The Ultimate Checklist for Better Restaurant Checklists

Studies show that people who use checklists outperform those that don’t. This maxim applies across industries and disciplines. Doctors, architects, pilots, lawyers, and many other professionals have created systematic protocols to prevent surgical errors, plane crashes, building collapses and other crises.  And checklists are critical to keeping our foods – and the people who consume them – safer and healthier.

The good news: restaurants are using checklists to ensure food safety protocols are being followed.  The bad news: many restaurants need to improve their checklist processes to prevent (potentially deadly) food safety errors.

Consider this:

Most restaurant checklists are too long. They don’t focus on the right content. Employees are likely faking their answers (or skipping the task altogether), which jeopardizes the health and safety of your customers and your business.Checklists are used across most verticals to teach and validate processes critical to success…