Daily reports
Restaurant daily reports that land in your inbox
MaintainIQ sends restaurant daily reports by email, so you know what happened at each location yesterday before you get in the car. See which checklists got done, how each restaurant scored and which follow-up tasks are still open.
- Detailed emails for each location
- Scores for many locations in one email
- Follow-up task summaries
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One location
The detail for your restaurant, without opening the app
The daily detailed email covers one location. It is built from the checklists your team completes on the floor, such as the opening checklist, the line check, the temperature log and the closing list. A general manager can read it with their first coffee and know what the last shift left behind. MaintainIQ also sends reminder emails, so the checklists behind the report get done in the first place.
- A detailed email for each location, every day
- Built from the checklists your team already completes
- Each checklist records who submitted it
Many locations
Scores for every restaurant in one email
If you run more than one restaurant, the daily summary email puts every location's score in a single message. You see at a glance that one location finished everything and another is behind, and you know which one to call first. When a score looks off, the Home dashboard shows which part of the day slipped.
- Scores for many locations in one email
- The Home dashboard for food safety, daily tasks, maintenance and work orders
- Filter locations by group, such as a region or a brand
Follow-ups
What went wrong yesterday does not disappear today
When a checklist or audit item fails, like a salad cooler reading 44°F, it becomes a follow-up task with a status and a due date. The follow-up task summary email lists what is still open, so the problem from Tuesday is not forgotten by Thursday.
- Failed checklist and audit items become follow-up tasks
- Each follow-up task has a status and a due date
- A summary email of the follow-up tasks that are still open
Patterns
See who did the work, and which locations keep running late
A daily report tells you what happened. The records behind it tell you why. Every checklist shows who submitted it and when it was last completed, and the Performance tab shows each location's average time late and whether it is getting better or worse.
- Who submitted each checklist, and when
- Average time late and a trend for each location
- Export lists to Excel for a manager meeting
Three emails
Which restaurant daily report answers which question
| Best for | The question it answers | |
|---|---|---|
| Daily detailed email | The general manager of one location | What happened at my restaurant? |
| Daily summary email | Owners and area managers | How did every location do? |
| Follow-up task summary email | Managers who make sure things get fixed | What is still open? |
Straight answer
What these reports do not include
MaintainIQ's daily reports cover the work done in MaintainIQ, which means checklists, food safety checks, follow-up tasks and repairs. They do not include sales, labor or inventory. Those numbers stay in your POS and back-office systems, and you use MaintainIQ alongside them.
Free templates
Free checklists that feed a good daily report
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.
Restaurant Mid-Shift Checklist
A free restaurant mid-shift checklist for the lull between rushes. Restock, sanitize, check food temperatures and walk the floor before the next wave.
Free Food Safety Checklist PDF - Ensure Restaurant Compliance
Download our FREE food safety checklist PDF & ensure compliance. Enhance safety with pre-shift, operational, & post-shift tasks. Protect your restaurant today!
What should a restaurant daily report include?
It should show whether the opening, closing and food safety checklists were done, what failed and whether someone is fixing it. MaintainIQ's daily emails cover checklist completion and scores for each location, plus the follow-up tasks that are still open. For the full routine, see our daily restaurant operations checklist.
How do I get daily reports for all my restaurants in one place?
Use the daily summary email. It puts the scores for many locations in one email, so you do not have to open a report per restaurant. For more detail, the Home dashboard shows each location's food safety checks, daily tasks, preventive maintenance and work orders.
Do I have to build the daily reports myself?
No. The reports come from the checklists your team already completes in MaintainIQ on a phone or a kitchen tablet. Nobody has to fill in a spreadsheet at the end of the night or send you a text with a photo of the clipboard.
Can I see who completed each checklist?
Yes. Every checklist records who submitted it, and each location shows when it was last completed. Work orders keep a history of who reported, accepted and closed them, and audits show who did the last one, so every record has a name on it.
What happens when something on a checklist fails?
It becomes a follow-up task with a status and a due date, so a failed item turns into something someone has to fix. Each audit can make follow-up tasks optional or required, and the follow-up task summary email lists the ones that are still open.
Can I export daily report data?
Yes. Lists in MaintainIQ can be exported to Excel, and audit scores can be exported for all locations at once. That is useful for owner meetings, franchise reviews or keeping your own records next to the numbers from your POS.
Does MaintainIQ's daily report include sales or labor?
No. MaintainIQ reports on checklists, food safety checks, follow-up tasks, maintenance and repairs. Sales, labor and inventory stay in your POS and back-office systems. It is worth reading both each morning, the sales numbers for how the day went and MaintainIQ for how the work went.
Ready when you are
Know how yesterday went before you get in the car
In a 15-minute demo we will show you the daily emails and the dashboard behind them, set up for restaurants like yours.
- iPhone, iPad, Android and web
- English and Spanish
- Unlimited users per location
Prefer to talk? Call (888) 534-0261. US-based support.