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How to Cut QSR Labor Costs in 2026 Without Cutting the Team

Labor is one of the largest controllable costs in a quick service restaurant, and the instinct when it runs hot is to cut hours. That instinct is usually wrong. Most labor cost ...

July 31, 2026
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QSR Workforce Management Platforms: 2026 Buyer's Guide

Short answer first: there is no single best workforce management platform for every quick service restaurant. The right choice depends on what kind of operation you run. ...

July 31, 2026
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How to Schedule Chick-fil-A® Staff for Better Coverage

Every Chick-fil-A® leader knows the difference between a schedule that is full and a shift that is covered. Full means the slots have names in them. Covered means the right people ...

July 31, 2026
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Chick-fil-A® Shift Scheduling in 2026: A Complete Guide

Scheduling a Chick-fil-A® restaurant is its own discipline. These are the highest-volume stores in quick service, staffed heavily with students and part-time Team Members, closed ...

July 31, 2026
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Ranked No. 13 on the 2026 Inc. Regionals

This ranking belongs to the Chick-fil-A Operators who put OneClick in their stores.

May 14, 2026
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How to reduce labor cost in a Chick-fil-A®

Cutting hours is the obvious lever. It is also the most expensive lever to pull, because every hour you cut is risk: risk that the Drive-Thru backs up, risk that the Dining Room ...

May 5, 2026
OneClick vs VSBL: What CFA Operators Are Choosing in 2026 chick-fil-a

OneClick vs VSBL: What CFA Operators Are Choosing in 2026

Quick answer: OneClick and VSBL are both built for Chick-fil-A® restaurants, but they've evolved in different directions. OneClick serves 620+ Operators with 70,000+ daily users ...

April 19, 2026
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Director Time Recovery

The Director's morning is not a coaching morning. It is a coordination morning. Reconcile the schedule. Build the lunch peak layout. Check the training notebook. Read last night's ...

April 18, 2026
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HotSchedules vs OneClick

HotSchedules is the source of truth for who is scheduled and when. OneClick is the source of truth for what they do during the shift, how well they do it, and how they progress. ...

March 28, 2026
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Break Manager Mobile Pattern

Break compliance is one of those things that sounds simple until you are running a Tuesday lunch peak with 14 Team Members and four position rotations. Then it becomes a quiet ...

March 11, 2026
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Speed Rating Explained

The dirty secret of every workforce-management tool is that the ratings module gets used for a week, then abandoned. The reason is simple: rating a Team Member takes longer than ...

February 21, 2026
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Training Passports Explained

A Training Passport is the digital record of a Team Member's progression on a position. Each position you create in OneClick has a corresponding Passport that auto-creates with ...

February 4, 2026
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Auto Schedule vs Whiteboard

Most CFA stores still run their morning placement on a whiteboard. The whiteboard works. That is why it persists. But it costs roughly 30 minutes per Day Part per shift, and that ...

January 15, 2026
Referral Webinar

Referral

Webinar recap • Recorded October 22, 2025

January 12, 2026
Build a Culture You Can Measure Webinar

Build a Culture You Can Measure

Webinar Recap Product Updates Kevin Allen walked attendees through recent and upcoming app enhancements, many of which were driven directly by user feedback. Highlights included:

January 7, 2026
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What is Operational Intelligence

Operational Intelligence is the system that turns the chaos of running a store into a measurable, repeatable, learnable operation. It sits above scheduling, training, and ...

December 22, 2025
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First 90 Days on OneClick

The 90-day arc is roughly the same across the 200+ stores we have onboarded in the past three years. Here is the timeline.

December 5, 2025
Celebrate 2025, Discover What’s Next, and Win Big OneClickApp

Celebrate 2025, Discover What’s Next, and Win Big

Yesterday we wrapped up our Holiday Bingo webinar, a fun end-of-year way to look back at everything launched in 2025, share a sneak peek of what is coming in 2026, and make a ...

November 10, 2025
Multi-Unit CFA Playbook

Multi-Unit CFA Playbook

Most multi-unit Operators start with a single great store and assume the second store will run the same way. It does not. The cultural lift, the Director hire, the layout ...

