ShiftPixy In the news
Where are all the employees anyway?
S.A. WHITEHEAD — Pizza Marketplace, October 30, 2019 | Show some flexibility As is often the case with vexing problems, sometimes the answer are right under your nose. For instance, ShiftPixy CEO Scott Absher said many restaurateurs these days are grasping at...
How Will Native Delivery Change the Restaurant Industry?
Nation's Restaurant News, October 18, 2019 | How Will Native Delivery Change the Restaurant Industry? Just as the introduction of fast food once did, native delivery, or self-delivery, is rapidly changing the restaurant industry. Restaurants all over the United...
The Risks of Form I-9 for Restaurants
KIRK FLAGG - Modern Restuarant Management, October 15, 2019 | It shouldn’t come as a surprise to any employer in the U.S. that they must ensure proper completion of federal Form I-9 for each person they hire. Particularly for operators in the restaurant industry, who...
Important scheduling and onboarding tips
Nation's Restaurant News, October 1, 2019 | Things to Remember When Scheduling & Onboarding Restaurant Staff Managing a restaurant staff comes with a range of responsibilities, including scheduling and onboarding. As new legislation leads to rising labor costs,...
Here’s How One Piece of Tech is Solving In-House Delivery
ERIN MCPHERSON — FSR, October 1, 2019 | OPERATORS NOW HAVE A THIRD OPTION FOR ADDRESSING CONSUMER EXPECTATIONS FOR ON-DEMAND FOOD. Delivery is now a fact of life no longer relegated to pizza joints and Chinese food, but covering the breadth of industry segments from...
September 2019 Print Issue
ERIKA ADAMS — Restaurant Business, September 1, 2019 | ShiftPixy, another startup offering on-demand staffing solutions, works primarily with franchise operators who o oad their entire workforce onto ShiftPixy in exchange for more exible labor management. For...
It’s time to do something about the financial perils of gig work
SCOTT ABSHER — BenefitsPro, August 27, 2019 | The gig economy is booming as more Americans opt for job flexibility versus the traditional nine-to-five. However, this rapid growth is not without resistance. Protesters and government officials are urging gig economy...
In-house? Third-party? Why Online Ordering Isn’t One or the Other for Restaurants in 2019
JENNIFER MARSTON — The Spoon, August 26, 2019 | When it comes to online ordering, some restaurants will soon need to offer the functionality through their own apps as well as via third parties like Grubhub. Restaurant-tech powerhouse Toast indicated that much in its...
The 3 Dangers of Virtual Restaurants
SCOTT ABSHER — QSR Magazine, August 19, 2019 | With the food delivery market expected to grow to $365 billion globally by 2030, restaurateurs—be they franchisees or sole proprietors—have been eagerly searching for ways to capitalize on the delivery boom, both because...
The talent textbook: Algorithm scheduling and workers’ choice
ROSIE BRADBURY — The Spoon, August 8, 2019 | Late last year, Walmart announced that it would roll out an internal scheduling app across all its U.S. stores to enable managers to predict shift openings in advance and allow workers to have more flexibility and stability...