Food safety compliance that works for your business. Not Costa's.

Think about Dave. He runs a fish and chip shop. Maybe a café. Maybe a small bakery he's been growing for three years. Dave needs to keep temperature logs, complete his opening and closing checks, maintain his cleaning records, track allergens, log staff training. The EHO who walks into Dave's shop expects exactly the same paperwork as the one who walks into a Costa.

The difference is Costa has a compliance team, a dedicated operations manager, and software budgeted at enterprise scale. Dave has himself, two members of staff, and a folder that keeps getting left in the wrong place.

Every solution we looked at when building Culinary Key was priced and built for Costa. Per-user fees. Setup costs. Features Dave would never use, built for organisations Dave's business will never be. We built Culinary Key because Dave deserves a proper system too — and it shouldn't cost like he's running a national chain.

A compliance system that requires training to use isn't a solution for a small food business — it's another problem. Culinary Key is built around guided daily checks: your team opens the app, works through what needs doing, and marks it done. Every entry is timestamped automatically. Missed checks are flagged. Nothing requires chasing, filing, or remembering to do it properly.

When an inspector arrives, everything is already there. Filterable by date, by check type, by staff member. Not assembled in a panic — just there, because it's been building every day.

One location. £40 a month, or £400 a year. That's it. No per-user fees — add your whole team at no extra cost. No feature tiers — every tool is included from day one. No setup fees, no contracts, no minimum term.

If you grow to a second location, you add a second subscription. Volume discounts kick in automatically from five locations. But if you're Dave, running one great independent business, you pay for one location and get everything.