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Month-one margin

What would Sona save your portfolio in month one?

This calculator will estimate the labor costs you'd save in your first month, the hours your managers get back each month, and how fast you could be live across every site.

01

Your operation

What kind of operation do you run?
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Hourly and management pay. We've used the typical figure for quick service.

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We've used the typical figure for quick service. Type your own for a closer estimate.

02

How you schedule today

Your answers here and in step 03 set where you land between 1% and 4% of your labor spend.

How do you build your schedule today?
Who actually builds the schedule?
Are your labor rules up to date and built for each site?

Overtime, breaks, minor rules, predictive scheduling, and union or contract terms, configured per location.

03

Your demand forecast

What goes into your demand forecast?

Select everything you use. Drivers marked KEY matter most for quick service.

How we calculate this
  • Labor spend = sales per location × your labor cost percentage. Until you enter your own figures, we use typical ones for your type of operation.
  • Month-one savings = monthly labor spend across your locations × your estimated reduction.
  • Your reduction sits between 1% (already best in class on every lever) and 4% (the most manual starting point). It's built from four levers: forecast accuracy, scheduling method, tooling, and labor-rule compliance, and adjusted for how variable demand is in your type of operation.
  • Your range runs from the full reduction your answers point to, down to half of it, in case only half lands in your first month while managers are still learning.
  • Manager hours compare typical monthly schedule-building time for your current method with time on Sona.
  • Rollout pace is benchmarked on Popeyes (80 locations in four months) and adjusted for operation type. No portfolio takes longer than six months to go live.
  • Figures are rounded. These are illustrative estimates, not a contractual guarantee. Actual results vary by scheduling maturity, menu and labor complexity, rollout/deployment scope, and operational execution.
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Tao Group
Paul
Voyage Care
Pizza Pilgrims
Caring Homes
The Belfry
Avery
Popeyes
Hallmark
Salutem
Dakota Hotels
National Care Group
Hawksmoor
Kisimul
Beaumont
Achieve together
Loungers
Community Integrated Care
Randalls
Choice Support
Ole & Steen
Liaise
Firmdale Hotels
Cartrefi Cymru
SRSL Group
Signature
JRK Group
Yorkshire Care Group
Greensleeves Care
Aria Care
Advinia
Ardent Care
Insomnia Cookies
Tao Group
Paul
Voyage Care
Pizza Pilgrims
Caring Homes
The Belfry
Avery
Popeyes
Hallmark
Salutem
Dakota Hotels
National Care Group
Hawksmoor
Kisimul
Beaumont
Achieve together
Loungers
Community Integrated Care
Randalls
Choice Support
Ole & Steen
Liaise
Firmdale Hotels
Cartrefi Cymru
SRSL Group
Signature
JRK Group
Yorkshire Care Group
Greensleeves Care
Aria Care
Advinia
Ardent Care
Insomnia Cookies