November 8, 2025
Grace Meets Accountability: How Reuben’s Team Built a Culture of Growth with OneClick. Webinar

Grace Meets Accountability: How Reuben’s Team Built a Culture of Growth with OneClick.

Webinar recap • Recorded October 22, 2025

October 24, 2025
Turning Costs into Savings with OneClick OneClickApp

Turning Costs into Savings with OneClick

Running a Chick-fil-A® restaurant is rewarding, but every leader knows the hidden costs that quietly eat away at margins. Time lost to inefficient scheduling. Hours wasted chasing ...

September 23, 2025
Reducing Turnover and Boosting Efficiency with OneClick OneClickApp

Reducing Turnover and Boosting Efficiency with OneClick

For Chick-fil-A® leaders, two challenges surface again and again: high turnover and the constant pressure to run shifts more efficiently. Both issues drain time, money, and energy ...

September 16, 2025
From 50th Percentile to Top 10 Webinar

From 50th Percentile to Top 10

From Whiteboards to Shift Strength: How a Chick-fil-A Operator Doubled Sales with OneClick

September 10, 2025
How Chick-fil-A® Leaders Simplify Operations with OneClick OneClickApp

How Chick-fil-A® Leaders Simplify Operations with OneClick

Running a Chick-fil-A® restaurant is one of the most rewarding jobs in food service—but it’s also one of the most complex. Every shift requires balancing schedules, training, food ...

September 10, 2025
Level Up Your Team Engagement: Free Resources from Our Gamification Webinar 🎮 Webinar

Level Up Your Team Engagement: Free Resources from Our Gamification Webinar 🎮

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Gamification Webinar on August 27th! We had such a great time showing how a little bit of fun can go a long way in boosting team ...

August 27, 2025
🎒 Kick Off the School Year with a Smart Deal: Free iPad for New Customers! Management

🎒 Kick Off the School Year with a Smart Deal: Free iPad for New Customers!

As the back-to-school season kicks into gear, there’s no better time to set your business up for success. At OneClick, we’re celebrating the return to routine, structure, and ...

August 19, 2025
How OneClick Transforms Team Management: Highlights from Our August 12th Webinar Webinar

How OneClick Transforms Team Management: Highlights from Our August 12th Webinar

From pen-and-paper chaos to streamlined operations — OneClick is redefining how leaders train, schedule, and empower their teams. The Struggle: Inconsistent Training and Scattered ...

August 14, 2025
🎮 Game On: How to Help Your Team Love OneClick – Free Webinar August 27th

🎮 Game On: How to Help Your Team Love OneClick – Free Webinar August 27th

Introduction – Why Work Should Feel Like Play Let’s be honest — if using workplace tools feels like a chore, no one’s going to be excited about it. But what if it felt like a ...

August 14, 2025
OneClick at Elevate Women’s Leadership Conference: A Recap

OneClick at Elevate Women’s Leadership Conference: A Recap

Elevate Women's Conference Amelia Island, FL – September 14–17, 2025 This year, OneClick had the honor of sponsoring and participating in the Elevate Women’s Leadership ...

August 7, 2025
Food Safety: July Webinar Recap Webinar

Food Safety: July Webinar Recap

OneClick Updates New multi-language checklist feature, allowing English checklists to be read in Spanish for bilingual teams. Community & Recognition: Celebration of Certified ...

July 28, 2025
Webinar Recap: June

Webinar Recap: June

June 26, 2025
Giveaway Winner! OneClickApp

Giveaway Winner!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Touch Screen Monitor Giveaway!

June 11, 2025
Webinar Recap: May

Webinar Recap: May

May 30, 2025
Webinar Recap: April

Webinar Recap: April

The OneClick April webinar was a great time to review the recent release, give tips and tricks, and listen to our guest speaker, David Thanepohn. We are very excited for the ...

April 24, 2025
Webinar Recap: March training

Webinar Recap: March

The OneClick Webinar is a great time to get updates on the features and upcoming releases with the app. Today, we discussed some of the new items with yesterdays 4.3.7 release, ...

