Less paperwork. More service.
Food safety compliance in 2–3 taps.
CartaGrid is the worker-first compliance system for UK hospitality. Staff complete allergen, temperature, cleaning and delivery checks in seconds. Managers get a time-stamped, tamper-evident, inspection-ready record, without chasing anyone.
Temp check
Walk-in fridge
Example screen
The problem
Your compliance system fails the day your team stops using it.
Paper folders get forgotten. Apps with too many screens get abandoned. Managers end up chasing staff, rebuilding records and hoping it was all done properly.
CartaGrid was built by a working kitchen, with 13 years of hospitality behind every screen, around the person doing the job in the middle of a busy shift.
- The right task appears for the right person.
- It takes 2 to 3 taps to complete.
- Every action is time-stamped and attributed.
- Managers see what is done, what is missed and what needs fixing.
- Inspection evidence sits in one place, ready to show.
Allergens
From guest scan to manager confirmation, in four steps.
Guests scan the QR code, select the allergens they need to avoid and submit the request. FOH confirms receipt, the chef checks the dish and preparation, and a manager can reconfirm the response before service.
Scans and submits
Selects the allergens they need to avoid on their own phone. No app to install.
Confirms receipt
The open request shows on the FOH dashboard until someone confirms it.
Checks the dish
The kitchen is alerted and checks the dish and its preparation before the plate leaves.
Reconfirms
The manager reconfirms the response, and the complete interaction is secured in the audit trail.
Built around Natasha's Law, Owen's Law and the Food Information Regulations 2014. Guests also see a public allergen menu and matrix built from the same chef-approved data your team uses.
Chef-verified data
An allergen is never shown as safe until a chef has confirmed it.
Import your menu from a photo or PDF. AI drafts the dishes and ingredients and flags hidden allergens such as stock, soy sauce and batter.
Nothing goes live as a draft. Every imported dish starts as Pending, with ingredients marked NOT SET.
A chef confirms each ingredient. Only then can the dish be approved, and the approval is attributed and logged.
Change an ingredient and the dish resets. It returns to Pending until it is checked again.
Vanilla crème brûlée
Dish record · exampleThe 2–3-tap workflow
Designed for a Friday-night rush.
CartaGrid does not ask staff to become compliance administrators. It gives each person a short list of the jobs that are theirs, and each job takes seconds.
Today
Walk-in fridge
Enter today's reading
Logged
Walk-in fridge · 3.4 °C
By signed-in chef
Site your venue
Seal RSA-SHA256
If it takes longer than a few taps, it will not get done during service. We built CartaGrid to remove that friction.
What is inside
Not another checklist app. A working food safety system.
Each module has a quick task for staff and a clear result for managers.
Dashboards
Three dashboards. One source of truth.
Front of house
Receives guest allergen requests, confirms them and sees urgent actions.
- Open requests until someone confirms
- One status banner: green or amber
Chef
Controls dish and ingredient approval, completes kitchen checks and handles corrective actions.
- Opening and closing checklists
- Temperature, cleaning and goods-in
- Ingredient library and dish approval
Manager
Sees the whole site: completion, exceptions, staff records, alerts and EHO inspection mode.
- Today's status across every routine check
- Allergen conversations to reconfirm
- Training expiry and staff records
Start with one site. Add locations as your operation grows.
Proof
Built to show exactly what happened.
Every shift already does the work. CartaGrid makes sure it is recorded, so you can prove what happened later. When an inspector, insurer or customer asks, you answer from the record, not from memory.
Every day ends with a dated compliance report in your inbox.
A PDF summary of the day's records is emailed to you and archived, so there is a dated copy even if nobody opens the app.
Tamper-evident records
Critical records are signed with RSA-SHA256 when they are saved. Any later change to a signed record can be detected. Each record also carries who logged it and when, so exceptions can be investigated.
EHO inspection mode
A manager gives the visiting officer a PIN-protected, time-limited, read-only view. Your team keeps working and nothing else is exposed.
CartaGrid is designed to make your records complete, organised and instantly accessible for inspections. No software is formally approved by environmental health, and we do not claim it is.
CartaGrid is opening to its first founder venues. Record signing, alerts and every automated check are switched on the day the first venue goes live, and tested on that venue's real records.
Who is behind it
Built by a working kitchen.
13 years in hospitality
Service, suppliers, staff, all of it. Built by someone who has lived the shift.
In discussion with Wakefield Council
Aiming for a Primary Authority Partnership, the kind of scrutiny this is built to survive.
Onboarding founding venues in the UK
Help shape the worker-first compliance system built for real hospitality shifts.
Pricing
Simple pricing.
The more you grow, the less you pay per site. No long contracts. Cancel anytime. Every plan includes a 14-day free trial.
- 1 venue
- Unlimited dishes & ingredients
- AI-written HACCP plans
- Allergen matrix that updates itself
- One-tap Owen's Law logging
- Six-second temperature & CCP checks
- Staff training reminders
- Branded PDF export, one tap
- Instant breach alerts
- Emergency compliance pack
- 2–10 venues
- Everything in Starter
- Start with one site, add more as you grow
- Dashboards for every role at every site
- Priority support
- Onboarding assistance
- Staff training management
- Weekly automated backups
- 11–50 venues
- Everything in Growth
- Dedicated account manager
- Custom onboarding & training
- EU data sovereignty option
- SLA guarantee
- Custom integrations
- Unlimited venues
- Everything in Scale
- Rollout plan tailored to your estate
- Custom integrations, scoped per project
- A named point of contact
Questions
What operators ask first.
Will staff need training?
Very little. Most routine actions take 2 to 3 taps, and each role sees only its own tasks. A new starter can be shown the app during a shift.
Can we keep our existing HACCP procedures?
Yes. CartaGrid puts your procedures into daily tasks and records. Its AI drafts a HACCP plan from your menu for you to review and adjust.
Will an EHO accept digital records?
Inspectors look for a HACCP-based system and records that are complete, dated and easy to produce. CartaGrid is built to make retrieval immediate and the audit trail verifiable. Your local authority has the final say, so ask them if you want it in writing.
What happens when a check is missed?
It shows on the manager dashboard and triggers a missed-checklist alert, so someone follows it up while it can still be fixed.
Can we start with one site?
Yes. A sensible first step is allergens, temperatures, opening and closing checklists and cleaning. Add other modules and locations as your operation grows.
Does the AI decide what is safe?
No. AI only drafts: dishes and ingredients from your menu, and your HACCP plan. A chef confirms every allergen before a dish can be approved, a person reviews the plan, and unconfirmed data is shown as NOT VERIFIED.
Is CartaGrid live yet?
We are onboarding founding venues. Record signing, alerts and every automated check are switched on the day the first venue goes live, and tested on that venue's real records.
See what your team does, and what you can prove.
CartaGrid takes staff 2–3 taps to use, then gives managers a complete, time-stamped record of what happened.
Currently onboarding founding venues in the UK. Help shape the worker-first compliance system built for real hospitality shifts.
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See the 2–3-tap workflow from a staff member's phone, then see exactly what the manager receives.
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