Employee Scheduling System · Cafes & Coffee Shops

Staff Scheduling for Cafes & Coffee Shops

A cafe runs on early opens, part-time baristas, and a rotating cast of students — exactly the team that's hardest to schedule by text. We build a simple shift board your baristas check from their phones, with swap requests and reminders so the 5 a.m. open never gets missed.

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Custom-built · From $1,900 · No templates, no per-booking fees

Sound familiar?

The opening shift no one confirmed — and an empty counter at 6 a.m.

Part-time baristas with changing class schedules you track in your head

Texting the whole group chat every time one person can't make it

Why a custom system fits cafes & coffee shops

Cafe teams turn over fast and lean heavily on availability windows, so a static weekly template breaks the moment the semester changes. We let baristas set when they can work, then build the schedule against those windows — and an automatic reminder before the open is the single biggest lever against a missed shift.

What your employee scheduling system includes

Visual weekly shift board accessible from any phone

Automatic conflict and double-booking detection

SMS + email shift reminders to cut no-shows

Shift-swap requests with one-tap manager approval

Role-based access — managers see all, staff see their own

Export to PDF/Excel for payroll

More about our Employee Scheduling System

Frequently asked questions

Can baristas set their availability?

Yes — staff submit the hours they can work, and the schedule respects those windows so you stop scheduling people into class or their second job.

Will it remind people about the morning open?

Automatic SMS reminders go out before each shift — typically 24 hours and 2 hours ahead — which is what cuts missed opens the most.

Is it hard for a small team to use?

No. It's browser-based — baristas log in from any phone, no app download, no IT setup. We train the team as part of the build.

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Tell Jordan how your cafes & coffee shops business runs today. We'll design a system around it and send a proposal within 2 business days — free.