Case Study: Community Food Co-op achieves major time savings and stress-free scheduling with Orbital Shift

Orbital Shift Helping Bozeman Community Food Co-op Managers Rest Easy

Bozeman Community Food Co‑op, a member‑owned grocery and prepared‑foods operation serving the community since 1979, was struggling with time‑consuming manual scheduling and shift coverage. Central Kitchen manager Lori Petermann often woke before 4 a.m. to find last‑minute replacements, spent 45 minutes weekly on scheduling and 1.5 hours monthly on payroll—about 4.5 hours of repetitive office work each month—and had limited visibility into staff and manager locations across four departments.

Switching to Orbital Shift’s cloud‑based workforce management software gave the co‑op targeted texting for available employees, shared visibility of 52 staff across departments, and reusable schedule templates. The result: far fewer late‑night/early‑morning calls, faster emergency response and manager coordination, streamlined scheduling and payroll processes, and several hours of administrative time saved each month.

Community Food Co-op

Lori Petermann

Manager