LogileRetail Budgeting

In retail, static plans don’t work. Logile Budgeting is the only AI-powered labor and sales budgeting tool built for agility, accuracy, and alignment, store by store and week by week.

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Trusted By

Grocers, C‑stores, and Specialty Retailers across the globe

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Smarter Labor and Sales Budgeting

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Static Budgets Can’t Keep Up

Static, once-a-year budgets can’t keep up with the speed of retail. By the time they’re published, they’re already outdated—leaving stores overstaffed, understaffed, or stuck with unrealistic targets.

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Logile Budgeting Changes That

It’s a dynamic, AI-powered platform that keeps budgets aligned with forecasts and staffing plans, so finance and operations are always on the same page—week by week, day by day.

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Easy and quick adjustments

Adjust budgets anytime for sales shifts, remodels, or labor law changes.

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Accurate, AI-driven forecasts

AI-driven forecasts and labor standards deliver 2–4% more precise labor cost control.

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Store-specific budgets

Budgets built from the ground up, reflecting each store’s true traffic, mix, and needs.

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Integrates seamlessly

Works seamlessly with Forecasting, Scheduling, and Payroll tools

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Iterative Budget Management

Update budgets mid-year without rebuilding from scratch.

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Bottom-Up Planning

Store- and department-level precision, not just top-down averages.

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AHR & Payroll Modeling

Translate hours into true payroll dollars, including wages, taxes, and benefits.

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Multi-Version Comparison

Run what-if scenarios and track results over time.

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Weekly + Daily Flexibility

Plan at the cadence your business demands.

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Layered Event Planning

Model remodels, promos, and pilots without disrupting your baseline.

What we deliver

2–4%

Improvement in labor‑cost accuracy

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5–10%

Reduction in unplanned labor hours

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30–50%

Faster mid‑year revisions

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How It Works

  • Plan: bottom‑up by store/department using Logile forecasts.
  • Model: AHR to dollars; effective‑date wage & standard changes.
  • Version: save & compare scenarios, then approve.
  • Re‑budget: iterate as sales and conditions shift.
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Explore Logile's tightly integrated yet modular solutions—each one powerful alone,even better together.

Workforce Optimization
Forecasting

15-minute, promo- and weather-aware forecasts for sales, items, traffic, and staffing.

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Workforce Optimization
Labor Modeling

Streamline your store processes, manage inventory and develop accurate labor standards, labor models, forecasts and budgets.

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Workforce Optimization
Staff Planning

Build smarter staffing plans before you schedule

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Workforce Optimization
Budgeting

Dynamic, store-level labor & sales budgets that adjust weekly—not yearly

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Workforce Optimization
Scheduling

Task‑based, wall‑to‑wall schedules with effectiveness scoring and predictive‑scheduling compliance.

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Workforce Optimization
Time & Attendance

Accurately and efficiently automate the process of collecting, calculating and reporting of associate work data.

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Task Management

Bring order to the frontline. Ensure every task gets done.

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Fresh Item Management

Forecast → recipe → production → labeling on mobile to cut shrink and lift freshness.

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Food Safety Solutions

Digitize checks, automate corrective actions, and centralize plans—audits made easy.

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FAQs

Most budgeting tools are static and top-down. Logile Budgeting is dynamic, AI-powered, and store-specific. It updates continuously so your labor budgets stay aligned with real sales, traffic, and operational needs.

Yes. Logile Budgeting supports iterative planning, so you can re-forecast and adjust for promotions, remodels, wage changes, or unexpected events without starting over.

Logile Budgeting replaces manual spreadsheets with a structured, role-based platform. You’ll still have export options, but the goal is to move your teams off fragile, static spreadsheets into a single collaborative, auditable system.

It’s designed for both corporate leaders (CFOs, VPs of Operations, finance analysts) and field users (store managers, labor planners). Each role sees dashboards, alerts, and KPIs relevant to their responsibilities.

By combining Logile’s forecasting engine with labor standards, retailers see up to 2–4% improvement in labor cost accuracy and 5–10% reduction in unplanned labor hours.

Most retailers report measurable improvements within the first budgeting cycle. Mid-year revisions are 30–50% faster compared to legacy tools.

Yes. Logile Budgeting integrates with major payroll, HRIS, and ERP platforms (e.g., ADP, Workday, Oracle, SAP), as well as with Logile’s own Forecasting and Workforce Management suite.

Grocery chains, big-box stores, specialty retailers, convenience stores, and multi-brand operators—all see strong results because the system is built for retail, not generic industries.