Every hour worked, every meal earned.
The first POS-integrated platform that tracks, controls, and reduces shift meal costs. Powered by the 86 Coin.
The Local Kitchen
24 employees · Last 30 days
This month spend
$3,120
Coins in circulation
4,680
Avg per employee
$130
Saved vs traditional
$1,920
Weekly coin distribution
Your balance
142
$142.00
Updated 2 min ago
+8 earned today
Recent activity
Dinner shift
Today · 8 hrs
Meal — The Local Kitchen
Yesterday
Double shift2x
Mon · 2x bonus
Lunch shift
Mon · 6 hrs
Nearby network spots
Taqueria Sol
20% off w/ coins
Noodle House
Free side w/ 5c
Burger Barn
15% off lunch
The Problem
Shift meals are your invisible cost center.
You're spending $40,000–$80,000 a year on shift meals — and nobody's tracking it.
$46K–$70K
Annual cost (20 staff)
All untracked
$2,300–$3,500
Per employee / year
No line item in COGS
15–30 min/wk
Manager labor waste
Manual tracking
Publications 463 & 535 require documented policy + tracking records for meal deductions. No tool exists to do this today.
Source: NRA 2025 Restaurant Operations Data Abstract (900+ operators)
The Solution
The 86 Coin: $8 per shift, not $17.
A digital coin your employees earn for every hour worked. Trackable. Controllable. Cheaper.
Buy coins at $1 each
Load your operator wallet. Employees earn 1 coin per hour worked — automatically from POS data.
Redeem at your restaurant
Employees use coins for shift meals at your location. Every transaction auto-tracked on your dashboard.
Network redemption
Employees save coins and spend at any Shift Meal restaurant nearby. Coins flow back into the network.
Bonus coin incentives
Award 2x or 3x rates for holidays, doubles, closers. Cost-controlled alternative to cash bonuses.
Setup to savings in under 30 minutes.
No hardware. No workflow changes. No downloads for you.
Connect your POS
Guided onboarding call. OAuth into Toast or Square. Employee roster + hours sync automatically.
Set your shift meal policy
Max coins per shift, eligible roles (BOH, FOH, all staff), bonus rates. Enforced automatically.
Employees start earning
1 coin per hour worked. They get a text, set up their wallet in 2 minutes, see their balance immediately.
Track, control, and save
Real-time dashboard: spend by employee, by shift, by period. Monthly savings report + check-in call.
Calculate your savings
See what Shift Meal would save your specific operation.
Traditional annual cost
$72,800
86 Coin annual cost
$42,788
Your annual savings
$30,012
Results auto-emailed to you. No spam.
For Your Team
Every hour you work earns you a coin.
Spend it at your restaurant, a new one, or save up for a real night out.
Your balance
142
$142.00
Updated 2 min ago
+8 earned today
The Dishwasher's Night Out
Marco runs the dish pit at a 40-seat Italian place downtown. He works five shifts a week — sometimes six when they're slammed. Every hour, a coin drops into his wallet. He doesn't think about it much at first.
Two weeks later, he's sitting on 86 coins. That Friday night, he takes his wife and daughter to a Thai place across town — a Shift Meal network restaurant. The whole dinner, paid for with coins he earned standing over the sink. No cash out of pocket. No charity. Just a benefit he worked for, spent how he wanted.
That's the 86 Coin. Every hour worked. Every meal earned.
2-minute setup via text. See balance instantly. No app download required at launch.
The Network
More restaurants. More value. For everyone.
Watch coins flow between restaurants in the Shift Meal network.
Restaurants
6
Coin transfers
0
Network value
$0
Self-funded meals
0
Coin-holder deals
Publish specials for industry workers. "20% off with 86 Coins."
Self-funding meals
Coins spent by visiting employees go into your wallet. The network pays for itself.
Retention benefit
A benefit your staff actually tells their friends about.
From Operators Who Use It
Maria Gonzalez
The Local Kitchen · Austin, TX
“We had no idea we were spending $55K a year on shift meals. Shift Meal showed us in the first week — and cut it by more than a third.”
37% saved
David Chen
Noodle House · Portland, OR
“Setup took 20 minutes. My team was earning coins by their next shift. I've never rolled out a benefit this fast.”
$24K saved/yr
James Okafor
Smoke Shack BBQ · Nashville, TN
“The network piece is what sold me. My cooks are spending coins at restaurants down the street — and those coins come back to me.”
30 min setup
Simple pricing. No surprises.
One flat fee per location. No contracts. Cancel anytime.
Starter
- Basic shift meal tracking
- 1 POS integration
- Operator dashboard
- Email support
Growth
- Full 86 Coin ecosystem
- Network redemption
- Bonus coin rates
- Monthly savings reports
- Dedicated success manager
Pro
- Multi-location dashboard
- Benchmarking + analytics
- Exportable tax records
- Priority support
- API access
30-day free trial, no credit card. Annual plan: 2 months free. Enterprise (10+ locations): contact us.
Know what shift meals cost. Finally.
30-day free trial. No credit card. Setup in under 30 minutes on a guided call with our team. Your $100 starter 86 Coin credit is loaded at activation.
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