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Customers Heartbeat Service Excellence Checklist

by Francesco Russo, from the Community

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Customers Heartbeat is a practical service excellence checklist for cafes and coffee shops. Audit shop presentation, product availability in panini fridges and cake displays, queue and coffee wait times, greetings and polite service, coffee quality against brand standards, table clearing and restroom cleanliness. Include focus checks on management presence, coffee machines, leadership behaviors, shift planning, and uniform compliance to keep operations on brand.

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