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Automated Colour Coded Day Dot Labelling Solutions
Color-Coded Safety, Simplified.
PREP date
The date this item was prepared, helping track freshness and manage inventory turnover
USE BY
The final date by which this item should be used. Helps maintain quality and safety standards.
Staff Signature
Signature of the staff member responsible for preparing or labelling the item, ensuring accountability.
Vibrant Colour Coding
Easily identifiable colours for each day of the week.
DEFROSTED date
The date this item was defrosted. Ensures safe handling and accurate shelf life tracking.
What is the Solution About?
Dill’s Automated Colour Coded Day Dot Labelling Solution enhances food safety and stock rotation in restaurants, pubs, chains, takeaways, coffee shops, and other food service venues. This innovative system utilises a colour-coding method to make expiry management even simpler. By employing a distinct colour for each day of the week, staff can easily identify the status of food items at a glance.
Imagine you have an Avocado Smash product: with our system, you can set the label to show a vibrant colour for the expiry day – let’s say red for day 6 – while the labels for the previous days will remain colour-coded, indicating that the product is still fresh. This visual cue significantly aids staff in managing stock efficiently and ensures food safety compliance.
Implications and Problems in the Real World
Many venues struggle with manual labelling practices, leading to:
- Confusion Around Expiry Dates: Staff may overlook expiry dates on handwritten labels, increasing the risk of serving expired products.
- Time-Consuming Processes: Traditional methods of tracking food expiry can be labour-intensive and prone to errors, leading to unnecessary waste.
- Inconsistent Labelling Practices: Without a reliable system, different staff members may label products differently, leading to confusion and potential health risks.
How Does the Dill Solution Help with This?
Dill’s Automated Colour Coded Day Dot Labelling System revolutionises how venues manage food safety and stock rotation, providing unique advantages:
- Clear Visual Indicators: Each label features one of seven vibrant colours representing a specific day of the week. On the day of expiry, for instance, the label for Avocado Smash due to expire on a Wednesday, will display red while earlier labels will be in their respective colours – helping staff quickly identify what needs to be used or discarded.
- Automated Expiry Management: The system automatically hashes out the previous days, leaving only the expiry day’s colour visible. This intuitive design allows staff who are accustomed to colour coding to spot expired items instantly, minimising the risk of using outdated ingredients.
- Efficient Labelling Workflow: Similar to our standard day dot labelling system, the colour-coded labels can be printed on-the-go from any mobile device, making it easy for staff to label products in real-time.
- Centrally Managed and Shared Labels: Just like our other solutions, the colour-coded labels can be centrally managed from the admin portal, ensuring consistency across all locations. Share the same colour-coded system among multiple sites effortlessly, maintaining a cohesive approach to food safety.
- Comprehensive Tracking and Reporting: Administrators can monitor label printing statistics, allowing for better inventory management and insights into food safety practices across all locations.
Ease of Use: Mobile Labelling and Hardware
Our mobile labelling capabilities ensure that staff can easily print colour-coded labels directly from their smartphones or tablets. Compatible with both Android and iOS devices, Dill integrates seamlessly with Brother printers, enabling quick and efficient label printing.
Seamless hardware
Dill x Brother: A Powerful Partnership
We’re proud to partner with Brother and their top-tier TD range of printers. This partnership brings together Dill’s automated labelling solutions and Brother’s reliable, high-quality hardware. Together, Dill and Brother make compliance effortless, branding sharp, and operations smooth.
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How to Manage Stock with Dill Portal
Dill’s Admin Portal makes Stock Rotation labelling simple and efficient, helping you meet Environmental Health Officer (EHO) standards with ease. With an intuitive interface, you can quickly create labels showing key details like prep dates, defrost dates, use-by dates, and allergen information. Designed to fit seamlessly into any workflow, Dill’s Portal ensures your labels are compliant, consistent, and accurate, supporting high food safety standards. Save time while keeping your stock rotation organised and up to code, so you’re always prepared for EHO inspections with confidence.
Quick Label Creation
Effortlessly generate color-coded labels for your products, such as PREP, FROZEN, DEFROSTED, and OPEN for bottles and sauces. Color coding ensures quick freshness and safety checks. Automated hashing (based on expiry dates) eliminates manual handwriting. This results in accurate, safety-focused labels that support stock rotation and food safety, ensuring full EHO compliance.
On-Demand Color Coded Safety Labels
Print professional, color-coded safety labels with prominently displayed due-by dates (in matching colors) directly from your mobile device. Dill’s cloud platform enables quick label generation and printing, streamlining workflows and enhancing food safety.
Sleek and Professional Labeling
Imagine a kitchen where efficiency meets safety. With Dill, you can easily generate professional, color-coded labels that clearly display critical information like due-by dates. These labels streamline your workflows, ensuring food safety and reducing waste.
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Discover how Dill has helped other Grab-and-Go businesses streamline their labelling processes and stay compliant.
Daily Printing Stats & Stock Rotation Compliance Insights
Dill’s Admin Portal empowers food operations with daily printing stats and real-time insights to ensure consistent, compliant labelling for stock rotation and food safety. With detailed monitoring of labelling activity, you can quickly identify any gaps or bottlenecks, reinforcing adherence to food safety standards. Stay ahead of compliance requirements and boost operational efficiency with clear, actionable data that supports seamless and accurate labelling every day.
Centralised Labelling Across Multiple Venues
With Dill’s centralised software, you can create and push labels to all your locations with ease. For instance, once a label is created for an ingredient, it can be instantly shared across all your venues, keeping labelling consistent, compliant, and efficient at each site.
Print Statistics
Track when and where food labels are printed, by location and product. This visibility is key for managing stock rotation labels, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and consistency across all sites.
Label Quantities
Monitor label stock to prevent shortages and keep operations running smoothly. Effective quantity management ensures each item is accurately labelled, supporting seamless stock rotation and food safety labelling across locations.
About Salient App
What advantages does colour coding offer for stock rotation?
Colour coding allows staff to quickly identify the status of food items at a glance, ensuring expired products are discarded promptly
How does the automated colour coding work?
The system automatically hashes out previous days’ colours, leaving only the colour for the expiry day visible, making it easy for staff to manage stock.
Can I customise the colour codes used on the labels?
Yes, you can request specific colour codes to align with your venue’s needs.
Is it easy to transition to colour-coded labelling?
Yes, Dill’s intuitive system makes it simple to adopt colour coding, with comprehensive support available during the transition.
How do the colour-coded labels contribute to food safety?
By visually highlighting expiry dates, colour-coded labels help prevent the use of expired products, ensuring compliance with food safety regulations.
Are the labels easy to remove?
Absolutely! Our peelable labels are designed for easy removal without leaving residue, keeping your kitchen clean and organised.
How does the admin portal help manage colour-coded labels?
The admin portal enables centralised management of labels across multiple locations, ensuring consistency and easy tracking of usage.
How does Dill connect to printers?
The Dill system is plug-and-play! You can connect via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, ensuring a seamless experience for all users.
Can I use PPDS and Stock Rotation from the same software, or can I add a module later?
Yes, you can utilise both PPDS and Stock Rotation functionalities from the same software. If you start with one solution, you can easily add the other module later as your needs evolve.
Can I add my logo on the labels?
Yes, your logo can be added automatically and printed in black and white by the printer.
What kind of support does Dill offer to its users?
Dill provides comprehensive customer support, including training resources, tutorials, and a dedicated support team to assist with any queries.
