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Staff scheduling + time clock

Schedule shifts, text the lineup, watch them clock in. Actual hours feed your labor cost so you know which event ate margin.

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What's inside
  • Staff records with title, wage, contact
  • Schedule slots per event with assign + confirm
  • Clock in / out from a phone — actuals override scheduled
  • Mass SMS to crew filtered by title
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Real labor cost, not estimated

Schedule the lineup before the event. Crew clocks in on their phones (the /crew/today page works as a bookmark). Actual clocked hours replace scheduled hours in the labor-cost calc on the event financial — you see the real margin per event, not the budget version.

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One text to the whole Saturday crew

Mass SMS sends 'Setup at 3pm, not 4. Reply Y if you got this.' to every staff member assigned to today filtered by title. One message, one log of who got it, who replied.

Maître woven through

Schedule the lineup in chat

Maître reads your event details + staff availability + standard ratios, suggests a lineup, assigns shifts. Last-minute swap? Just ask — it picks the best replacement based on availability + skill match.

“Staff Saturday's wedding for 150 plated”

MaîtreMaître proposes a lineup based on your typical 1:15 server ratio, your kitchen prep needs, and who's free. Asks you to confirm before booking.

“Maria called in sick — find a replacement for tonight”

MaîtreMaître scans available staff with the right title, ranks by recent hours + skill match, suggests two options with their phone numbers.

“What did labor cost on last weekend's events?”

MaîtreMaître pulls clocked-in hours × wage by event, returns the breakdown.

$50 of Maître work included monthly (~7M tokens). Heavy users opt in to overage at cost. Read more on the Maître AI page.

Need something this page doesn’t mention?

We build custom features for individual customers starting at $10/month. If your idea is broadly useful to other catering operators, we may waive the monthly fee entirely and add it to the standard catalog. The first conversation is free and we’ll tell you which path applies.

How it works
Also included: Email shift reminders the night before · Wage history per staff member

Pairs well with

Voice notes on every event

Talk to your phone on the floor. Apron Desk transcribes what you said, Claude extracts the concrete changes — guest count, new menu items, tasks, notes — and you tap to approve. No typing, no switching apps.

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Seating + dietary tracking

Drag guests to tables. Track each person's dietary — not the dish, the person. The auto-seat helper handles the boring 80%.

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$425/month covers all 24 features.

Unlimited seats · every integration · $50/mo of Maître AI included · 14-day free trial · no credit card.

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