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Department date-check logs: produce, dairy, meat and deli, one page each
The daily walk that catches short dates before customers do — as printable per-department log sheets with the department-specific discipline printed on each page, plus a fillable Excel version.
What's inside
Four departments, one habit
- Produce: wet rack vs dry tables, original-date rule for trimmed/repacked items
- Dairy: rotation depth (the short date is three rows back) + cooler temp line
- Meat & seafood: never re-date, never rewrap-and-redate — markdown or pull
- Deli & prepared: opened-on labels count; no label = treat as expired
Built for the clipboard
- One row per fixture per walk, front AND back
- Same-row action and initials — accountability without a meeting
- Photocopy-friendly A4 landscape pages
- Excel version for stores that log on a tablet
The file solves the format. The discipline is the hard part.
ShelfLifePro runs the date-check continuously — batch-level alerts by department, markdown suggestions, and a waste log that fills itself.
See grocery expiry tracking in the product