March 26, 2025
OneClick Release Notes 4.3.7 - Exciting New Features and Enhancements! checklists

OneClick Release Notes 4.3.7 - Exciting New Features and Enhancements!

We are dedicated to enhancing the quality and experience of OneClick. This update includes improvements to our Task Management and Chat as well as a new Vendor List feature. New ...

March 25, 2025
February Webinar Webinar

February Webinar

Our February webinar was our first launch of the monthly series where we can provide updates, tech tips, and let you meet some of our key customers. Thank you to those who ...

February 28, 2025
Webinar Recap: Wasatch Release! OneClickApp

Webinar Recap: Wasatch Release!

Our latest OneClick webinar introduced exciting new features and improvements designed to streamline your operations. Here’s a quick overview of what was covered: OneClick ...

February 1, 2025
Big Changes, Better Tools: Welcome to Wasatch 4.3.0! OneClickApp

Big Changes, Better Tools: Welcome to Wasatch 4.3.0!

We’re thrilled to introduce Wasatch 4.3.0, a game-changing update packed with smarter tools, a sleek new design, and features inspired by your feedback through our Your Voice ...

January 24, 2025
🎉 Year-End Deal Alert: Holiday Bundle for New Customers! 🎉 OneClickApp

🎉 Year-End Deal Alert: Holiday Bundle for New Customers! 🎉

Don’t take it from us, listen to Andrew Allman, successful Multi-Unit Operator: Watch Video Here From November 25 to December 31, we’re pulling out all the stops with our most ...

November 25, 2024
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3 Steps to Modernize Your Chick-fil-A® Store with OneClick

We've updated our blog. The video originally embedded here will be re-attached soon.

October 8, 2024
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Kevin Johnson on OneClick

We've updated our blog. The video originally embedded here will be re-attached soon.

September 15, 2024
Waste Management New Feature Releases

Discover WasteNot & Our New Refined Look and Feel - Launching in Beta This Sunday!

We are thrilled to announce not only the upcoming release of WasteNot, our latest feature designed to streamline waste management and optimize cost savings, but also the debut of ...

July 30, 2024
Webinar Replay: WasteNot Product Features Webinar

Webinar Replay: WasteNot Product Features

We were thrilled to have so many of you join us for the WasteNot webinar! It was an exciting opportunity to showcase WasteNot in action, gather your valuable feedback, and answer ...

July 25, 2024
Introducing New, More Affordable Pricing

Introducing New, More Affordable Pricing

This Special Offer For Current Customers Ended On May 31, 2024 Dear valued customers and potential customers,

May 17, 2024
Create A Culture Of Accountability & Trust With OneClickApp for Chick-fil-A Restaurants Webinar

Webinar Replay: How To Create A Culture Of Accountability & Trust With Instant Results!

You will be thrilled to hear the wisdom and proven high-impact strategies that Lance Reed, Operator, and Operating Partner, Tatum Wilson, of the West Jackson Avenue - Oxford, MS. ...

February 15, 2024
Video: New Product Updates Including Infractions, Pathway 2.0, Checklists, and more. Webinar

Video: New Product Updates Including Infractions, Pathway 2.0, Checklists, and more.

Webinar Replay - Announcing product updates, including:

November 7, 2023
Press Release: OneClickApp Empowers 1 in 10 Chick-fil-A® Operators with a Revolutionary Employee Management App

Press Release: OneClickApp Empowers 1 in 10 Chick-fil-A® Operators with a Revolutionary Employee Management App

OneClickApp Empowers 1 in 10 Chick-fil-A® Locations with a Revolutionary Employee Management Application.

October 4, 2023
OneClick Now Serves Over 30,000 Chick-fil-A® Team Members & Leaders

OneClick Now Serves Over 30,000 Chick-fil-A® Team Members & Leaders

A message from OneClick's CEO & Co-Founder, Michael Alvarez: It's been quite a ride since Jan and James Finlinson first approached me three years ago to help validate the ...

