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Guides for restaurants and cafés: HACCP, cleaning and records in practice
Short, concrete guides to the duties that take real work in a food business: HACCP, cleaning and keeping records. No official jargon, no empty promises — knowledge from a real business, for businesses in Austria and Germany.
HACCP checklist for restaurants and cafés
The HACCP checkpoints to tick off: temperatures, deliveries, best-before dates, cleaning, staff hygiene — a working checklist based on EU 852/2004.6 October 20269 min readRead
Cleaning schedule for restaurants and cafés: template and requirements
A cleaning schedule template to print or save as PDF: daily, weekly and monthly, with a sign-off column as your record. And what the law actually requires.6 October 20268 minRead
Fridge and freezer temperature log: template to print
Four printable temperature logs for chilling, freezing and food service: how often to check, which limit applies and what to do when a value is off.6 October 202611 minRead
Food hygiene training: requirements, intervals and records
How often food hygiene training is required, who may train and how long records are kept: Austria under the hygiene guideline, Germany under § 43 IfSG.6 October 202612 minRead
How long to keep HACCP and cleaning records
Retention periods for HACCP records, temperature logs and delivery notes: EU law, the Austrian guideline, BAO and AO at a glance, every period with its source.6 October 20269 minRead
Keeping delivery notes digitally: periods in Austria and Germany
How long delivery notes have to be kept, when the period ends with the invoice and whether a scan or phone photo is enough: BAO, AO and GoBD with references.6 October 202610 minRead
Cash register requirement for restaurants (Austria)
When a cash register is mandatory (the €15,000/€7,500 thresholds), what the receipt duty requires, digital since October 2026, and what the RKSV asks of the till.6 October 20268 minRead
Working time recording in Austria: § 26 AZG
What § 26 AZG requires: start, end, breaks and rest periods. Why Excel and timesheets are risky, what fines apply and how long to keep the records.6 October 20269 minRead
Working time recording in Germany: the duty since the BAG decision
Recording working time is already mandatory in Germany: CJEU 2019 and BAG 2022, § 16 ArbZG, § 17 MiLoG for hospitality, the fines and where the reform stands.6 October 202610 minRead
Working time records: a template for Austria
A printable monthly sheet per person under § 26 AZG: start, breaks, end, daily and monthly totals, signatures. Free to print, no email address required.6 October 20266 minRead
Staff roster template for Excel: weekly and monthly
Two printable roster templates: weekly with one row per person and a total of hours, monthly with early, midday and late shifts. Plus the 11-hour rest period.6 October 20267 minRead
HACCP plan: the 7 principles and a template
The seven HACCP principles from Art. 5 of Regulation 852/2004 with their wording, when a step is a CCP, and a printable plan template for small businesses.6 October 202615 minRead
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