01Availability lives in yesterday’s messages.
Staff can maintain weekly availability and apply saved availability templates.
Start the roster with a clearer view of who can work.
BistroApps RosterAvailable to trial
Plan the shifts.
See the labour cost.
Build a roster around staff availability and job roles, review scheduled hours and estimated wage costs, then publish the plan. Give managers and staff a shared place to check the week ahead.
Free app trials for the first 50 restaurants.
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WHY ROSTER EARNS ITS PLACE
A real problem.
A specific way to solve it.
Staff availability, shift coverage and planned wages are spread across separate files.
THE SERVICE PROBLEMWHAT ROSTER DOESWHAT CHANGES FOR YOU
02You only see the wage impact after assigning shifts.
Review scheduled hours and wage estimates for the roster period.
Make staffing decisions with the planned cost visible.
03Nobody knows which version is final.
Build in a draft period, publish it and track staff acknowledgements.
Give the team a defined roster to review.
THE CAPABILITIES BEHIND THE BENEFITS
A working roster, with the detail behind it.
explained
01
Weekly staff availability
Capture weekly availability in the same system used for scheduling, with saved template sets for recurring patterns.
Spend less time collecting the same answers.
02
Shifts, people & job roles
Assign employees to dated shifts with start and finish times and the job roles your venue uses.
See who is covering the work, not just who is on the list.
03
Draft-to-published workflow
Prepare the roster before publication. Published periods are protected from direct shift edits; further changes use a new draft period.
Keep the team’s published plan distinct from work in progress.
04
Hours & wage estimates
Review total scheduled hours, estimated total wages and a shift-by-shift breakdown based on recorded hourly wages.
Understand the planned wage impact before service.
05
Staff acknowledgements
Record when staff acknowledge a roster and review acknowledgements for the period.
Follow up with people who still need to check the plan.
06
Multiple venues, controlled access
Managers and staff can switch between venues they are authorised to access. Rosters and availability are scoped to the selected location.
Manage more than one venue without mixing their schedules.
Want to see how this would work in your restaurant?
Show me Roster for my teamPUT IT INTO A REAL SITUATION
Build next week with fewer loose ends.
Bring availability, coverage and planned wages into the same decision.
EXAMPLE WORKFLOW- 1
Collect availability
Apply a recurring availability template and review the week’s availability.
- 2
Plan and cost the roster
Allocate shifts and roles, then inspect scheduled hours and the wage estimate.
- 3
Publish and follow up
Publish the period and review staff acknowledgements.
THE ACTUAL APP
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU CHOOSE
The practical
and technical details.
Clear requirements help you decide whether Roster fits the way your restaurant works.
Discuss my setup- Planning model
- Roster periods with dated employee shifts, start/end times and job roles.
- Availability
- Weekly availability plus reusable, named template sets.
- Cost calculation
- Scheduled hours × recorded hourly wage, with period totals and per-shift detail. Overnight shift hours are supported.
- Publication
- Draft and published states, with roster acknowledgements.
- Access
- Web app launched through Platform; selected-venue access is checked for each user.
- Costing boundary
- Planning estimates, not payroll or an award-interpretation engine. Do not treat the estimate as a final wage calculation.
BEFORE YOU GET STARTED
Specific questions.
Useful answers.
Tell us about your devices, workflow and venue.
Talk through the details ↗
Is the wage figure a payroll calculation?
No. It estimates wages from scheduled hours and the recorded hourly wage. It does not replace payroll, award interpretation, penalties or other employment-cost calculations.
Can staff reuse their regular availability?
Yes. Availability template sets can be saved and applied to a week, so recurring availability does not need to be entered from scratch each time.
Can I keep planning private until the roster is ready?
The draft-to-published workflow separates preparation from a published roster period. Published periods are protected from direct shift edits.
Can I see whether staff have acknowledged the roster?
Yes. Roster acknowledgement records let you review who has acknowledged a published period.
What does the free trial include?
The first 50 restaurants are invited to trial selected app access free. We’ll confirm availability, terms and any separate provider usage costs before setup.
START WITH YOUR RESTAURANT
Let’s put Roster
to work for you.
Tell us what you need to solve. We’ll discuss the fit, explain the setup and help you take the next step.