Christmas Collection Slot Planner

Taking Christmas orders for collection? Work out how many orders you can hand over in each slot, and whether your days and hours are enough, before the order forms go out. Nothing you type leaves your browser.

1 · Orders

Orders you expect Your best guess. Last year's number is a good start.

2 · Collection days

Day label: any label you like. Last slot: the last time a customer can be booked in. Share: your guess at how orders spread across the days.

3 · Your counter

Slot length

People handing over orders People at the counter at the same time, handing over orders.

Minutes per handover Example figure, change it to yours. Your own estimate: from finding the order to taking payment. Time a few if you can.

Uses your own numbers. Nothing is stored or sent anywhere.

Your collection slots

Orders per slot

Slots by day
Day	Slots	Orders (about)	Needed per slot	Capacity per slot	Fits?	People needed

These are your own estimates. Real Christmas trade is lumpy: people arrive early, late and all at once, so leave some slack.

How it works

Each slot is as long as you choose. One person can hand over as many orders as fit in a slot at your minutes per handover.
Multiply by the people on the counter and you get the most orders per slot.
Spread your expected orders across the days, and the planner shows how many each slot would need.

Tips

Time a few handovers on a normal Saturday to get your own minutes per handover.
Give the last day fewer orders if you close early.
Keep a few slots free for the customer who forgot to order.