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Each kitchen you run in Stable has its own weekly business hours — the days and times customers can book a delivery or pickup for. This is separate from how far in advance an order has to be placed; business hours control which times are open at all, while lead time controls how much notice you need.
Setting your hours
1. Go to your Kitchens page, under Operations in the menu. Every location you run in Stable is listed there, and each one has its own business hours.
2. Find the kitchen you want to update and click Edit kitchen on its row. (If the kitchen is still being set up, the button says Finish Setup.) The kitchen’s page lists each part of its setup down the side. If you run more than one location, see managing multiple kitchens.
3. Click Business hours. Under Which days are you open?, click each day you take orders to turn it on, or click it again to turn it off. To pick several at once, click Weekdays or Every day.
4. Choose a time under Opens and a time under Closes. Opens is the earliest time a delivery can arrive, and Closes is the latest. These hours apply to every day you turned on.
5. If some days have different hours, click Set different hours for each day. Each open day gets its own row with its own times. To copy one day’s hours to the other open days, click Apply to all days on its row. To go back to one set of hours, click Use one set of hours for every day. Every open day then takes the first day’s hours.
6. Click Save changes at the bottom of the page. (While you’re still setting the kitchen up, the button names the next step instead, like Continue: Delivery.) Customers can book delivery times inside your new hours right away.
How business hours work
- Business hours are your regular weekly schedule. For holidays and other one-off closures, mark a day off instead; see how to mark days off for your kitchen. A customer can only book a time that’s inside your hours and not on a day off.
- Lead time is a separate setting, under Order timing on the same page. Your hours say when you’re open; Notice needed before delivery says how much notice an order needs. A customer booking inside your hours can still be blocked if they order too late. See order minimums and lead time.
- At least one day has to stay open, and each day’s closing time has to be later than its opening time.
- Opening times run from 6:00am to 6:00pm, and closing times from 9:00am to 11:00pm, in 15-minute steps.
Orders that land right around the weekend
If Monday deliveries need to be ordered before the weekend rather than right up to Monday morning, set a Weekend cutoff under Order timing on the same page. With Upcoming Monday Orders placed by Friday 3pm or Upcoming Monday Orders placed by Saturday 3pm, orders for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday have to be in by that time. Your usual notice still applies the rest of the week. Click Save changes to keep it.