Every aisle covered, from night-fill to close
Rostering for Australian supermarkets and independent grocers — checkout, deli, bakery, produce and night-fill on one roster, with certificates tracked, casuals self-managing availability, and hours exporting payroll-ready.
A supermarket is really seven small businesses sharing a roof — each with its own hours, skills and rhythms. One roster can hold them all.
Seven Departments, One Store
Checkout runs to customer flow, deli and bakery to food prep, night-fill to the delivery schedule. Each department gets its own area and staffing levels, all visible on one roster.
Overnight and Early Starts
Night-fill works while the doors are locked; the bakers arrive at 4am. Shifts across midnight are handled cleanly, and unsociable hours are recorded exactly as worked.
Register Coverage at Peaks
After-school and after-work rushes need every register open; quiet mid-mornings don't. Variable shift lengths and hourly coverage make the difference deliberate.
Food Safety & Licences
Deli and bakery need current food safety certificates; the dock needs forklift licences. Everything's recorded with an expiry date, and reminders fire before anything lapses.
Students With Exam Weeks
Half the checkout team is at school or uni, and availability shifts every term. Staff update their own availability in the app, so the roster starts from the truth.
Holiday Trading
Easter, Christmas and every state public holiday bring special hours and penalty rates. Holiday templates handle the pattern; the export splits holiday hours out so payroll pays them right.
Purpose-built tools for grocery retail, from single independents to multi-store groups.
Department Rostering
- Checkout, deli, bakery, produce, dock and night-fill as areas
- Whole-store view or per-department filters
- Minimum staffing per department
- Cross-trained staff hold multiple approved positions
- Department managers roster their own sections
Peak & Extended Hours
- Variable shift lengths for rushes and lulls
- Overnight night-fill shifts across midnight
- 4am bakery starts on the same grid
- Weekend and holiday trading templates
- Per-hour coverage visibility as you build
Certificate Compliance
- Food safety certificates for deli and bakery staff
- Forklift licences for dock and warehouse
- First aid tracking store-wide
- Expiry reminders before credentials lapse
- Position approvals keep uncertified staff out of restricted roles
Casual Workforce Tools
- Availability maintained by staff in the app
- Open shift offers, first to accept wins
- Manager-approved swaps between workmates
- Fair-hours preference in the AI roster generator
- Announcements reach 200 phones in one send
Time & Attendance
- Staff-room kiosk with PIN or facial recognition
- Late clock-in alerts within minutes
- Breaks handled under your standard rules
- Timesheets matched against rostered shifts
- Live view of who's in the store right now
Labour Cost & Payroll
- Wage estimates update as rosters are built
- Labour visibility by department
- Payroll-ready exports for Xero, MYOB, KeyPay & Employment Hero
- Public holidays split out per state calendar
- Custom CSV layouts matched to your payroll
How RosterMates helps Marco run an independent supermarket with 85 staff across seven departments.
6:30 AM — Overnight Review
Marco checks the app with his first coffee: night-fill's four staff clocked in and out on time, the 4am bakers are mid-bake, and the opening checkout crew is en route.
9:00 AM — Certificate Alert
A deli hand's food safety certificate expires in a fortnight. Marco forwards the renewal link before the morning rush — one audit finding that will never exist.
11:30 AM — Checkout Cover
Two operators call in sick before the school rush. Marco filters checkout-trained, available staff and pushes the shifts — both covered inside twenty minutes, one by a produce hand who's cross-trained.
1:30 PM — Easter Template
Easter trading hours are out. Marco builds the long-weekend template once — heavier Thursday and Saturday, skeleton crew on the closed days — ready to drop onto the calendar.
3:30 PM — Department Rosters
The deli and bakery managers built their own next-week rosters this morning. Marco reviews both, nudges one Saturday shift, approves and publishes — 85 phones buzz at once.
5:00 PM — Labour Check
The weekly summary: checkout 2% over from the sick cover, night-fill and deli on budget. Marco exports the payroll-ready file for the bookkeeper and calls it a day.
Every department on one roster, every hour accounted for.
Common questions from supermarket and grocery managers.