Café scheduling
One schedule for the counter, the kitchen and the floor
A café with a food menu runs two teams at once: whoever is on the counter and whoever is cooking. Put them on one week, cover the lunch peak, and publish it to everyone's phone.
Free for small teams. No credit card.
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A Saturday at a café with a kitchen
Example day
- 8 AM Breakfast service
- 12 PM Lunch peak
- 3 PM Kitchen closes
| Shift | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| Counter opener | 6:30 AM | 2:30 PM |
| Cook | 7:30 AM | 3:30 PM |
| Floor / runner | 9 AM | 3 PM |
| Kitchen hand | 10:30 AM | 3 PM |
| Counter close | 11 AM | 5:30 PM |
Two teams in one room, busiest at lunch.
The coffee side and the food side keep different hours. If you schedule them separately, the gaps show up at 12:15.
- Counter and kitchen
- Everyone on one board, with a position on each person, so you see the whole day at once instead of two lists.
- Lunch coverage
- Short shifts that overlap the peak are saved as templates and dropped onto the days that need them.
- Kitchen close
- The kitchen often stops before the counter does. Give it its own closing shift template with its own hours.
- Mixed availability
- Part-timers set their own availability, and the publish check lists every shift that clashes before the week goes out.
- Swaps
- Two staff can trade a Saturday for a Tuesday in the app. You see both people's hours and approve once.
- Clocking in
- A tablet at the counter is the time clock for both teams, with lunch punches.
The whole day
Front and back on the same week.
Each row is a person with their weekly hours; each column is a day. Save your shifts as templates (counter open, kitchen, lunch cover, close) and paint them across the week.
Harbor Cafe
Jun 22 – Jun 28
Jordan K. is scheduled for 45h, 5h over the 40h limit. Fix it, or publish anyway.
The parts of Zchedule you'd use
- Employee schedulingCounter, kitchen and floor on one weekly board.
- Shift swapsStaff trade shifts in the app with your approval.
- Tablet kioskOne tablet clock-in point for everyone.
- Employee availabilityPart-timers' hours and days off, set by them.
FAQ
Questions worth answering up front.
The product is the same. Cafés with a kitchen tend to have two groups with different hours and a lunch peak, so this page is about scheduling those together. The coffee shop page is about early openers and the morning rush.
Each employee sees their own shifts first in the app, and the published week for the team.
One flat monthly price per team, not per person. Free covers up to 10 people including you, and every new team starts with 14 days of Pro.
Related
- Coffee shops
Early openers, a morning rush, and baristas with class schedules.
- Restaurants
Front of house and the kitchen on one week, and call-outs posted as open shifts.
- Employee scheduling
Build the week on one board, check it, and publish it to your team's phones.
- Weekly employee schedule template
A free Monday to Sunday template you can copy, print or download as a CSV.
- Tablet kiosk
A tablet on the counter that the whole team clocks in on with a PIN.
- Pricing
Free for small teams, then one flat monthly price per team, not per person.
Put the whole café on one schedule.
Free for up to 10 people. Add the team, save your shifts, and publish.
No credit card. The Pro trial starts with your first shift, not today.