For chefs and front of house teams
Checks are quick to complete, with the steps built in, so chefs can get back to prep and service, and front of house teams to the floor.
Restaurant task management software that supports the completion of millions of tasks
Trail gives your kitchen and front of house teams their checks for every service, and keeps a named, timestamped record of each one.
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Allergen and food safety records ready for your next EHO visit
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Kitchen opening and closing checks done the same way every day
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Every restaurant's check visible from anywhere
Over 300M tasks completed in Trail across 40+ countries
How does Trail help every service run to plan?
What can your kitchen and front of house teams run in Trail?
Kitchen opening and closing
Every check runs in order, from switching on equipment to the final clean down.
Allergen management
Record allergen checks for every dish and every delivery, with required fields that can't be skipped.
Temperature checks
Log fridge, cooking, cooling and hot-holding temperatures against your set ranges.
Deliveries
Check temperatures, use-by dates and packaging on arrival, with photos of anything you reject.
Cleaning schedules
Set daily, weekly and deep cleans for every station, and see when each was done.
Front of house
Table setup, toilets, and service standards are checked at set times, so the dining room is ready before every service.
Equipment and maintenance
Log equipment faults in the task and raise an Access Maintain callout when a repair is needed.
How does Trail help you prepare for an EHO inspection?
Inspectors want to see that checks happen every day, not just that a form exists. With Trail, you have a named, timestamped record of every check, ready to export as a PDF for any date range the inspector asks for.
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Every check named and timed: each entry shows who completed it and when
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No half-finished records: mandatory fields block submission until the check is complete
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Problems followed up: an out-of-range reading can require a corrective action, linked back to the original check
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Proof on the page: photo fields can be set to camera only, so every image is taken in the moment
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Records in one export: a PDF of any date range, with photos embedded and labelled
What does Trail give each part of your restaurant team?
For head chefs and restaurant managers
Completed checks appear with a name and a time, so you know what's done without walking every station. Failed check? Go straight to the app to see what was done about it.
For owners and operations teams
Every restaurant works to your standards, and every check has a named, timestamped record behind it, so the evidence is there whenever you need it.
How do restaurant groups keep every site to the same standard?
Set your checks once and assign them to every restaurant, or to groups of sites by area. Every team works to the same steps, wherever they are.
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One set of checks for every format: conditional logic adapts the same task to a high street restaurant, a food hall kitchen or a delivery-only site
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Every restaurant in view from anywhere: a daily score out of ten for each site, with a traffic light view across your estate
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Progress you can track: a 30-day trend shows how each restaurant's scores are changing over time
Run your next service with Trail
Try Trail free for 14 days with no card required or book a demo and we'll show you around.
Questions about Trail for restaurants
Is Trail a restaurant task management app?
Trail runs in any browser, so there's nothing to download. Your team can pin it to the home screen of a phone or tablet and use it like an app, on their own device or a shared one in the kitchen.
Does Trail replace my food safety management system?
No. Trail doesn't write your plan, whether that's Safer Food, Better Business or your own HACCP plan. It makes sure the daily checks your plan asks for get done and recorded, and works alongside any food safety consultant you already use.
Can Trail help with allergen management?
Yes. Trail doesn't write your allergen plan, but it makes sure the checks in your plan get done and recorded. You can make fields mandatory, so a check can't be submitted half-finished, and every entry is timestamped and shows who completed it.
Can chefs sign off checks on a shared kitchen tablet?
Yes. On the Standard plan, each person signs off with a six-digit PIN, so the record shows who completed the check, even on a shared device.
Do I pay for every member of staff?
No. You pay per site, and every plan includes unlimited users, so your whole kitchen and front of house team can use it at no extra cost.
Does Trail work in walk-in fridges and basements?
Yes. Once the day's tasks have loaded, your team can keep working without a signal. Offline, they can complete checks, log readings, add comments, mark tasks as done and snooze tasks. Trail syncs everything when the device reconnects, and each task keeps the time it was actually completed.
A few things need a connection. The day's tasks have to load while the device is online, and photos, file attachments and admin settings only work online. Each device also needs to sync at least once a day. If it doesn't sync before that day's site score is calculated, tasks completed offline will count as missed in the score.