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Retail Counters Healthcheck Checklist

by Natalie Stringer, from the Community

This counters healthcheck checklist helps supermarket and grocery teams audit service counters including deli, meat, fish, and hot deli. It guides checks for product security and fridge controls, PLU usage and labeling, waste handling and recording, colleague engagement and process knowledge, and shrink review practices. Use it to identify high-loss lines, verify locks and cage security, validate waste prints, ensure correct PLUs on scales, and confirm weekly review cadence to reduce shrink and improve margins.

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Counters Audit Checklist

This counters audit template helps assess deli, hot deli, meat and fish operations in retail food environments. It covers manager daily checks, Safe and Legal record keeping, colleague hygiene and uniforms, handwashing, separation of raw and ready-to-eat foods, non-touch handling, temperature indicators and probing, hot holding and cooking temperatures, pest control, cleaning chemicals and PPE, calibrated thermometers, equipment condition, waste handling, and staff training. Use it to verify compliance, maintain food safety, and improve counter standards.

by Pete, from the Community

10+

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Template

Retail Counter Inventory Checklist

This template supports retail teams in recording stock counts for supermarket counters, including deli, fish, meat and bakery items. It provides a structured list of SKUs and product names with spaces to capture quantities and status across departments. Use it to standardize daily or periodic inventory checks, improve accuracy, and streamline replenishment and auditing for fresh food counters.

by Chris Crockett, from the Community

10+

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Weekly Shrink Check for Store Managers

This weekly shrink checklist helps retail store managers identify and act on loss risks. Review waste handling and records, opening security, body camera usage, and void report insights. Check scorecards and DSS compliance, confirm no auto‑confirmed deliveries, and verify transfers for coffee, colleague rooms, pharmacy, PFS, and café. Ensure waste prints are available and dual signed, and that recorded and unrecorded waste is stored correctly. Confirm colleague searches, hold a shrink meeting with clear next steps, and maintain working security equipment. Capture actions and accountability to improve shrink results.

by Joseph Saint, from the Community

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Project Zero Healthcheck Checklist

This Project Zero Healthcheck checklist helps retail and grocery stores assess waste control, product handling, and transfer processes. Verify waste cage key security, designated waste areas, acceptable fresh waste volumes, and department waste records. Check locks for high-value meat, unused RTC labels, and in-store bakery practices including use of pink waste bags, ingredient dates, and yeast rotation. Confirm ABP cage security and returns. Review produce waste recording, front-end put-back processes, and PLU list updates. Assess DOTcomm guarantees, Food Connection donations and colleague shop controls. Validate transfers across PFS, Costa machines, milk, free issue, bread sampling, and free fruit.

by Lee Hamnett, from the Community

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Retail Counters Healthcheck Checklist

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