Hourly Employee Labor Estimator for Coffee Shop Business Plans

The number of days open per week and the shift length also affect labor costs. There's a lot to consider when considering how many employees should be on the floor and for how long. Businesses open longer hours or days, requiring more staffing and shift turns, increasing labor costs.

Our forecasting calculator is fully customizable, allowing you to test various pay rates, shift lengths, and daily service hours to find the best financial fit. We can handle your idiosyncratic data and get you excellent projections.

Furthermore, our calculator is cost-effective and easy to implement. It doesn't require any specialized training or expensive software. It's user-friendly and accessible from anywhere, with or without an internet connection. Purchase our employee hourly labor calculator today and better understand the highest expense on your pro forma sheet.

What Do I Need to Know About this Labor Forecasting Tool?

In what formats will I be able to get this Employee Labor Forecaster? 

This interest calculator will be immediately available upon purchase as a digital download in Microsoft Excel format.

What are the Usage rights of this purchase?

You have unlimited private usage rights. Use it to your heart’s content. Build on it, adjust it, make it your own. With that said, we intend this document for your private business use. It cannot be shared, resold, or given in any form of intellectual transfer of information in some way created from this document beyond your private usage without the direct, written permission of Conscious Bean.

What’s the Return Policy?

If this product truly doesn’t meet your needs, we will return 100% of your original purchase price.

FAQ about Hour Labor Forecasting

What information must I put into forecasting my cafe's labor costs?

We walk you through adding how many days a year you would like to be open and how many hours each day of the week you would like to be in service. That gives us an average amount of hours per day that you are using labor. Then, you put in your pay rate per position, how many people you would like to have per station, and how long a shift is. Each of your answers is fully editable to test your ideas repeatedly. The Labor Forecasting tool calculates everything you need to know about the running cost of each station and the employees required to run it. As well as all your labor costs and hours accrued per Hour, Day, Week, Month, and Year.

What are "Stations" in restaurants and Coffee Shops? 

Stations refer to the different work areas within a business. In coffee houses, the most common stations include the Barista or Espresso Station, the Register, the Kitchen or Sandwich Station, the Dishwasher or Scullery, the Runner, Expediter, Flex, Host, Floor Manager, or Shift Lead. 

What affects labor costs in a restaurant or cafe? 

The number of stations, the number of staff required at each station, and the skill of each staff member affect labor costs (higher skill often equates to higher pay as that person has had to work and accrue a cost to compensate for their skill). The shift length can impact labor costs as well. It's essential to determine the number of staff needed for each station and to schedule shifts accordingly.
What are "man-hours"? 

Work hours, sometimes called "man-hours," are the number of employees working per hour of service. Work hours are a crucial component in calculating labor costs. We can use daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly man-hours to determine staffing needs and budget accordingly.

How do I get this Hourly Labor Forecasting calculator?

Upon purchase, the calculator becomes immediately available as a digital download in a format of your choice, including Microsoft Word, Google Docs, and PDF.

When would I need to do a labor forecast?

If you want to open a coffee shop and are going after a business loan, you must put together a business plan. Labor is often the single most expensive cost in your daily business operations, so the bank will want you to understand your labor cost of business.