diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 5d86c688..a63fe982 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ gem 'acts_as_versioned', git: 'git://github.com/technoweenie/acts_as_versioned.g
 gem 'acts_as_tree'
 gem 'acts_as_configurable', git: 'git://github.com/bwalding/acts_as_configurable.git'
 gem 'resque'
+gem 'whenever', :require => false # For defining cronjobs, see config/schedule.rb
 
 group :production do
   gem 'exception_notification', :require => 'exception_notifier'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 8a03a2a1..68e31d2d 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ GEM
       erubis (>= 2.7.0)
     binding_of_caller (0.6.8)
     builder (3.0.4)
+    chronic (0.9.0)
     client_side_validations (3.1.4)
     coderay (1.0.8)
     coffee-rails (3.2.2)
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ GEM
       activesupport (~> 3.1)
       polyamorous (~> 0.5.0)
     mime-types (1.19)
-    multi_json (1.3.7)
+    multi_json (1.5.0)
     mysql2 (0.3.11)
     pdf-reader (1.2.0)
       Ascii85 (~> 1.0.0)
@@ -206,6 +207,9 @@ GEM
       multi_json (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
     vegas (0.1.11)
       rack (>= 1.0.0)
+    whenever (0.8.1)
+      activesupport (>= 2.3.4)
+      chronic (>= 0.6.3)
     wikicloth (0.8.0)
       builder
       expression_parser
@@ -244,4 +248,5 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   therubyracer
   twitter-bootstrap-rails
   uglifier (>= 1.0.3)
+  whenever
   wikicloth
diff --git a/config/schedule.rb b/config/schedule.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..631e3d28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/schedule.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Use this file to define all tasks, which should be executed by cron
+# Learn more: http://github.com/javan/whenever
+
+# Upcoming tasks notifier
+every :day, :at => '7:20 am' do
+  rake "multicoops:run foodsoft:notify_upcoming_tasks"
+end
+
+# Weekly taks
+every :sunday, :at => '7:14 am' do
+  rake "multicoops:run foodsoft:create_upcoming_weekly_tasks"
+  rake "multicoops:run foodsoft:notify_users_of_weekly_task"
+end
+
+