- Monthly Chores
- These can be found on the corresponding Monthly Maintenance Chore sheet.
- Find the appropriate day of the month and write in chore
- Clean inside and outside of cabinets and doors in Barista area:
- Wipe down fronts of all cabinets in barista area.
- Wipe down inside of all doors.
- Pull out all boxes and wipe down entire area of all cabinets in barista area.
- Clean retail shelves/cabinets and shelves in front of espresso machine. Restock
- Pull merchandise off of all retail shelving in front of espresso machine
- Clean fronts, tops, and backs of shelves
- Make sure merchandise is fully stocked or grab more from back
- Clean restroom walls, scrub floors , and baseboards
- Clean any dirty spots off walls with a wet cloth
- Fill sanibucket with floor cleaner and use small scrub brush to get any residue off floors and baseboards
- Clean trash cans in customer prep area and dining room inside and outside
- Empty trash in cans (1 under customer prep table and 1 by front door)
- Bring back to mop sink and hose out
- Replace out front with new trash bags
- Clean reach-in display case: front, top, and inside
- Wipe down top of case
- Clean all glass with glass cleaner and paper towel
- Remove product and wipe down interior
- Clean grill inside case
- Remove front panel and back panel and vacuum off coils
- Clean walls in dining area, dust windowsills, chair rail, and art work
- Clean spots on any walls with wet cloth
- Dust all mentioned items
- Clean POS area, drawers, counter, demo cups, organize POP area
- Wipe down all counters in front of, around, and behind POP
- Wipe down shelves around and under POP
- Clean out all drawers under POP and organize items inside
- Clean retail food display and make sure fully stocked
- Clean POP screen with clean damp cloth
- Make sure all brochures are stocked
- Make sure back up frequency cards, coffee cards, etc are on hand or let manager know items needed to order
- Dust all merchandise and make sure all items are priced
- This involves making sure all merchandise is dusted on all retail shelves
- All merchandise must have a price on the bottom
- Coffees and teas must have a date on the bottom
- Wipe the wall above the entire back counter
- This is the back counter of the Barista area
- Wipe off all spills and marks on wall and bulkhead
- Move any equipment that is in the way
- Clean and organize walk-in and freezers in the kitchen
- All open boxes should have flaps cut off
- Make sure walk-in floor is cleaned
- No outdated food
- Organized shelves per labels
- Clean exterior cabinet of freezer
- Wipe interior including bottom shelf
- Pickup and sweep the sidewalk and parking lot. Check all landscaping for debris
- All parking lots in front of and along building.
- Drive thru lane
- Customer patio area
- Pick up all trash in landscaping
- Clean and organize customer prep area, the cabinets below, pans, microwave, and napkin and condiment holders
- All pans and holders must be taken back and washed
- Make sure all items are fully stocked
- Clean inside, outside, and under microwave
- Pull out all boxes under cabinet and clean inside cabinet thoroughly
- Scrub kitchen floor corners, under triple sink, freezer, ice machine, and shelving units WS
- Scrub all corners of BOH floor
- Pull out shelving units and sweep, mop, and scrub under
- Sweep, mop, and scrub under triple sink and ice machine
- WS = Water Softener
- Nightly chore
- Do at 8pm and follow instructions near Water Softener
- Clean air vents in bathrooms, FOH, and BOH
- Use pole duster to dust all air vents
- Clean behind under counter reach-ins, also outside and inside. Check and wipe gaskets
- Pull out reach ins
- Sweep, mop, and scrub floor underneath
- Pull off and vacuum behind rear grill
- Clean entire exterior
- Clean door, ceiling, floor, walls, and shelves of interior
- Clean gasket in between grooves, front, side, underside, and along door
- Clean the trash cans behind the counter inside and outside
- Empty trash in cans (1 under customer prep table and 1 by front door)
- Bring back to mop sink and hose out
- Replace out front with new trash bags
- Move and clean behind equipment on back counter area
- Move grinders, brewers, etc. and clean counter thoroughly around
- Clean kitchen trash cans. Organize chemical shelves
- Empty trash in cans (all BOH cans)
- Bring back to mop sink and hose out
- Replace out front with new trash bags
- Organize chemical shelf to be clean and tidy
- Clean the mop sink and wipe down surrounding walls
- Clean mop sink with bleach and rinse out
- Clean surrounding walls with Easy Off Oven Cleaner
- Wipe down walls above and below triple sink and dish area. Clean triple sink floor drain
- Clean surrounding walls with Easy Off Oven Cleaner
- Use drain and the toilet brush to clean drain under triple sink
- Also clean floor drain under front hand sink
- Clean the shelves above the back counter
- Remove and dust all items on all shelves above the back counter and clean shelves inside and out
- Clean tables, chair legs, (and under cushions of soft chairs)
- Use all purpose cleaner and towel to wipe tops, legs and feet of all tables and chairs
- Clean sides of soft seating and clean under cushions
- Wash and reorganize the prep utensil bus tub, and the bus tubs that hold lids. Clean dish racks
- Pull all bus tubs and wash tubs and dishes inside.
- Make sure shelves are organized and clean
- Clean the Espresso grinders and hoppers with lemon juice
- Remove hopper and dump beans in back up bin
- Thoroughly clean hopper with lemon juice
- Replace hopper and put beans back in
- Clean under espresso machine, cabinets below and dipperwell
- Clean counters under espresso machine
- Clean water softener and shelf around
- Scrub tile floor under water softener
- Clean drain
- Clean top of espresso machine, replace straw/lid pans
- Clean all loose coffee beans off top of machine
- Wash all straw and lid holders around machine
- Clean and reorganize prep area and shelf under prep table. Check Food label supply. WS
- Clean and organize prep rack
- Clean prep table and shelf under.
- Make sure good quantity of food labels and let manager know of any needed to order
- WS = Water Softener
- Nightly chore
- Do at 8pm and follow instructions near Water Softener
- Scrub baseboards and edges of Barista area
- Scrub kickplates of all cabinets of Barista area
- Scrub edges and corners of tile floor in Barista area
- Clean/replace and refill garnish and honey bottles
- Empty and wash garnish bottles and refill
- Wash syrup racks
- Pull syrup bottles off racks and bring back and wash
- Replace mop head
- Put new head on mop
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Modified on: Tue, 27 Sep, 2022 at 8:07 AM
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