July 24, 2023
New Features: Passports-Track Pathways 2.0 Progress & Checklist Images, Signatures, etc. chick-fil-a

New Features: Passports-Track Pathways 2.0 Progress & Checklist Images, Signatures, etc.

May 15, 2023
Newsletter April 4, 2023: New Apple & Android Apps + Exciting Features chick-fil-a

Newsletter April 4, 2023: New Apple & Android Apps + Exciting Features

April 11, 2023
Private Customers-Only Webinar: Your Voice Matters! Group Discussion. Vote On Top Priorities For OneClick To Develop Webinar

Private Customers-Only Webinar: Your Voice Matters! Group Discussion. Vote On Top Priorities For OneClick To Develop

This is Mike Alvarez, CEO of OneClick. Please join me and the OneClick Executive & Development teams for this exciting event. Your voice matters!

January 24, 2023
Newsletter January, 2023: V 3.0, Accountability, Checklists & More Updates chick-fil-a

Newsletter January, 2023: V 3.0, Accountability, Checklists & More Updates

January 18, 2023
Webinar How OneClick helps accomplish Chick-fil-As purpose mission vision Webinar

Webinar: How OneClick Helps You Accomplish Chick-fil-A®’s Purpose, Mission & Vision

You will not want to miss watching this pre-recorded webinar. Bob Boynton, Lead Director at Chick-fil-A® Worcester, was one of our early adopters. He has used OneClick ...

December 31, 2022
10 Apps That Helped Champion Chick-fil-A® Store Double Efficiency & Sales Webinar

10 Apps That Helped Champion Chick-fil-A® Store Double Efficiency & Sales

Hi. This is Michael Alvarez, CEO of OneClick. Scroll to the bottom of the page to request your free webinar bonus downloads. In working with other Chick-fil-A® Operators, one of ...

October 7, 2022
Major Release: Automatic Schedules, Layout Editor, Checklists & More

Major Release: Automatic Schedules, Layout Editor, Checklists & More

You are not going to believe how many new major features have been released. So many of you have been begging for these for a very long time and they are finally here!

September 2, 2022
Chick-fil-A® Store Leaders Describe Their Need For An App Like OneClick

Chick-fil-A® Store Leaders Describe Their Need For An App Like OneClick

Hi there. This is Mike Alvarez, CEO and one of the Founders of OneClick. I spent some time this morning organizing as many messages as I could find that have come in over the ...

May 27, 2022
New Referral Program Pays $100 For Chick-fil-A® Store Referrals

New Referral Program Pays $100 For Chick-fil-A® Store Referrals

Refer A New Chick-fil-A® Restaurant & Receive A $100 Amazon Gift Card This is available for anyone who wants to participate. You don't even have to be a current employee of a ...

April 9, 2022
3 Steps to Modernize your Chick-fil-A® Store with OneClickApp - Video

3 Steps to Modernize your Chick-fil-A® Store with OneClickApp - Video

This Webinar for Chick-fil-A® leaders was pre-recorded and is now available here on video. Topics covered: Learn to love setups! Breaks managed by computers Enable comprehensive ...

February 15, 2022
How To Track Team Member Training With One Simple System - Product Demo For Chick-fil-A® Leaders

How To Track Team Member Training With One Simple System - Product Demo For Chick-fil-A® Leaders

About: A discussion on best practices and tangible actions that Chick-fil-A® leaders can take to implement training programs that boost customer satisfaction, foster team member ...

January 11, 2022
How To Efficiently Manage Rotating Buddies - Training for Chick-fil-A® Leaders

How To Efficiently Manage Rotating Buddies - Training for Chick-fil-A® Leaders

Topics Discussed: Our efforts in the development department over the last month A brief intro to the software for new users Simple ways to get started with the Rotating Buddies ...

December 6, 2021
Customer Product Roadmap Discussion Zoom Meeting Announced

Customer Product Roadmap Discussion Zoom Meeting Announced

If you are a current Chick-fil-A® customer of OneClickApp please check your email for additional information on how to join this private zoom meeting. If you don't see it please ...

