What is the pinch?

pinch /pɪntʃ/

noun

A tight spot where several demands meet and there is little room to move.
Restaurants. The part of a shift when the rush hits harder than the plan: someone calls off, the weather turns, a break is overdue, and the paperwork is still waiting. “Lunch hit, two people called off, and we still got through the pinch.”

Pinch Lineup Hub on an iPad, with team members placed into Drive Thru positions

Pinch is the set of tools that gets a restaurant through it.

The lineup, breaks, weather, attendance, training, waste, prep, forms and paperwork. Nine tools, one login, on the iPad at the store and on your phone.

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The demo has sample data, so you can’t break anything.

Lineup
Rotations
Attendance
Training
Admin
Waste
Prep
Forms
Team

Lineup Hub

Build the lineup by tapping.

Tap a name, then tap a spot. Or drag.
Everyone on a break is marked, and the timers count on their own.
A position that is short gets a warning.
Print the paper sheet when you are done.

Lineup Hub on an iPad showing everyone in the block with their positions and breaks

Rotations Hub

Know who has been outside, and for how long.

Heat and cold limits for your store's weather, with time outside tracked for each person.
Lightning inside your radius shows on a map, and one tap brings everyone in.
Swap who is outside with a single tap.

Rotations Hub on an iPad showing weather guidance, a lightning map and timers

Admin Hub

One inbox for the paperwork.

Missed punches, uniform orders, supply requests, inventory transfers and change fund counts.
Team members fill out a guided form on their phone.
Private details are encrypted and deleted when the request is done.