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Free checklist templates, guides and tips for operators
Free checklist templates, practical guides and quick tips for the people who run restaurants, stores, hotels, parks and senior living communities. Download a template for tomorrow's shift, read up on food safety or maintenance, or compare software before you choose.
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Free checklist templates
Printable checklists for opening and closing, food safety, cleaning and equipment maintenance.
Articles
Practical guides on food safety, preventive maintenance, audits and running more than one location.
Tips and hacks
Quick wins, like cleaning condenser coils and changing air filters before they cause trouble.
Why MaintainIQ
What the app does, who it is for, and what it does not do, so you can decide quickly.
Use cases
How operators use MaintainIQ, from the opening checklist to the repair that has to be done by Friday.
FAQ
Straight answers about features, setup, pricing and support.
Free templates
Popular checklist templates
Three of the templates operators download most. Print them, or use them as a starting point for your own.
Basic Restaurant Opening and Closing Checklists
Free restaurant opening and closing checklists PDF covering front of house, bar, kitchen, restrooms and manager duties, so every shift runs the same way.
Health Inspection Checklist PDF, Free Restaurant Prep
A free restaurant health inspection checklist PDF covering food storage, handwashing, cleaning, equipment, pests, records and a final walkthrough.
Walk In Cooler Maintenance Checklists
Free walk-in cooler maintenance checklists with daily, weekly and monthly tasks to keep your cooler at 41°F or below, avoid breakdowns and pass inspections.
- Internal audits vs health inspectionsWhat each one covers and how to prepare every location for both
- Restaurant health code violationsCommon violations, why they happen and how to spot them first
- Safe receiving temperatures for hot foodsWhat to check when a hot food delivery arrives, and when to refuse it
- 7 kitchen areas that need deep cleaningThe hidden spots where grease and grime build up, and how to clean them
- Commercial kitchen maintenance checklistFire protection, grease, HVAC and the other systems a kitchen runs on
- Senior living facility maintenanceThe inspections and tests senior living operations teams must track
Want these checklists on a phone instead of a clipboard?
You can build any of these templates as a digital checklist in MaintainIQ, with a due time, a record of who completed it and a follow-up task when something fails. One checklist can run at every location you have.
Are the checklist templates free?
Yes. The checklist templates are free PDFs you can download, print and use at your locations. If you would rather run them on a phone or tablet, with a record of who completed each one, you can build them as digital checklists in MaintainIQ.
Can I use these checklists outside restaurants?
Yes. Many templates are for hotels, grocery stores, parks and facilities, such as a guest room inspection checklist, a grocery store opening and closing checklist and a fire extinguisher inspection checklist. Browse them all on the checklists page.
Where did the MaintainIQ blog go?
The blog now lives on this page, split into articles, checklist templates and tips so you can find what you need faster. Old links to the blog bring you here, and every article is still at its usual address. See all articles.
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