Workforce planning for restaurants
Walk-ins, weather, weekdays?Still perfectly staffed
Mondays 50 guests, Fridays 300. Restaurants have extreme daily and weekly fluctuations. Nesto forecasts guest numbers with up to 90% staffing accuracy, automatically plans staff for kitchen, service, and bar.
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Your challenges
The biggest challenges in hospitality
From unpredictable rush hour peaks to complex multi-site control, system catering faces unique challenges in personnel planning.
Mondays 50 guests, Fridays 300
Extreme weekday fluctuations. Monday-Thursday quiet, weekends fully booked. Weather massively affects walk-ins. Gut feeling planning leads to chaos or expensive overstaffing.
Kitchen, service, bar – all need different planning
Whether kitchen, service, or bar. Each station has different requirements and needs. Planning for multiple stations becomes a full-time job.
Service quality vs. labor costs
Too few staff: Long wait times, bad reviews, lost guests. Too many staff: Labor cost ratio leaves no room. The balance between service excellence and profitability must be found daily.
Your solution
How hospitality uses Nesto
Nesto's AI forecasts guest numbers based on revenue, patterns, weekdays, and weather 4 weeks ahead. Automatic scheduling optimizes each station individually. The result: up to 90% staffing accuracy.
Up to 90% staffing accuracy
AI learns from historical data, weekdays, weather. Forecasts precisely, even without reservations. Optimally staffed at peaks, minimal on quiet days.
Kitchen, service, bar automatically coordinated
Our precise AI eliminates overstaffing and prevents understaffing. No long wait times, no unnecessary overtime.
Lower labor costs without service loss
The balance between service quality and profitability automatically guaranteed.
Ready for AI shift planning with system?
In 30 minutes we show you how Nesto forecasts guest numbers, automatically plans kitchen and service, and how you can reduce labor costs. See for yourself how The Bellezza Group, L'Osteria and others manage their restaurants.
Our solutions for you
How to solve the biggest hospitality challenges with Nesto
Three features specifically developed for restaurants. From guest forecasts to digital communication to secure time tracking.
Automatic scheduling
Guest forecasts instead of gut feeling
AI forecasts guest numbers based on reservations, patterns, weekdays, weather. Automatically plans kitchen, service, bar – individually by demand. 40 seconds instead of 4 hours, up to 90% staffing accuracy.
Forecasts despite walk-ins and weather influence
Station-specific planning (kitchen, service, bar)
At least 50% less planning time
Employee app
Digital communication for all stations
Everyone sees schedules via push. Digital preferred times, post open shifts, available in multiple languages. 85%+ usage rate. Perfect for hospitality with high turnover.
Push notifications instead of phone lists
Post open shifts in app
Quick onboarding of new employees
Digital time tracking
Secure time tracking with premiums
Clock in via app, automatic checking of rest periods, labor laws, and premiums for night, Sunday, holiday work automatically calculated. Error-free export. Cost transparency per restaurant.
Automatic premium calculation
Compliance check (labor law, rest periods)
Error-free payroll export to DATEV
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success stories
Companies achieving success with Nesto
From quick-service to full-service to spa restaurants: See how chains optimize their workforce planning with Nesto, reduce costs, and scale profitably.
QSR Industries
-9% personnel costs. +22% Productivity How McDonald's Deitlaff their businesses continuously optimized
Three restaurants. Three different teams. A key challenge: mastering the balancing act between efficiency, transparency and employee satisfaction.
-9 %
All three restaurants reduced personnel costs through needs-based planning
+22 %
Sudden increase following introduction in September 2024
Bis auf Euro genau
AI-supported sales forecasts precisely meet actual values
Mc Donald's
restaurants
Foodlover Group digitized HR with up to 50% more Time for the team
With Nesto, the Foodlover Group (Maredo, Bentobox, Braubrüder) has standardized HR processes across all brands, saving massive amounts of time. Find out how.
50%
Faster in HR processes
Significantly reduced
Manual rework and inquiries about times and holidays
100 %
All core HR processes run digitally — no more paper or Excel processes
Foodlover
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Still have questions about Nesto?
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How does AI-based workforce planning work for restaurants?
Nesto’s KI-basierte Personalplanung analysiert Reservierungen, Walk-in-Muster, Wochentage, Wetter and Events. Die Software for Restaurants prognostiziert täglich Gästezahlen and plant automatisch Personal for Küche, Service and Bar. Die automatische Dienstplanung for Restaurants erreicht until to 90% Besetzungsgenauigkeit in 40 Sekunden. Das is kritisch for Gastronomie with extremen Wochentags-Schwankungen and unvorhersehbaren Walk-ins.
How can I optimize labor costs in my restaurant with a software solution?
Personalkosten in Restaurants optimieren Sie durch datenbasierte Planung statt Bauchgefühl. Software wie Nesto liefert Restaurant-Betreibern: (1) Gäste-Forecasts – KI prognostiziert Gästezahlen unter Berücksichtigung from Wetter, Ferien, Events, Wochentagen with 90% Genauigkeit, (2) Automatische Dienstplanung – optimale Besetzung basierend on Forecasts eliminiert Überbesetzung (häufigster Kostentreiber), (3) Live-Labor cost ratio – sieh täglich wie Lohnkosten vs. Umsatz entwickeln, (4) Überstunden-Kontrolle – automatische Warnungen at Budget-Überschreitung. Restaurant-Manager senken Personalkosten um 10-15% durch präzise Planung. Bei hohem Personalkostenanteil is the Unterschied zwischen Profit and Verlust.
How does Nesto handle high turnover in hospitality?
Die Mitarbeiter-App ermöglicht ein schnelles Onboarding: App download, Login, Dienstplan sehen. Neue Küchen- or Service-Mitarbeiter are sofort einsatzbereit ohne Schulung. Digitale Verfügbarkeiten and Wunschzeiten vereinfachen Personalplanung at wechselnden Teams. Die Digitalisierung macht 25-40% Fluktuation in Gastronomie handhabbar. Wir have eine Nutzungsrate from across 85%+ auch at kurzfristigen Aushilfen. Keine Telefonlisten-Pflege at ständig neuen Mitarbeitern.