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Records: Checks, Reports and Evidence
The three kinds of record Paddl keeps, where each one lives, and what a dot or a missing row is telling you.
OperationsRecording Deliveries & Traceability
Check deliveries in against the supplier's paperwork, take chilled and frozen temperatures, and keep the batch detail you need for a recall.
Getting StartedPaddy's analysis
How Paddy reads your documents and records in each area, what a finding is, what you can do with one, and when the analysis runs.
OperationsThe demand band on the rota
The strip under each rota day shows how busy the site usually is, hour by hour, from up to thirteen weeks of takings.
OperationsWhat the till sync brings in
What Paddl reads from Square, how often, how long a day keeps settling, and which features each figure feeds.
OperationsHow accurate is the forecast, and when it says no
How the accuracy figure is measured, what moves it, and every reason a site can have no forecast.
OperationsLetting Paddy suggest a week
Ask Paddy to draft a week of open shifts against the demand band and your labour target. It never publishes.
OperationsKnowledge Hub and Ask Paddy
Build a searchable knowledge base, and use Ask Paddy to answer questions from it and to set work up for you.
OperationsMapping Square locations to your sites
Pair each Square location with the Paddl site it feeds, and what happens to the locations you leave unmapped.
Compliance & Food SafetyPreparing for an EHO / Inspection Visit
Readiness in the weeks before, the EHO visit page on the day, and the Audit Pack when they want a file.
Alerts & NotificationsUnfilled shift alerts
When Paddl tells you a published shift has nobody on it, how the till changes the order, and how the alert clears.
Team ChatGroups, channels and direct messages
Make a group for a project or a team, mute what you do not need, and understand why some channels cannot be left.
OperationsManaging Contractors
Set credential requirements, invite contractors, review their documents, and control access with events.
OperationsWhat Ask Paddy can do for you
Ask Paddy can set up routines, book visits, draft paperwork, chase your team and build an audit pack. Here is what to ask for.
Compliance & Food SafetyAllergen Matrix
Build an accurate allergen matrix with AI, track may-contain and removable allergens, import in bulk, and keep it current.
OperationsCreate your first automation
Use a starter template to set up a working rule in a couple of minutes.
Compliance & Food SafetyLogging Temperature Checks
Log fridge, freezer, cooking, and hot-holding temperatures, with the safe ranges and what to do when a reading is out.
Compliance & Food SafetyPAT Testing
PAT certificates live under Documents in the PAT Testing category, linked to the equipment they cover, with retest reminders.
OperationsDocuments and Staff Sign-Off
Upload certificates, policies and reports by category, track expiry and review dates, require staff signatures, and let AI extract key data from what you upload.
Compliance & Food SafetyGenerating an Audit Pack
Pull all your compliance documents into one downloadable ZIP, ready to hand to an EHO or inspector.
OperationsConnecting Epos Now
Add an API device in Epos Now Back Office and paste its key and secret into Paddl.
Compliance & Food SafetyRisk Assessments
Generate or write risk assessments, require staff sign-off, and keep them reviewed on schedule.
Team ChatOpen shifts and swaps in chat
Publish a week and the unfilled shifts land in the site channel as cards staff can claim, and a shift somebody cannot work can be given away from the thread.
TroubleshootingI hit a limit or got a payment prompt
Being stopped from adding a location, a user, or a file usually means you have reached what your current plan includes.
Compliance & Food SafetyCreating, Editing & Exporting HACCP Plans
Generate a HACCP plan with AI from your menu, allergens and COSHH, review and update it with AI, manage CCPs, run reviews and sign-off, and export to PDF.
ProtectionMarking something as not applicable
Take an item off what Paddl expects of your business, for one site or all of them, with a reason that stays on record.
Compliance & Food SafetyCOSHH Management
Keep a digital COSHH register with safety data sheets, hazard info, PPE, and first aid for every chemical.
Getting StartedSetting Up Your Business Profile & Locations
Configure business details, add each venue, and set opening hours, timezones, and monitoring thresholds.
Alerts & NotificationsUnderstanding Alerts
What Paddl alerts mean, how they are raised, and how to clear them before an inspection.
Getting StartedYour Profile & Security
Change your name, email, and password, set a profile photo, and turn on two-factor authentication.
OperationsAssigning Maintenance Work
Give a job to a person, a team or a contractor, and make sure the person it lands on is told.
TroubleshootingA routine is not showing up in the app
Work through the most likely reasons a routine is missing from a staff member's app, starting with the one that catches people out most.
TroubleshootingA document is not showing for staff to sign
When a policy or document does not reach the people who need to sign it, check whether it is archived, who it is assigned to, and where they are.
OperationsHandovers
Where handover and end-of-day reports live in the admin panel, how to acknowledge one, and what the Handovers module switches on.
OperationsClosing a Site for a Period
Tell Paddl a location is shut between two dates so no tasks are created for those days, and clear any that already were.
TroubleshootingMy automation did not fire
Work through the usual reasons a rule did not run or create its task.
Compliance & Food SafetyYour Food Hygiene Rating
Link each site to its official FSA listing, read the rating and the three scores behind it, and hear about every change.
ProtectionInsurance, licences and lease
See what your business is expected to hold, what you hold and when it renews, and mark what does not apply.
OperationsEntering takings by hand or from a spreadsheet
Enter a day's takings, import a CSV of them, and what happens when an entry and the till disagree.
OperationsStaff Training & Compliance
Assign training modules, run assessments and certificates, manage renewals, and read the compliance matrix.
OperationsPublishing a rota, and what the notice counter means
What staff see when you publish, and why Paddl records how much notice each change gave.
OperationsPlanned Maintenance (PPM)
The checks and services that should happen on a cycle, from a catalogue of what a UK hospitality site is expected to do.
OperationsEquipment Management
Track equipment, schedule servicing and PAT testing, attach manuals, and link items to your HACCP controls.
OperationsEligibility warnings on the rota
What each warning means, and why Paddl warns you rather than stopping you.
OperationsApproving hours and timesheets
Payroll lists every shift in the dates you pick: what the flags mean, how to correct a time, and what approving covers.
Getting StartedGetting Started with Paddl
Set up your account, configure your business, invite your team, and get your first checks running.
Compliance & Food SafetyHow Do I Review or Update My HACCP Plan?
Use Review with Paddy to check an existing HACCP plan against your current menu, allergens and chemicals, accept the changes you want, and record a review.
Compliance & Food SafetyRecording Pest Control
Routine pest checks, sightings and contractor visits on the Pest control chip of the Records page, with visit reports under Documents.
Compliance & Food SafetyFood Safety Records
One Records page for food safety: chips for each kind of check or report, Checks and Reports tabs, filters, resolving and export.
Getting StartedSmart Document Uploads & AI Setup
Upload your existing paperwork and let Paddl read it to build your allergens, HACCP, knowledge base, and more.