Simple Retail Planner creates compliant schedules for your restaurant, flags every violation before publishing, and lets front-of-house and kitchen trade shifts without group chats.
Free during beta · Shape the product · Built for restaurants & cafés
Built with independent restaurants, from kitchen to front of house
Everything in one place
Drag shifts across the week: the assistant checks contract hours, rest periods, and section coverage in real time — so the published schedule holds up on a busy Friday night.
Set contract hours, minimum rest, break duration, and max span once. Every change is validated live — errors block publication, warnings are flagged, and you choose which rules apply.
A team member asks to be covered, colleagues volunteer, and you approve the swap with one tap. Every change keeps a clear audit trail.
Define your restaurant's zones — front, kitchen, bar, pass — and indicate who can work each one. The schedule only suggests staff who are qualified for that section.
See everyone's hours against their contract, week by week, before payroll. No surprises, no untracked overtime quietly piling up.
Up and running today
Add your team with their contract hours and colours, draw your sections — front, kitchen, bar, pass — and activate the rules that matter to you.
Drop shifts onto the grid. The assistant checks every rule as you go and flags anything worth a second look.
Publish the week and each team member sees their shifts. They can then request a cover swap and trade with colleagues.
For your team
Your team checks their published shifts, week by week, from any phone. No more printed schedules by the pass and "do I work Saturday?" — just the schedule, always up to date.
We are onboarding a handful of restaurants right now and building the schedule around the way you manage your service. Join the beta and help us shape it.
Good to know
Join the beta, set up your restaurant in an afternoon, and never publish a broken schedule again.