular and most-asked-about items. If your pricing page is a full menu, structure every item. If it is a highlights page, focus on signature dishes, catering packages, and combo deals. AI can only quote prices it has structured data for.

How should I handle catering pricing that varies by event size?

Create separate Offer nodes for each tier or package — for example, "Catering for 10–25 guests" and "Catering for 25–50 guests" with their respective prices. AI can then answer "how much is catering for 30 people" by matching the right tier.

Do I need to include priceCurrency for every offer?

Yes. Always include priceCurrency (e.g., "USD") on every Offer node. Without it, AI cannot reliably interpret the price value. Even if all your prices are in the same currency, each offer should declare it explicitly.