ShiftEATS builds a personalised meal plan for 12-hour shifts — two meals per shift, batch cooked on your day off, with eating windows timed to your actual shift start.
What you eat in the hour or two before a 12-hour shift sets the tone for the whole day. ShiftEATS suggests a pre-shift eating window based on your actual shift start time — a proper meal that gives you sustained energy without weighing you down.
A 12-hour shift needs more than one meal. ShiftEATS plans two meals per shift: a main meal and a lighter portion timed to the middle of your shift. Both are batch cooked in advance — no buying food at work, no vending machines.
Nobody wants to cook on the morning before a 12-hour shift. ShiftEATS plans your batch cooking session for your first day off — everything prepped, portioned into containers, and ready to grab. For a 4-night or 4-day block, one cook session covers everything.
If your 12-hour shifts include nights, ShiftEATS switches to lighter, easier-to-digest meals for those shifts — soups, grain bowls, wraps — and calculates a caffeine cutoff based on your shift end time to protect your sleep.
Aim for two proper meals across a 12-hour shift rather than snacking throughout. ShiftEATS plans a main meal and a lighter mid-shift portion — both batch cooked in advance, high in protein, and easy to reheat at work. Avoid heavy meals at the start of night shifts as they slow you down.
Use your first day off before the block starts. Cook everything in one session — ShiftEATS generates a batch cooking guide with step-by-step instructions — and portion into labelled containers. For a 4-shift block, that's typically 8 meals (2 per shift) all sorted before you start.
A balanced meal with complex carbs and protein eaten 1–2 hours before your shift starts works best. Something like rice and chicken, a grain bowl, or pasta with a protein source. ShiftEATS suggests an eating window based on your shift start time.
Yes. You enter your shift times and mark which are days and which are nights. ShiftEATS generates different meals for each — lighter, night-appropriate options for overnight shifts, and fuller meals for daytime shifts. Caffeine cutoff and eating window guidance is also personalised per shift.
Most shift workers need two full meals across a 12-hour shift — roughly 500–700 kcal each. ShiftEATS doesn't track calories rigidly, but all recipes include macro information so you can see protein, carbs, and fat at a glance.