Baseline the truth
Reconcile sales, scheduled hours, actual paid hours, labor dollars, SPLH, and countermetrics.
Self-serve PDF operating sprint
Stop discovering labor misses after the shift.
Build a measurable daypart labor plan in seven focused sessions—without cutting blindly. Made for independent 1–5 unit fast-casual and limited-service operators.
Get the complete package — $379.99Four self-serve PDFs. No software required. Consulting is not included.
Built from Josh McBride's documented fast-casual and limited-service operating experience. No savings or compliance result is guaranteed.
The operating problem
A weekly labor total cannot show where the shift went wrong.
You can finish the week near target and still be short at lunch, heavy in the afternoon, late on breaks, or unprepared for delivery demand. This sprint replaces “cut hours” with a better question:
Where does demand require paid coverage, and how will we verify the plan without sacrificing people or operations?
A completed system
Finish with operating control—not another unread guide.
Map demand by daypart
See when customers and operating work actually require coverage.
Build the budget
Use your own labor-percentage and SPLH history without forcing a universal benchmark.
Protect the floor
Document service, safety, quality, break/process, and policy constraints before changing a schedule.
Give managers rules
Replace automatic cuts with data checks, permitted options, prohibited actions, and escalation.
Verify one live shift
Compare forecast, schedule, actuals, and countermetrics before deciding what to repeat.
Implementation path
Seven focused work sessions.
Use the sequence across 7–14 calendar days when notice or operating timing requires it. Financial improvement is not required for completion.
Day 1Establish the baselineVerified comparable-period table
Day 2Set protected constraintsCoverage and escalation floor
Day 3Forecast demandDaypart demand map
Day 4Build budget candidatesDollars, hours, labor %, and SPLH plan
Day 5Align the scheduleSchedule-versus-budget decision
Day 6Monitor one live shiftBalanced dashboard and exception log
Day 7Verify and decideKeep/change/observe plan for next week
Protected operating floor
Control labor without treating people as a variable to slash.
Every financial metric is paired with service, break/process, safety, and quality checks. The workbook prohibits off-clock work, timecard alteration, automatic send-home decisions, discriminatory selection, skipped breaks, unsafe staffing, and guaranteed savings claims.
Educational operating material only. It is not legal, HR, payroll, safety, accounting, tax, or financial advice.
One-time price · $379.99
Everything needed to complete the sprint.
- 2-page product-specific Package Orientation to read first
- 37-page operating sprint with seven-session instruction path
- Labor-percentage and SPLH formula card
- Fictional worked example with complete calculations
- 12-page fillable field workbook
- Protected coverage and humane manager exception rules
- 2-page fillable monitored-shift review
- Day 7 scorecard, decision matrix, and next-week plan
- Internal-use license for one business and locations it directly owns or operates
PDF only. No integration, data review, consulting time, custom advice, or guaranteed result.
Get the complete package — $379.99Clear scope
Choose self-serve or implementation help.
- Orientation, instructions, and fillable worksheets
- You build the dashboard and rules
- No data review or consulting
- No guaranteed result
- Defined scope and separate agreement
- Data review or customization may be included
- Implementation coaching may be included
- Fit review and capacity required
Questions before purchase
Know exactly what you are buying.
Is this software?
No. It is a printable and fillable PDF package. Use a basic calculator and reports from your approved systems.
Does it connect to my POS, payroll, or scheduler?
No. You enter only aggregate figures into your local workbook; no integration or data upload is included.
How long does it take?
Plan seven 30–60 minute work sessions plus one monitored daypart. Complete them across 7–14 calendar days when schedule timing or notice requires it.
Does it tell me my labor target?
No. It helps you create a provisional target from your own comparable periods and protected coverage requirements.
Will it reduce labor cost or increase profit?
No result is guaranteed. The product promises a completed measurement and decision system, not a financial outcome.
Can my managers use it?
Yes. One purchasing business may use it internally at restaurant locations it directly owns or operates.
Is consulting included?
No. The separate implementation service starts at $1,500 and requires its own fit review, scope, agreement, and payment.
Self-serve labor control
Build the plan before the next labor miss becomes payroll history.
Move from weekly hindsight to daypart planning, protected manager rules, and a verified next-week decision.
Get the 7-Day Sprint — $379.99No software integration or consulting included. No financial, compliance, staffing, service, safety, or employee outcome is guaranteed.