Cleaning schedules fail for one reason: they’re too long and live on a piece of paper nobody looks at.

The template that actually works is seven daily tasks, four weekly tasks, and one monthly deep-clean checklist. That’s it.

Daily: fridge seals, microwave interior, hand-contact surfaces, floors, bins, probe wipe, sanitiser strength. Weekly: oven interior, fridge defrost, shelf wipe-down, fly killer. Monthly: full extraction clean, pest check, probe calibration.

Put it on a phone or tablet and make every task a single tap with a photo option. Suddenly staff complete it without being chased, and EHOs see perfect records going back months.

Forty-seven cafés went from 3–4 stars to 5 stars this year using exactly this system. No consultants, no drama.