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What is Jolt?
Jolt is designed to solve the challenges that restaurant owners face, aiming to improve daily operations and food safety compliance. Powered by a digital checklist platform that features integrated kitchen hardware, corrective actions, and custom notifications, Jolt delivers individual employee accountability, visibility into store performance, and accurate food safety records. Over 15,000 customers in 50+ countries have leveraged Jolt to complete more than 1 Billion tasks.
Jolt Features
- Supported: Lists
- Supported: Labels
- Supported: Sensors
- Supported: Information Library
- Supported: Employee Scheduling
- Supported: Time Clock
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Jolt Integrations
- Chick-fil-A Vendor Bridge
- @mcd (McDonald's Intranet)
Jolt Competitors
- HotSchedules
- Deputy
- Zenput
- WhenIWork
- Squadle
Jolt Customer Size Distribution
Consumers | 0% |
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Small Businesses (1-50 employees) | 40% |
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees) | 40% |
Enterprises (more than 500 employees) | 20% |
Jolt Technical Details
Deployment Types | SaaS |
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Operating Systems | Unspecified |
Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android |
Supported Languages | English, Spanish, Chinese |
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Jolt is a GREAT time saver
- Temp Charts
- Checklists
- Cleaning lists
- Lables
- Scheduling
- mass messages
- cost
- get on the same page as Zebra - when updates happen we lose our print abilities
Training Manager Use of Jolt
- Logs temperatures
- Syncs quickly
- User friendly
- Customer service
- Website management
- Connectivity
Excellent Product
- Lists
- Ability to search
- Ability to customize
- Nothing
If you can list a problem… Jolt will solve it!!
- Delegating tasks
- Eliminates paper redundancies
- User friendly
- Employee accountability
- Notifications to management (logbook)
- Changing multiple items in list creation at once without saving errors
- List preview button
Effective solutions for food service labeling & temperature monitoring
- Easy-to-use stickers/labeling
- Reliable and cost-effective temperature monitoring
- Strong relationship management
- Having all elements of their software "talk" to each other (alerts in Logbook, for example)
- Support hold/response times can sometimes be long
Jolt Review: Useful, helpful, but . . .
The app is used on our Kindles as well. We have at least one Kindle at each of our locations, and the benefits we have seen include team members staying on task with less supervision. We do hope for more optimization with the Kindle tablets as they are cheaper than iPads and handle wear and tear better.
- The print station, though pricey, is very effective and does not require resyncing or rebooting of [the] printer.
- Feedback on reports.
- Customer service Mon-Fri.
- Scheduling. There are several ideas written on the suggestion board with many comments and feedback, but no work appears to be in progress. Namely, blacking out days that cannot be requested off and having closing schedules say "closing" instead of a specific time like 10 pm or 11 pm.
- iPads work really well, but Jolt is already pricey. [It] would be awesome if Kindles worked close to iPads. [I] do not expect the same performance but would appreciate consistency. [The] print station really helps but [is] more money.
- Jolt understands the need for having roles. But does not give you the ability to give those roles specific, meaningful access. For example, if shift leads and above were the only people who were allowed to swipe the list. Or, if certain employees were on probation before taking a picture, it required "permission." A pin from upper management. It would help hold the team members accountable, including the management who signed off on the list.
Love using Jolt at my restaurant
- Printing labels or day dots
- Offering a variety of ways to customize your lists
- Reports and graphs of all of your lists, temperatures, and anything else you track with Jolt
- The log in and out button for each employee was confusing to find at first.
- It makes getting food safety done so much faster than using the pen to paper method.
- The app froze during a temp check and would not allow me to enter temps for the specific item.
The best digital food safety software provider!
- Business/exec support
- Transition/onboarding
- Customer support and response time
- Offering more training tailored to our time zone
Toss the paper and jump on the digital wave!
- Organize
- Accountability
- Reporting
- Systematic
- App access to previous reports
What compares to what Jolt delivers?
- Check lists.
- Temperature sensors.
- Training videos.
- Access to company recipes and procedures.
- Temperature log recording.
- Check lists empowers employees to manage own time because job descriptions and requirements are laid out.
- Temperature sensors leaves me free to focus on other priorities, alerting me when there is a problem.
- Company library all employees can access what and how of our company.
- Checklists sometimes lag after checking off. Could be sped up.
Success from the start
- Providing a dating system at the touch of button that is standardized
- Allows us to monitor tends with our refrigeration units so we can identify issues early
- Provide a scheduling systems that has multiple functions
- The communication system build into jolt could stand to have more robust and user friendly
- Allow for broader manipulation of the scheduling system to include cross department interaction
- Allow the use of imbedded hyperlinks when using task lists.
I wish I knew last year, what I know about Jolt now. This system has been a game change for our team.
- Timely reminders of when checklists need to be executed; The team is alerted audibly and visually when checklists are coming due or when they are past due.
- Customized text message confirmations when audits are completed/incomplete; This feedback closes the loop with the Management Team confirming the status of the required daily checklists/audits.
- Documented proof of completion through photos; Checklist questions/items can be setup to require photos to be taken as visual evidence that a task was completed. This adds a check-and-balance feature that deters pencil whipping tasks and eases the burden on the Management Team when it comes to auditing compliance and driving accountability.
- Remote printing from any device setup with Jolt; We have iPads throughout the restaurant communicating real-time information with various functions within the store. It is very convenient when a Team Member in one department can print on the device in front of them, while calling out to another Team Member to retrieve labels from the printer when on their way to assist with a job function.
