Café template
Two shifts a day with a deliberate two-hour overlap across the lunch peak. Small enough to run on the free plan, structured enough that nobody argues about who does the grinder at 06:30.
Free, no signup, no email required.
The template
| Slot | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barista OpenerBarista | 06:30–14:00 | 06:30–14:00 | 06:30–14:00 | 06:30–14:00 | 06:30–14:00 | 06:30–14:00 | 06:30–14:00 | 7.5h |
| Barista CloserBarista | 12:00–19:00 | 12:00–19:00 | 12:00–19:00 | 12:00–19:00 | 12:00–19:00 | 12:00–19:00 | 12:00–19:00 | 7h |
| Barista PeakBarista | 11:00–15:00 | 11:00–15:00 | 11:00–15:00 | 11:00–15:00 | 11:00–15:00 | Off | Off | 4h |
| Shift lead | 09:00–17:00 | 09:00–17:00 | 09:00–17:00 | 09:00–17:00 | 09:00–17:00 | 09:00–17:00 | 09:00–17:00 | 8h |
One row per staffing slot; ×N means that many people on that block. Times are local to the location. +1 marks a shift that ends the following calendar day.
From CSV to a live schedule
The download is not a PDF you print and pin up. Its columns are the ones Weekwright's schedule importer reads, so the file you edit in Excel is the file you upload.
Replace the placeholder names in the Employee column with your staff. Leave Day, Start, End, and Position alone — those are what the importer maps.
Drag the file onto the schedule page. Every row is previewed with its detected columns before anything is created, so a bad cell is a warning, not a surprise.
“Maya is off Thursday, cover it”. The agent repairs the week against your real availability, skills, and compliance rules instead of you re-editing the grid.
Common questions
Because the handover is where quality drops. Two hours of overlap means the closer is already on the bar when the lunch queue builds, and the opener leaves after the peak rather than during it.
The template is free and there is nothing to sign up for to download the CSV. A single-location team this size also runs on the Weekwright free tier permanently — the free tier covers one location and up to 20 employees.
Weekwright tracks cross-week load per person — weekend, late, and over-cap counts over the prior six weeks — and the AI uses it when drafting, so the same person does not catch every 06:30 open. You can also see it per member before publishing.
Weekwright drafts it, checks it against your rules, and lets you approve. Free for a single location.
