Café operations / independent cafés
A good service starts before the doors open.
Prep, handover and closing routines for independent cafés. Lighthouse Café explores the quiet systems behind a smooth shift.
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Use a short handover organised around service readiness. Carry open issues forward rather than rewriting the whole shift log.
Further context
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Separating stock notes from prep tasks
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01Building an opening checklist
The next shift needs to know what changed: a low stock item, a faulty grinder or an unfinished prep task.
Writing a useful shift handover
Use a short handover organised around service readiness. Carry open issues forward rather than rewriting the whole shift log.
Separating stock notes from prep tasks
A practical note using the 17:00 example.
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Inside the working model
| Item | Context | State |
|---|---|---|
| 07:00 | Grinder calibration | Opening |
| 10:30 | Milk delivery | Stock check |
| 17:00 | Machine clean | Closing |
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Building an opening checklist
The next shift needs to know what changed: a low stock item, a faulty grinder or an unfinished prep task.
Use a short handover organised around service readiness. Carry open issues forward rather than rewriting the whole shift log.
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