- We would love to see a "favorites" icon that can be enabled for any label. We have dozens of labels specific to products/processes that are grouped within a multitude of categories. If one is not familiar with which category a label is stored, it requires the use of the search function in Jolt (which is definitely a nice feature and great time saver). However, we were able to create a category called "favorites" and duplicated our frequently used labels into this location for ease of access.
Jolt easy for use both managers and staff alike
- Task list are easily used
- Scheduling is easy, changing templates is a plus as business needs change
- Easy to publish or unpublish if shifts need adjusting
- Would like to see more than 1 week to do the schedule
Great solution that enables documented success
- LABELS: food safety always because shelf life is always to spec.
- CHECKLISTS: daily and recurring tasks always in front of leadership and the team - accountability to perform is extremely important.
- COMMUNICATION: message blasts ensure all get messages and they know it's from work. Information store provides for centralized, always available "tribal knowledge" which means knowledge is in the hands of all not a few.
- SENSORS: have saved much money and eliminated the headaches of failed refrigeration equipment. Great for health dept audits and more importantly Food Safety.
- TEMPERATURE PROBE: save time and money with electronic measuring, capturing, and workflow as it regards the multiple time daily task of taking food temps.
- Message Blasts would be better if attachments could be included.
- Information being searchable would make for a powerful knowledge-base.
- Removing the 300 character messsge length from Message Blast would be helpful.
- Having A=announcements available without the requirement of having to use the timekeeping system.
- Enhancing platform stability pertaining to Zebra printers would be appreciated.
- Sensor/hub communication stability can be improved.
- Sensor/hub communication distance can be improved.
Jolt works for us
- Custom lists for food safety that are easily adjusted.
- Creates a one-stop-shop for food safety and shift management.
- Easy to train employees. Jolt is easy to teach managers to use.
- The Jolt support team is a huge help.
- Manage sub-lists easier. We have so many sub-lists it is easy for managers to miss items.
- Create standard food safety reports - 60 days. We can always create additional reports if needed.
A great product that is getting better
Having migrated from a paper-based system many years ago it is difficult to see how we would manage with Jolt today. It is a critical part of our business.
- It makes the 270+ checks we do a day appear easy. It never feels like that many!
- It provides an instant real-time view of your business.
- It provides accountability from employees but also recognition.
- Highly configurable but also easy and intuitive.
- Staff Scheduling - still someway behind the class leaders.
- I genuinely can't think of anything else.
Bowl-O-Rama strikes it rich with Jolt!
Time recording with clock-in photo to verify employee's location. Jolt also interfaces with QuickBooks for payroll. The most valuable tool are shift lists. This ensures tasks are completed on each shift in a timely manner. Lists identify who actually completes each item on each list. Lists also allow employees to note deficiencies with previous shifts, needed material which generate emails to management. We use incident reporting, alcohol incident reporting, employee tardy - no show reporting. This stores records for HR purposes as well as regulatory inspections. (Health Department, Liquor Commission, etc.) We use the employee scheduling feature with ease. Employees are able to request time off or swap shifts on their own. Another valuable feature are the temperature sensors in all of our equipment. This sends text messages and emails when temps are out of range. Employee contact information is also available to selected users which allows ease of contact.
I'm sure I am missing other features that we use but am extremely satisfied with this most valuable service.
- We have created very detailed lists to ensure nothing gets forgotten or overlooked. This also helps with holding employees accountable for required duties.
- Temperature sensors have saved us from losing product when our cooler failed.
- Reports for employee issues, injury/incident reports and alcohol logs allow for reporting to authorities with detailed reports.
- QuickBooks interface saves considerable time each week.
- Time Clock feature requires employee to take photo of location when clocking in/out.
- I'm at a loss here. Technical support has always been there to assist. Usually user error.
Jolt is Cool
- Scheduling
- Checklists
- Proper Documentation
- Roles
- Can use for a large amount of employees.
- Can be laggy
- Looks like it was designed for older technology, but those are only looks.
Jolt your business into shape and see your employees exceed your expectations and improve overall operational efficiency.
- Employee notification of weekly work schedule.
- Team accountability.
- Operations tasks assignment and management notification.
- User friendly and intuitive for all level of employees.
- Easy setup and management.
- User friendly management reporting.
- Excellent technical support.
- Improved browser speed.
- Retime management reports.
Scheduling Made Easy
- Work schedules
- Time off requests
- Availability
- App lags in speed often.
- “Schedule” on the sidebar (on a laptop) would be nice to be able to see a couple of weeks at a time.
- The 2 scrolling bars on the right side of the screen are annoying!
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- Audit lists
- Videos
- Cleaning lists
- Scheduling
- Tracking training needs
- Tracking employee certifications
- Integrated employee thermometer for health check
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- Easy to use and set up
- Mobile
- Customizable to any business
- Faster Updates
- Ability to connect to payroll service
- Connectivity between time clock and checklists
Give your everyday a Jolt
- Tech Support on the ball with any problems brought to them.
- Compatibility with label printer makes for fast and convenient in restaurants.
- Ability to assign roles and lists to specific people.
- Notifications via email or text based on lists being completed, late, etc.
- When creating a new Content Group, all lists have to be remade manually.
- Label maker printer only works through 2.4 G wifi through the app despite being 5G capable.
- Syncing from iPad to iPad doesn't always work quickly if in iPad hadn't been used recently. There's no sync in the background.
JOLT! FIVE STARS!
- Great scheduling software
- Real time monitoring of refrigeration
- Create task lists
- Employee real time shift notification could use some kind of verification that it was sent
- Scheduling software integration with POS vendors