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Food Audit Tool

by Carlos Torres, from the Community

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This Food Audit Tool helps restaurant and food service teams conduct consistent, end-to-end audits of daily operations. Use it to verify inventory counts and variances, confirm coupon and e-journal procedures, review camera checks, and validate MBM order verification. Track thaw and prep charts, waste by daypart, and staff knowledge of food cost drivers. Capture DM observations, identify food cost issues, and record management sign-off to strengthen compliance, reduce waste, and improve food safety and cost control across locations.

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Jackiana Food Cost Audit and DM Visit Checklist
Conduct a comprehensive DM visit and food cost audit for quick-service restaurants. This checklist covers guest service, drive-thru accuracy and speed, exterior and dining room cleanliness, restrooms, and back-of-house standards. Review positioning charts, workstation planners, prep sheets, build-to charts, and the Food Safety Book. Spot-check inventory counts, analyze usage variance, and verify data entry. Capture last week’s sales, excessive and insufficient usage scores, and top positive/negative variances. Document follow-up actions and secure RM sign-off to improve food cost and operational performance.
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Daily Food Hygiene Checks
This daily food hygiene checks template helps food service teams verify opening and closing routines, staff readiness, handwashing facilities, cleaning supplies, food storage and separation, fridge and delivery temperatures, defrosting practices, labeling and rotation, and waste removal. Use it to document issues, add photos, and sign off each shift to maintain food safety compliance and consistent kitchen standards.
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Food Safety and Personal Hygiene Inspection
This comprehensive checklist helps restaurant teams audit key areas of food safety and quality. It covers personal hygiene, safe food handling, prep area cleanliness, segregation to prevent cross contamination, food storage and temperature control, equipment maintenance, pest control, waste and chemical management, product appearance and quality checks, record keeping, store aesthetics, safety signage, and certifications. Use it to standardize audits, log temperatures, verify FIFO and FEFO, document cleaning, and ensure compliance with food safety standards.
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Food Safety and Hygiene Audit Checklist
This Food Safety and Hygiene Audit checklist for hospitality operations helps evaluate compliance across kitchens and food service areas. Inspect personal hygiene, food storage and labeling, cross contamination controls, cleaning and sanitization, equipment maintenance, temperature logs, waste management, pest control, and documentation. Use it to identify issues, assign corrective actions, and track compliance over time.
by Mazen Abdelbaki, from the Community
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Jackiana Food Cost Audit and DM Visit Checklist

Conduct a comprehensive DM visit and food cost audit for quick-service restaurants. This checklist covers guest service, drive-thru accuracy and speed, exterior and dining room cleanliness, restrooms, and back-of-house standards. Review positioning charts, workstation planners, prep sheets, build-to charts, and the Food Safety Book. Spot-check inventory counts, analyze usage variance, and verify data entry. Capture last week’s sales, excessive and insufficient usage scores, and top positive/negative variances. Document follow-up actions and secure RM sign-off to improve food cost and operational performance.

by Jerrianne Newcomb, from the Community

30+

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Daily Food Hygiene Checks

This daily food hygiene checks template helps food service teams verify opening and closing routines, staff readiness, handwashing facilities, cleaning supplies, food storage and separation, fridge and delivery temperatures, defrosting practices, labeling and rotation, and waste removal. Use it to document issues, add photos, and sign off each shift to maintain food safety compliance and consistent kitchen standards.

by Stephen Mason, from the Community

20+

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Food Safety and Personal Hygiene Inspection

This comprehensive checklist helps restaurant teams audit key areas of food safety and quality. It covers personal hygiene, safe food handling, prep area cleanliness, segregation to prevent cross contamination, food storage and temperature control, equipment maintenance, pest control, waste and chemical management, product appearance and quality checks, record keeping, store aesthetics, safety signage, and certifications. Use it to standardize audits, log temperatures, verify FIFO and FEFO, document cleaning, and ensure compliance with food safety standards.

by Kenneth Sia, from the Community

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Food Safety and Hygiene Audit Checklist

This Food Safety and Hygiene Audit checklist for hospitality operations helps evaluate compliance across kitchens and food service areas. Inspect personal hygiene, food storage and labeling, cross contamination controls, cleaning and sanitization, equipment maintenance, temperature logs, waste management, pest control, and documentation. Use it to identify issues, assign corrective actions, and track compliance over time.

by Mazen Abdelbaki, from the Community

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Food Audit Tool

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