Still filling in paper fridge logs at 5am?
Replace guesswork with continuous records — most hospitality sites live within about an hour. Alerts when drift lasts, monthly HACCP PDFs, and a login-free action page for floor staff.
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Cafes & bakeries
Cafes and bakeries are the most under-monitored cold-chain operators in Australia, and the most exposed to a single fridge failure: when the display fridge fails on a Sunday morning, the loss is high-margin stock and reputation, not just dollars on a balance sheet.
ChillSense fits a typical cafe in an afternoon. One serious cold-chain incident can cost more than years of monitoring — ChillSense supports earlier awareness via AI-assisted drift detection, not guaranteed prevention.
A typical cafe deployment
Three sensors across the three highest-risk assets:
- Front-of-house display fridge
- Under-counter prep fridge on the line
- Upright or chest freezer
That maps to one hub, three sensors, and three Sensor Monitoring subscriptions — one per sensor ($8/mo or $60/yr each; yearly saves $36/sensor). One hub is enough for almost every cafe footprint. Customise that sizing →
Bakeries — humidity matters
Bakeries get two-for-one monitoring on the proofing fridge, chocolate temper cabinet, or cake display: every sensor measures temperature and humidity, so a separate humidity logger can be decommissioned.
Restaurants & pubs
A working restaurant kitchen has a different cold-chain profile from a cafe: at least one walk-in cool room, multiple prep fridges on the line, dedicated freezer space, plus dessert or bar fridges that always get forgotten. The risk per failed asset is bigger — a walk-in failure overnight can write off a five-figure stock holding.
A typical deployment
Six sensors per site, with deliberate redundancy in the walk-in:
- 1-2: Walk-in cool room (door-side + deep)
- 3-4: Under-counter prep fridges on the line
- 5: Bar or dessert fridge
- 6: Upright or chest freezer
That is typically one hub, six sensors, and six Sensor Monitoring subscriptions — one per sensor ($8/mo or $60/yr each; yearly saves $36/sensor). Customise that sizing →
What changes overnight
A walk-in failure during a Friday night can be caught by the rules engine within minutes when alerts are configured and someone is available to respond — and AI-assisted drift detection can surface gradual warming against that asset's baseline earlier in many gradual-drift cases. The alternative is finding out at 5am Saturday when the chef arrives for prep. Alerts are an aid; they are not guaranteed to be delivered or acted on.
Multi-site hospitality groups
Multi-site groups have a problem cafes and single-venue restaurants don't: head office needs consistent answers across every venue, while each venue manager needs to act on their own asset-level reality. The traditional answer is a spreadsheet that gets emailed around weekly; ChillSense is the answer that updates itself.
Per-venue (chefs / venue managers): site-level dashboard, alerts routed to venue contacts, monthly HACCP PDF per venue, role-based access.
Head office (ops director / food-safety lead): multi-site overview, filter by region / brand / format, consolidated incident view, group-aggregated HACCP reports, 30-day per-venue incident trend, AI peer benchmarking flagging outlier venues.
Recommended deployment per venue
About two hubs and twelve sensors per location, plus twelve Sensor Monitoring subscriptions (one per sensor). Smaller venues can run six sensors without changing how head office sees them. Subscribe monthly at $8/sensor or yearly at $60/sensor and save $36 per sensor each year. Customise that sizing →
Roles in a hospitality deployment
Three roles, each with a sharp boundary.
Owner
Operator, venue manager, group ops
Configure thresholds, manage users, review monthly HACCP reports, multi-site rollups.
Manager
Head chef, sous chef
Set alert contacts per asset, investigate incidents, action AI drift nudges.
Staff
Line cooks, bar staff, baristas
Receive SMS alerts — no login needed. Tap, acknowledge, pick a corrective action, done.
Sizing options at a glance
Pick a size below, then customise your solution Hardware is [hub](/shop/cs-hub-chillsense-hub-7) + [sensor](/shop/cs-sensor-chillsense-sensor-8) (or the [Starter Pack](/shop/cs-start-chillsense-starter-pack-10) for a single asset). Every sensor needs its own [Sensor Monitoring](/shop/cs-sub-sensor-chillsense-sensor-monitoring-1-sensor-25) subscription — $8/mo or $60/yr (yearly saves $36 per sensor versus paying monthly).
One critical asset
Typical 3-asset cafe / bakery
1 × hub + 3 × sensor + 3 × Sensor Monitoring
Working restaurant (6 assets)
1 × hub + 6 × sensor + 6 × Sensor Monitoring $8/mo or $60/yr each — save $36/yr yearly
Large kitchen (7-12)
Add sensors (and a second hub if needed) + one Sensor Monitoring per sensor $8/mo or $60/yr each — save $36/yr yearly
Multi-site group
~2 × hub + ~12 × sensor per venue + matching Sensor Monitoring lines
Custom (12+ per site)
Book a demo for consolidated invoicing and a tiered group plan.
Next steps
We'll size your site (or every site in your group) over the phone and pre-configure the hardware before it ships.