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Rate My Close: Pub and Bar Closing Checklist

by Ben Leese, from the Community

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Use this pub and bar closing checklist to standardize end-of-day procedures across bar, cellar, yard and front of house. Confirm cleaning, stock rotation and wastage, recycling separation, ale lines and barrels, fridges and coffee machines, tills and floats, POS setup, fire door checks, cleaners walk-round, wet and food line checks, and documentation corrections. Ideal for restaurants, pubs and venues to ensure a clean, safe and compliant close.

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