TeamZap for restaurants
Built for the dinner rush
Kitchen and floor run different days, cover collapses an hour before service, and margin lives or dies on labour percentage. TeamZap was designed for exactly this.
Free for early customers — no credit card required.
The daily reality
What makes restaurants hard
Kitchen and floor, different rhythms
Chefs prep before doors open; the floor peaks at service. TeamZap schedules by department — one wage bill, two sensible rotas.
A sick call at 4pm on Friday
Post the shift as an open shift while you prep — qualified staff claim it from their phones, no ring-around mid-service.
Split shifts and doubles
Lunch and dinner splits are first-class citizens, with rest-period warnings when a close rolls into an open.
Labour percentage pressure
See scheduled wage cost before you publish and actual cost as the week runs — not when the accountant calls.
How TeamZap fits
A rota that keeps up with service
Plan the week by department with availability in view. Publish once — every phone updates. Staff clock in at the pass or the door on a shared kiosk, so Friday’s chaos becomes Monday’s accurate timesheet. Allergen updates go out as tracked announcements, so “nobody told me” stops at the kitchen door.
Most relevant features
The TeamZap toolkit for restaurants
Staff scheduling
Department rotas, split shifts and templates for your standard week.
Time & attendance
Kiosk clock-in by the pass — no phones on the line.
Team messaging
Allergen and menu notices with per-person read tracking.
Reports & payroll export
Labour cost against covers-driven demand, week by week.
In practice
A week in a 40-cover restaurant
Monday: copy last week, adjust around two approved holidays. Tuesday: publish — 16 staff notified. Thursday: the KP swaps Saturday with a colleague; the head chef approves in a tap. Friday 15:40: a server calls in sick; the shift goes out as an open shift and is claimed by 16:10. Sunday night: the week’s labour cost sits next to scheduled cost in the report.
Frequently asked questions
Can I schedule kitchen and front-of-house separately?
Yes — each department gets its own rota view, while reports combine them into one labour cost.
How do chefs clock in if phones stay in lockers?
A shared kiosk device (a tablet by the pass or back door) with personal PINs handles clock-in and out.
Does TeamZap handle split shifts?
Yes — schedule lunch and dinner as separate shifts for the same person, with rest-period warnings between late closes and early opens.
TeamZap is AI-powered workforce-management software from Edinburgh, UK — this page covers how it serves restaurants. TeamZap is free for early customers during its introductory period.
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