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FV1 Restaurant Closing Checklist

by Robert Ward, from the Community

Use this FV1 closed checklist to complete end-of-day procedures in a restaurant or food service venue when no customers are present. Verify entryways and alarms, turn off lights, and shut down ovens, make line, and hoods. Clean and sanitize makeline, prep surfaces, and floors; set liners and consolidate trash. Organize the walk-in, cover food, secure company funds, close the safe, file credit slips, and prepare the office for the next shift.

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by Siraj VC, from the Community
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30-Minute Restaurant Closing Checklist
This restaurant closing checklist standardizes the final 30 minutes before close to ensure a safe, clean, and secure shutdown. Tasks cover sandwich and cook stations powered down, ovens, fryers, grills, exhaust, steam table, and rice cooker off, and all food wrapped and properly stored. Verify coolers, freezers, and walk-in are working and fully closed, water lines shut off, and patio furniture secured. Complete deposits, place registers in the safe, turn off digital menu and music, switch lights off, lock doors, and capture manager sign-off.
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FV1 2018 Restaurant Operations Evaluation Checklist
This FV1 2018 self OER checklist supports quick service restaurant teams in evaluating daily operations. Assess product preparation including dough management, oven baked sandwiches, pasta and chicken, sides, portion control, and job aids. Review service metrics such as greeting standards, delivery performance and load times. Verify image and cleanliness across uniforms, customer areas, equipment, walk in and makeline, signage and delivery vehicles. Check safety and loss prevention controls like cash handling, safe use, caller ID callbacks and driver practices. Confirm food safety including refrigeration temperatures, shelf life, cook temperatures, hand washing, sanitation and monthly pest control. Record issues, add media, score results and note corrective actions.
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Closing Visit Checklist
Use this closing visit checklist to support end-of-day restaurant operations. Verify exterior signage and lighting, complete HACCP and temperature checks, manage stock and prep for the next day, count hot bags, ensure staffing matches the schedule, and continue taking orders up to closing time. Confirm safety and security after close, set the correct cash float, record deliveries and transfers, print and attach end-of-day reports, collate card slips, tidy the office, file paperwork, and test the alarm. Designed for quick service restaurants and shift managers.
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SERVED Restaurant Closing Operations Checklist

Use this SERVED restaurant closing operations checklist to guide end of day procedures across front and back of house. Verify sanitation and hygiene, debrief staff, clear and organize stations, dispose of waste, sanitize tables and counters, switch off air conditioning and nonessential lights, secure cash per policy, shut down POS and music systems, clean dishwashers and utensils, check FIFO and remove expired items, stage bakery displays for storage, charge devices, reset the restaurant, and lock doors. This checklist helps standardize closing duties, reduce risk, and prepare the venue for the next day.

by Siraj VC, from the Community

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30-Minute Restaurant Closing Checklist

This restaurant closing checklist standardizes the final 30 minutes before close to ensure a safe, clean, and secure shutdown. Tasks cover sandwich and cook stations powered down, ovens, fryers, grills, exhaust, steam table, and rice cooker off, and all food wrapped and properly stored. Verify coolers, freezers, and walk-in are working and fully closed, water lines shut off, and patio furniture secured. Complete deposits, place registers in the safe, turn off digital menu and music, switch lights off, lock doors, and capture manager sign-off.

by Robert Watlington, from the Community

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FV1 2018 Restaurant Operations Evaluation Checklist

This FV1 2018 self OER checklist supports quick service restaurant teams in evaluating daily operations. Assess product preparation including dough management, oven baked sandwiches, pasta and chicken, sides, portion control, and job aids. Review service metrics such as greeting standards, delivery performance and load times. Verify image and cleanliness across uniforms, customer areas, equipment, walk in and makeline, signage and delivery vehicles. Check safety and loss prevention controls like cash handling, safe use, caller ID callbacks and driver practices. Confirm food safety including refrigeration temperatures, shelf life, cook temperatures, hand washing, sanitation and monthly pest control. Record issues, add media, score results and note corrective actions.

by Jay Kerns, from the Community

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Closing Visit Checklist

Use this closing visit checklist to support end-of-day restaurant operations. Verify exterior signage and lighting, complete HACCP and temperature checks, manage stock and prep for the next day, count hot bags, ensure staffing matches the schedule, and continue taking orders up to closing time. Confirm safety and security after close, set the correct cash float, record deliveries and transfers, print and attach end-of-day reports, collate card slips, tidy the office, file paperwork, and test the alarm. Designed for quick service restaurants and shift managers.

by Khalid Mahmood, from the Community

20+

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FV1 Restaurant Closing Checklist

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