Case Study: Granny Scott’s Pie Shop saves 10 hours per week on scheduling with Homebase

How a Self-Described Old Fart used Technology to Save 10 Hours Each Week

Granny Scott’s Pie Shop, a quick-service restaurant in Lakewood, CO with 10 employees, struggled for years with manual scheduling. Owner Larry Green was spending 10–12 hours every Monday building and revising schedules in Excel, juggling availability, time-off requests, “clopens,” and unexpected overtime; a prior attempt to switch to Sling didn’t work for him. He discovered Homebase at a US Foods event and adopted its scheduling and timekeeping app.

Homebase’s app lets employees submit availability and time-off requests, sends Larry notifications and updates the schedule builder, and automatically tallies weekly hours to prevent overtime. As a result, scheduling time dropped from about 12 hours to roughly 30 minutes, saving around 10 hours per week, improving staff time-off tracking and work-life balance, and leaving Larry far more satisfied with his process. Homebase enabled these measurable productivity gains for Granny Scott’s Pie Shop.

Granny Scott’s Pie Shop

Larry Green

Owner