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Make your opening and closing checklist

Adjust the example tasks, add your own and print the opening and closing checklists for your venue.

how it works
  1. Walk through the example tasks: change what works differently in your venue, drop what doesn't apply.
  2. Add your own tasks and sections, for the bar, the terrace or the office.
  3. Hit print or save it as a PDF, and hang the opening list by the door and the closing list by the till.

Free and no account needed: what you fill in stays in your own browser and is never sent to us.

One thing this print can't do: keep track of whether it actually gets signed off. Want to tick off the same lists on a phone, with a name and time recorded automatically and a history ready for an inspection? Then take a look at moonies HACCP.

Also handy for the wall: make your free allergen chart.

Opening checklist

The tasks the day starts with. Whoever opens walks this list and signs it off.

Quick add:

Closing checklist

The mirror image of opening: leave the venue so the next shift can start right away.

Quick add:

This is what your lists look like

Opening checklist
Our venue
Date: Signed off by:
Kitchen
  • Check and record fridge and freezer temperatures
  • Check use-by dates, move what must go today to the front
  • Prep check: what's left, what needs to be made today
  • Set up workstations and switch on equipment
  • Check deliveries and store chilled goods right away
Front of house and general
  • Walk the room: lighting, music, toilets clean and stocked
  • Set up tables and terrace to the standard layout
  • Open the till: count the float and record the opening balance
  • Flush the coffee machine and the tap
  • Go through reservations and the handover

Tick each task the moment you do it, not afterwards.

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Closing checklist
Our venue
Date: Signed off by:
Kitchen
  • Cool down, cover and date everything going back into the fridge
  • Clean workbenches and equipment and sign it off
  • Dishes done and the wash-up area empty
  • Take out the waste and close the containers
  • Equipment off, fridge and freezer doors closed
Front of house and general
  • Close the till: count takings, note any differences
  • Tables clean, chairs straight, windows closed
  • Write the handover for the next shift
  • Closing round: gas off, appliances off, heating low, lights out
  • Lock up and set the alarm

Tick each task the moment you do it, not afterwards.

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what's next

In moonies this list doesn't hang on the wall

A paper list can go missing and doesn't say who did what, when. In moonies HACCP you tick off the same lists per shift on a phone, with a time and name recorded automatically, and the mandatory records like temperatures are part of the same list.

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