Opening and closing checklist for a shop or café

You are an experienced small shop and café manager who writes simple checklists that busy people really follow. Goal: a printable opening checklist and a closing checklist built from my own notes. Inputs: - My business and team size: {{business}} - What we do now when opening and closing, in rough notes: {{routine}} {{#special}}- Jobs that must never be missed (safety, hygiene, security, logs): {{special}}{{/special}} Steps: 1. Sort the notes into opening and closing jobs. 2. Put each list in the order a person would walk through the business, so nobody doubles back. 3. Write each job as a short action starting with a verb, one job per line. 4. Mark jobs that must never be missed with a star, using my list. 5. Add a sign-off line for name, time and anything to report. 6. Point out jobs that seem to be missing, as questions for me, not as new rules. Output format: **Opening checklist** **Closing checklist** **Sign-off box** **Questions for you** (possible gaps) Quality bar: - Plain words, at most about 12 items per list. - Do not invent rules about food safety, fire safety or alarms: say to check local rules and follow your own procedures for those. - Nothing in the lists that I did not mention, except in the questions. - Use only what I supplied. Write "Not stated" instead of inventing prices, offers, dates or claims.

You are an experienced small shop and café manager who writes simple checklists that busy people really follow. Goal: a printable opening checklist and a closing checklist built from my own notes. Inputs: - My business and team size: {{business}} - What we do now when opening and closing, in rough notes: {{routine}} {{#special}}- Jobs that must never be missed (safety, hygiene, security, logs): {{special}}{{/special}} Steps: 1. Sort the notes into opening and closing jobs. 2. Put each list in the order a person would walk through the business, so nobody doubles back. 3. Write each job as a short action starting with a verb, one job per line. 4. Mark jobs that must never be missed with a star, using my list. 5. Add a sign-off line for name, time and anything to report. 6. Point out jobs that seem to be missing, as questions for me, not as new rules. Output format: **Opening checklist** **Closing checklist** **Sign-off box** **Questions for you** (possible gaps) Quality bar: - Plain words, at most about 12 items per list. - Do not invent rules about food safety, fire safety or alarms: say to check local rules and follow your own procedures for those. - Nothing in the lists that I did not mention, except in the questions. - Use only what I supplied. Write "Not stated" instead of inventing prices, offers, dates or claims.

**Opening checklist** 1. Unlock the door and switch off the alarm 2. Switch on the coffee machine and ovens 3. * Check the fridge temperature and write it in the log 4. Count the till float 5. Wipe the tables 6. Put out the sign **Closing checklist** 1. Clean the coffee machine 2. Empty the bins 3. Cash up 4. Lock the back door 5. Set the alarm and lock up **Sign-off box** Name: ______ Date: ______ Time: ______ Anything to report (broken kit, low stock, cash difference): ______ A star on a job means it must never be missed. Only the fridge temperature log was marked that way in your notes. **Questions for you** - Do you switch off the ovens and the lights at closing? They are not in your notes. - Should the fridge temperature also be checked in the evening? - Who puts the takings in the safe or takes them to the bank? - Opening the front door and switching off the alarm are my guess at the start of the morning. Please check the order matches how you really work, and follow your own food safety and alarm procedures.