AUSTIN, Texas, ATLANTA, and BEAUMONT, Texas, Aug. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HotSchedules ©, the leading provider of workforce and back office solutions for the restaurant and hospitality industries, today announced Jason’s Deli has selected the company to support its scheduling, forecasting, and labor management programs across the brand’s 175 company-owned locations. The selection was made as part of Jason’s Deli’s ongoing efforts to provide their managers with best-in-class technology that saves them time, improves overall productivity, and helps them provide great guest experiences day in and day out.

“At Jason’s Deli, our driving force is to be a great place to work. We live up to that promise by providing best-in-class tools to our Managing Partners and our front-line employees. HotSchedules is the leader in scheduling and labor management and we knew they would be a strong technology partner for our ongoing operational initiatives,” said Wade Sterns, chief concept officer at Jason’s Deli. “We are excited to roll out HotSchedules’ labor optimization and employee scheduling tools to help our managers and employees thrive and continue to live up to our core value of providing out of this world hospitality, ensuring we make every customer happy.”

With HotSchedules, Jason’s Deli managers will be able to forecast sales and labor needs, optimize their staffing levels against sales goals, and reduce scheduling administrative work so that managers can focus on driving efficiencies, developing their teams, and engaging with their guests. Typically, HotSchedules helps restaurant managers reduce the time it takes to build schedules by 75 percent and can reduce the cost of labor by as much as two percent.

“We’re thrilled to partner with Jason’s Deli on their staffing, scheduling, and engagement initiatives - helping them drive store-level performance and increase profitability, “ said David Cantu, co-founder and chief customer officer at HotSchedules. “Our user-friendly mobile app and efficient labor optimization solutions are consistently ranked number one because we help managers and their teams predict traffic volume, enhance staffing levels, and recognize revenue opportunities.”

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About HotSchedules HotSchedules works with over 33,000 customers – from large international chains to some of the hottest new concepts. With a continual focus on innovation, HotSchedules provides innovative technology, services and user experiences for the restaurant, retail and hospitality industries, including Clarifi, the first cloud-based intelligent operating platform. Designed for independents, multi-unit franchise operators, and international enterprise brands, HotSchedules serves over 2.8 million users across 159,000 locations in 56 countries helping them control costs, maintain compliance, improve visibility, increase profitability and drive operational consistency. For more information visit: www.hotschedules.com .

About Jason’s Deli A family-owned deli restaurant chain, Jason’s Deli was founded in Beaumont, Texas, in 1976 by Joe Tortorice Jr. and now has 275+ locations in 28 states. In 2005, Jason's Deli was the first major restaurant concept to ban artificial trans fats in the U.S. and later became the first to eliminate high-fructose corn syrup. At Jason’s Deli, regardless if you want gluten-sensitive menu items or vegetarian options, healthy kids’ meals, or if you would like to build your own salad at their famous salad bar, you will be delighted by the bigger choices of better food, from healthy to indulgent. For more information, please visit www.jasonsdeli.com .

Media Contact: Tim Streeb ICR for HotSchedules 646.677.1800 tim.streeb@icrinc.com