What is the best compliance tool for restaurants in the UK in 2023?

We compare the top 5 compliance tools for restaurants in 2023
Gemma Holmes
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Jul 2023
4 min read

When it comes to the best compliance tool for UK restaurants in 2023 there’s a lot to consider. The ‘best’ for some might not be the best for another, all depending on what type of business you’re running. Is the price the most important deciding factor for you? Functionality? Or maybe ease-of-use?

In this article we look at the 5 most popular compliance tools for restaurants in the UK in 2023 to help you determine which tool is best for your business.

What is a compliance tool?


Compliance tools support businesses to comply with all the relevant legislation and regulations that restaurants and other hospitality businesses need to adhere to. Compliance includes health and safety, record keeping, food safety and more. A breach in keeping up with compliance can have a serious financial repercussions, risking reputational damage as well as the safety of staff and customers.

Essentially, hospitality businesses use digital tools to help them stay on top of compliance to avoid that.

What should I look for in a compliance tool?


When choosing a hospitality compliance tool you are of course going to want to find one that fits your business best, which can vary depending on what type of operations you are managing. To work out best-fit it’s worthwhile thinking about what are the main things that are important to your business from a compliance standpoint, then work back from there. These can be things like price, functionality, user-experience or even reporting.

Comparing the top five compliance tools for hospitality


As a minimum you will want your chosen tool to support you in managing compliance activities day-to-day, but there are some other useful features you might want to factor into your decision making. We’ve included the most sought after features for hospitality compliance tools to help you decide which is the best fit for your business.


Trail


Trail’s checklist functionality is designed for speed, efficiency and easy management of core tasks including those tasks related to compliance. With a full stack of helpful features, Trail helps you stay on top of compliance tasks while also incorporating automatic smart alerts if something needs addressing. Trail is competitively priced, easy-to-use and the only software in this list that allows for both sensor integrations and document storage making it a great option for your compliance tool.


Price:
  • The Solo Plan (for single sites): £14 monthly
  • The Team Plan (for growing team): £38 per month per site
  • The Standard Plan (multi-site operators): £75 per month per site

Pros
  • Easy to use
  • Competitive costing
  • Full suite of tools to support team productivity
  • Real-time reporting
  • Sensor integrations

Cons
  • No native app

Logit


Logit’s functionality centres on automating processes to track, manage and schedule compliance tasks within your business. If you want a standalone software to manage compliance, Logit is a safe choice. That said, if you want your software to manage compliance as well as other productivity processes another software in this list might be the better choice for your business.

Price:
  • Basic: £30 monthly
  • Standard: £65 monthly
  • Enterprise: Price on application
Pros
  • Document management
  • Error prevention functionality
  • Unlimited users
Cons
  • Limited functionality outside of compliance
  • No sensor integration functionality

Shield Safety


Shield Safety focuses on streamlining compliance processes within your business, with document management and reporting functionality included within standard plans. Though somewhat limited with functionality for tasks other than compliance, this cloud-based software is a popular choice for compliance and risk management within hospitality businesses.


Price:
  • Not listed on site.
Pros
  • Auditing functionality
  • Risk reporting
Cons
  • Limited customer support
  • Lack of productivity functionality

Navitas


Navitas has a focus on usability and digitising formerly paper-based tasks. With solutions for food safety, training, monitoring as well as consulting, it’s a popular choice as a compliance tool for hospitality businesses.  

Price:
  • Essentials: £29.99 monthly
  • Pro: £45.99 monthly
  • Elite: £77.99
Pros
  • Sensor integrations
  • Auditing functionality

Cons
  • No document storage or support
  • Cost


SafetyCulture (IAuditor)

Officially labelling itself as an ‘inspection management software’, SafetyCulture’s core focus centres around reporting and utilising data within your business. While the software doesn’t have the range of productivity tools the others in this list might, it’s a cost-effective option if your focus is on reporting and data collaboration among the team.


Price:
  • Premium: $19 per month
  • Enterprise: Price on application

Pros
  • Cost
  • Reporting functionality

Cons
  • No document storage or support
  • Limited functionality outside of reporting


For more information on how Trail can help with compliance for your business, book a demo with our team.






What customers are saying

"I f****** love Trail, it's taking my businesses to the next level."
Josh Paterson
Owner
"We rarely provide training to our guys, they just bought into the idea straight away. I love that I have a full visual of everyone's activity in front of me."
Katrin Toots
Compliance Manager
“It’s not a paper diary that’s covered in barbecue sauce. We have clarity over what’s done in our sites and are confident going into our audits.”
Jay Brown
Operations
“The EHO visited almost every site last year and every store was given a five star rating."
Jay Brown
Operations Chef
"We turned our Costa Checks and various compliance forms into regular tasks on Trail, which has contributed to some of the best scores we have had."
Delroy Daniels
Operations Director
"Our teams love it, it gives our managers of all levels absolute clarity on what they need to achieve every day."
James Brown
Operations Director

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