Case Study: Mattenga's Pizzeria achieves simplified labor management and more family time with 7shifts

How Mattenga’s Pizzeria Simplifies Labor Management—and Gets Back to Family Life

Mattenga’s Pizzeria, founded and run by husband-and-wife team Matthew and Hengam Stanfield in San Antonio, grew rapidly from a single struggling shop to two locations and a team of 50+. That growth exposed major pain points: scheduling from spreadsheets (and later HotSchedules) was time-consuming and error-prone, events and availability weren’t integrated, and the owners needed a reliable system to control labor so they could reclaim family time.

By switching to 7shifts and integrating it with their Toast POS, Mattenga’s automated scheduling, event tracking, availability, and real-time labor projections while centralizing communication with announcements, chat, and a robust Manager Log Book. The change cut scheduling time by over seven hours weekly, kept labor at 22–27%, enabled a 5% sales increase while reducing shifts by 10%, and helped the business grow sales through the COVID-19 pivot thanks to better staffing, tracking, and communication.

Mattenga's Pizzeria

Hengam Stanfield

Co-Founder