Supermarket rostering & staff scheduling software
Schedule every department against its own clock, control wage cost against sales and pay correctly — without enterprise complexity.
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Department-by-department scheduling
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General Retail Award and junior rates
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Integrates with Xero and MYOB
Designed for the realities of supermarket work
A supermarket is a dozen small businesses sharing a loading dock, and almost none of them are busy at the same hour.
Deli, bakery, produce, checkout and night fill
Night fill and pre-dawn bakery starts
A workforce that is mostly junior and casual
Wage cost against weekly sales
Junior rates that change on a birthday
Food safety and RSA certifications
Supermarket staff scheduling, department by department
Grocery store rostering fails at the seams — the bakery starts before the store opens and night fill starts after it closes, and a single weekly grid hides both.
One roster, every department's own clock
Wage cost visible before the week is published
Build each department’s pattern against its own trading driver and see the combined wage cost against your sales target while the roster is still a draft.
- Template deli, bakery, produce, checkout and night fill separately
- See live wage cost and percentage of sales as you build
- Junior rates applied automatically by date of birth
- Fill gaps from a casual pool without ringing round
Junior rates change on a birthday, not at the end of the quarter
Supermarkets employ more juniors than almost any other Australian industry, and a junior rate is a percentage of the adult rate that steps up the day someone turns another year older.
Caught at payroll, a missed step-up is an underpayment that runs from the birthday to whenever somebody noticed. RosterElf holds each employee’s date of birth and applies the right percentage as the roster is costed, so the increase lands on the first shift after the birthday rather than on an audit.
Age-based percentage applied automatically
Step-up on the birthday, not in arrears
Costed into the roster before publishing
Full rate table in the award pay guide
Time and attendance across the store
Night fill finishing at 5am and a bakery starting at 4am both have to reach the same pay run correctly.
Attendance reconciled to the roster
Tablet kiosk clock-in at the store
Staff clock in on a store tablet or their own phone, and overnight and early-morning hours are tracked against the right penalty.
- Kiosk clock-in on a store tablet with photo verification
- Overnight night-fill and pre-dawn shifts tracked accurately
- Break rules applied for long and split shifts
- Worked hours convert straight into payroll-ready timesheets
Supermarket award compliance, made simpler
Penalty rates, overtime and break rules vary by day, time, employment type and shift length — and one week’s roster touches most of them.
General Retail Industry Award (MA000004) — pay rates by period
| Period | Full-time & part-time | Casual |
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| Ordinary hours (Mon–Fri, day) | 100% | 125% |
| Evening (Mon–Fri after 6pm) | 125% | 150% |
| Saturday | 125% | 150% |
| Sunday | 150% | 175% |
| Public holiday | 225% | 250% |
Casual rates are set by the award directly, not by adding a loading to the permanent rate. Rates change each 1 July; the full breakdown by classification, junior age and allowance is in the general retail award pay guide. Always verify against Fair Work.
Payroll-ready workforce data
Approved hours should reach the pay run without being re-keyed, penalties and all.
From the roster to the pay run without a spreadsheet in between
Award interpretation already applied
RosterElf connects supermarket scheduling and time tracking to payroll, so approved hours flow cleanly to Xero or MYOB with penalties already applied.
- Fewer payroll errors from manual data entry
- Less time reconciling timesheets each fortnight
- Clear records for audits and compliance checks
- Faster pay runs, even through a busy period
Australian supermarkets using RosterElf report significant time savings on schedule creation. Based on customer feedback and ROI calculator data.
More than supermarket scheduling software
Scheduling is one job of several. RosterElf puts communication, HR and time tracking in the same place, so a supermarket team has one app rather than four.
Why supermarkets choose RosterElf
RosterElf is built for Australian workplaces, with Fair Work compliance, modern awards and local payroll integrations as the starting point rather than an add-on.
Save hours on scheduling
Less time building and re-fixing the roster every week.
Control labour costs
See live wage cost as you schedule — no guesswork until payday.
Australian compliance
General Retail Industry Award rates and penalties built in.
All employment types
Works for casual, part-time and full-time staff.
Easy to adopt
Intuitive for managers and staff, with minimal training.
Single or multi-site
Scales from one site to a group.
Calculate your supermarket scheduling savings
See how much time and money your business could save with RosterElf rostering software.
Your current rostering
Based on 70% time reduction with automated rostering
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Trusted by supermarkets across Australia
Hear from Australian businesses that simplified their scheduling with RosterElf
Andrew Nathan
November 13, 2025
"We are extremely happy with Roster Elf, it's a great improvement on the previous system we were using. Sean and all the staff have been fantastic, really know their stuff and make using RosterElf a pleasure."
Monica Van De Laak
October 16, 2025
"Sean was an amazing help, very patient and thorough."
Mary C.
October 13, 2025
"I can see my roster, enter availability, put leave in advance and clock on and off easily."
Common roles in supermarkets
Download free job description templates for your supermarkets team
Relevant awards for supermarkets
Stay compliant with Australian Modern Award pay rates
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Supermarket scheduling and rostering resources
Free scheduling tools, templates and guides for Australian supermarkets
Try supermarket staff scheduling free
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Real support from people who understand your business
At RosterElf, support isn't a ticket system — it's part of the product. Our Australian-based team helps you set up correctly, understand award rules, and stay compliant as your business changes. No scripts. No offshore handoffs. Just real help when you need it.
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Guided setup and onboarding
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Award and payroll questions answered
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Ongoing help as your team grows
Supermarket staff scheduling FAQ
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The best supermarket scheduling software templates each department against its own trading pattern rather than one weekly grid, applies junior rates and General Retail Award penalties as you cost the roster, tracks overnight night fill accurately, and exports to payroll without re-keying. RosterElf does all four.
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Template them separately from the trading day. Night fill starts after close and the bakery before open, so both sit outside the hours a store-wide roster is built around — and both attract penalties that a single grid tends to under-cost.
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Hold each employee’s date of birth against their profile so the rate steps up on the birthday automatically. In a store where most of the team is under 21, doing that by hand is where supermarket underpayments start.