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Grocery & Supermarket Risk Assessment Template
Create a professional, comprehensive risk assessment for grocery & supermarket in food & beverage settings. Tailor hazards and measures to your needs and download a professional PDF. Add your own branding.
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What this covers.
This template focuses on typical risks and controls for grocery & supermarket in food & beverage settings. You can add, remove or adapt items to match your context.
Potential benefits
Enables community programs like food-bank donations and surplus redistribution.
Ensures consistent access to essential food, toiletries, and household goods.
Improves resilience with diversified suppliers and cold-chain capacity.
Creates roles across stocking, customer service, and logistics.
Supports price competition that helps households manage budgets.
Typical hazards & measures
Electrical safety with equipment and lighting
— PAT test equipment annually, inspect cords weekly, and use RCD protection. Replace damaged appliances immediately and raise sockets above wet areas. Train staff in safe isolation and shutdown.
Use of forklifts and pallet movers
— Train staff to certification, enforce speed limits, and keep marked pedestrian zones. Fit reversing alarms and lights, inspect forklifts daily, and record servicing. Keep customers away from active stock areas.
Cash handling and financial security
— Encourage contactless payment, keep tills with limited floats, and store cash in safes. Train staff in robbery response, counterfeit checks, and discreet handling. Stagger bank drops.
Use of cleaning chemicals
— Store chemicals in locked cabinets, label clearly, and provide SDS sheets. Train staff in correct dilution and PPE use, and keep spill kits available. Conduct regular COSHH audits.
Lone working during early/late shifts
— Provide lone worker alarms, CCTV coverage, and check-in procedures. Keep entrances well lit, secure access points, and restrict high-risk tasks to team hours. Train staff in lock-up protocols.
How to use this template
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Review suggested hazards and measures, then tailor as needed.
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