Description

The Complete Coffee Shop Opening & Closing Checklist Run your café with confidence, consistency, and control. A successful coffee shop starts and ends with a well-organized shift. The Complete Coffee Shop Opening & Closing Checklist is a practical daily operations workbook designed to help café owners, managers, supervisors, and baristas keep every shift organized—from opening the doors to securing the shop at closing. Inside, you'll find easy-to-use checklists covering: Opening & Safety Checks — Prepare the café, inspect for hazards, and ensure customer areas are ready. Cleaning & Sanitation — Keep workspaces, floors, sinks, customer areas, and equipment clean and organized. Bar & Beverage Station — Prepare espresso machines, grinders, ingredients, tools, ice, and beverage stations. Food Safety & Storage — Check temperatures, labels, storage, stock rotation, and food-handling requirements. Cash & POS Management — Verify starting cash, POS systems, payment terminals, closing reports, and cash security. Equipment Care — Follow practical cleaning and end-of-day procedures for espresso machines, grinders, blenders, and other equipment. Shift Handover & Maintenance Logs — Record shortages, incidents, equipment problems, maintenance needs, and unfinished tasks. Final Lock Up — Make sure work areas, doors, windows, equipment, lights, and authorized security procedures are completed before leaving. The workbook also includes manager/supervisor sign-off sections and daily notes, helping create accountability and making it easier to track what was completed and what needs follow-up. Perfect for: - Café owners - Coffee shop managers - Supervisors - Baristas - New café teams - Staff training and daily shift operations OPEN • SERVE • CLOSE • RESET Give your team a simple system for starting prepared, maintaining a clean and safe service environment, protecting equipment, controlling cash, and leaving the café ready for the next shift.