Staff Schedule Builder

For restaurants and small retail. Build a weekly schedule with real-time labor cost calculation. See your labor % vs target as you build, before publishing the schedule. Targets the 8.4 hrs/week managers burn doing this in spreadsheets.

Business + week

Full-service restaurants typically target 28-32%.

Forecasted daily sales ($)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun

Staff

NameRoleRate ($/hr)

Shifts

Add a row per shift. Times are 24-hour format (e.g., 16:00 = 4pm).

StaffDayStartEnd

Schedule preview

Why scheduling lives or dies on labor cost %

Restaurant industry research shows managers spend 8.4 hours/week on scheduling โ€” and 67% say it's their #1 burnout driver. The reason: building a schedule blind, without knowing your real-time labor cost, leads to over-staffing Mondays and under-staffing Saturdays. This tool shows the cost as you build.

Real-time labor cost

Every shift you add updates the daily and weekly labor total. See your labor % vs target before you publish.

Forecasted sales tie-in

Punch in expected sales by day, and the tool computes your labor cost % โ€” the metric that actually matters.

Color-coded targets

Green = under target, yellow = within 5%, red = over budget. Instant visual feedback on each day.

Printable weekly schedule

Print to post in the kitchen or stockroom. Each shift shows name + time. Day totals at the bottom.