Take Control of Your Restaurants’ Labor Costs With Crunchtime Labor & Scheduling

Labor costs are a top concern for restaurant operators, and for good reason–labor is a highly variable cost that can eat up to 33 cents of every dollar a restaurant earns. Failure to control labor costs is detrimental to the long-term success of a restaurant. A 2023 survey of 200+ operators revealed that 38% of shifts are either overstaffed or understaffed, which either hurts profitability or negatively impacts the guest experience.

3 Reasons Fast-Growing Restaurant Brands Use Crunchtime Labor & Scheduling

1. Schedule the perfect balance of employees every shift

Crunchtime Labor & Scheduling helps restaurants staff every shift optimally and achieve their labor cost goals. By accurately forecasting a location’s labor needs, Crunchtime takes the guesstimating out of scheduling and automatically creates schedules using smart optimization models that help managers understand how to best schedule teams and respond swiftly to fluctuations in demand.

2. Ensure labor law compliance

Crunchtime Labor & Scheduling manages the complex landscape of labor law compliance so operators can avoid costly violations and create compliant schedules with confidence. With fully integrated compliance rules, every manager in every jurisdiction is positioned for successful adherence to the applicable laws. Automated labor rules handle everything from minor restrictions to predictive scheduling.

3. Control labor costs across every store location

With a complete view of labor, managers at every store location can quickly draw insights from the data and make agile scheduling decisions for profitability. Crunchtime’s robust reporting provides valuable insights into labor costs, productivity, and trends, helping to identify opportunities to achieve system-wide cost control and optimize the workforce.

Why We’re Different

Crunchtime was designed from the bottom up to support the unique needs of the restaurant industry, with a deep understanding of the organizational structures, labor law requirements, and business needs.

Crunchtime’s customer service model is also unparalleled in the industry. We partner with you each step of the way, with dedicated teams at every stage of the customer journey. We understand the complexity of your business because of our experience supporting large enterprises.

At-a-glance:

Labor management and scheduling software with a free mobile app for employees

5 Most Innovative Features:

1. Auto-Scheduler with Collaborative Editing: Quickly assign shifts to available qualified employees using customizable staffing level templates based on forecasts. Multiple managers can also work together to edit the same schedule at the same time for even greater efficiency.

2. Ideal Hours: Our advanced forecasting algorithm uses your unique staffing matrix to recommend the exact number of hours to schedule each employee, helping you achieve your labor cost goals and avoid unnecessary overtime or penalty pay.

3. Automated Compliance Reporting: Advanced reports can easily detect gaps in labor law compliance so you can stay compliant with laws across every US jurisdiction, including minimum wage/overtime, minor laws, breaks, Fair Workweek, and more.

4. Employee Scheduling App (Teamworx): Manage  staff schedule with a free mobile app that empowers employees to trade shifts, pick up open shifts, list availability, and request time off.

5. Single Platform with Inventory Management. Opportunity To combine your food and labor operations into one single system, with one simplified forecast. Quickly improve your data accuracy, control costs, and reduce logins with one consolidated tech stack.

Some existing customers for this technology include:

● Jersey Mike’s

● Five Guys

● Sweetgreen

● CAVA

● Culver’s

● Cracker Barrel

● Zaxby’s

● Caribou Coffee

● SPB Hospitality (Krystal, Logan’s Roadhouse, J. Alexander’s, Old Chicago, and

more)

● Uno Pizzeria & Grill

● Fazoli’s

● Perkins

● Huddle House

Learn more at https://www.crunchtime.com/