September 14, 2021
OneClickApp Testimonial By Kevin Johnson Dir. Talent Development Chick-fil-A® Tanasbourne #03489

OneClickApp Testimonial By Kevin Johnson Dir. Talent Development Chick-fil-A® Tanasbourne #03489

ONECLICKAPP.COM TESTIMONIAL KEVIN JOHNSON DIR. TALENT DEVELOPMENT CHICK-FIL-A® TANASBOURNE #03489 "We can actually focus on more areas of the business. We don't have to spend 2-3 ...

September 8, 2021
Advanced Break Management Capabilities Ensure Labor Law Compliance And Reduce Break Policy Abuse

Advanced Break Management Capabilities Ensure Labor Law Compliance And Reduce Break Policy Abuse

SUMMARY OneClickApp offers advanced break management, tracking and reporting capabilities including: Labor law compliance made easier by tracking multiple breaks: Break options ...

August 13, 2021
New Record OneClickApp's Software - Zero Cancellations

New Record OneClickApp's Software - Zero Cancellations

Three Years In Business. ZERO CANCELLATIONS! It is my honor to have been asked to become a partner and the CEO of OneClickApp. This incredible software, first created by James ...

July 19, 2021
OneClickApp - New Product Video Demo For Chick-Fil-A® Leaders

OneClickApp - New Product Video Demo For Chick-Fil-A® Leaders

OneClickApp is the #1 app for shift & training management that is solely focused on Chick-fil-A® stores. This video explains, in detail, how to use the software, take ...

June 23, 2021
New Release Version 2.16 - More Hotschedules Integrations

New Release Version 2.16 - More Hotschedules Integrations

We have some big news this week as we just unleashed some helpful updates to the OneClickApp and Hotschedules integrations! Version 2.16.0 Changes New - ‘Memos’ or ‘Schedule ...

May 27, 2021
New Release Version 2.15 - Schedule Preview, Assigned Jobs & More

New Release Version 2.15 - Schedule Preview, Assigned Jobs & More

New Features Release Notes: Version 2.15 New - Team Member Schedule view. Each team member can see their upcoming schedule on their profile page. New - Tabs in profile view. ...

May 4, 2021
A Day In The Life Of A Chick-fil-A® Director Using OneClickApp To Manage Team Member Shifts

A Day In The Life Of A Chick-fil-A® Director Using OneClickApp To Manage Team Member Shifts

The phone won’t stop ringing. 3 upset guests are waiting to talk to you. 4 Team Members called in sick (again). The lunch rush seems busier than ever. 5 Team Members still need to ...

March 18, 2021
OneClickApp News: New Features - Copy Set Ups, Minors Visibility, Resource Guides & More

OneClickApp News: New Features - Copy Set Ups, Minors Visibility, Resource Guides & More

As of March/8/2021: OneClickApp.com Now Serves Over 3,400 Chick-fil-A® Employees Responsible For $200+ Million In Annual Food Sales This is a huge milestone and we want to express ...

March 8, 2021
OneClickApp Now Serves Over 2,100 Chick-fil-A® Employees Responsible For $100 Million In Sales

OneClickApp Now Serves Over 2,100 Chick-fil-A® Employees Responsible For $100 Million In Sales

If you haven't heard the story about how OneClickApp was started by a teenager while working at a Chick-fil-A®, this is a must read! James Finlinson has a passion for people and ...

January 2, 2021
Chick-fil-A® Directors Love OneClickApp.com

Chick-fil-A® Directors Love OneClickApp.com "keeping a paper trail for every shift is just too much"

This is a common request that we get from Chick-fil-A® Directors and Shift Managers from around the country, which I think is important to share. "My operator reached out to your ...

December 14, 2020
OneClickApp Demo - Team Management Software Built For Chick-fil-A® Removes Chaos & Increases Sales

OneClickApp Demo - Team Management Software Built For Chick-fil-A® Removes Chaos & Increases Sales

TESTIMONIAL “We Run A $9 Million Chick-fil-A® On OneClickApp.com” Jessica Lainheart - General Manager - Chick-fil-A® of Ammon, Idaho #02789. QUICK VIDEO DEMO OF JUST THE CORE ...

July 23, 2020

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