Tasks & Checklists is Bounti's new way to manage recurring routines, operational checks, HACCP and food safety compliance, and documentation across every location.
Build a checklist in minutes, assign it to your teams, and know what's done, what's missing, and where something needs attention.
Deniz Bayraktaroglu, CEO & Founder
8 min read
The problem: the checklist exists — but nobody really knows what happened
Every location has them.
The opening checklist behind the counter. The temperature log next to the fridge. The cleaning plan hanging in the kitchen. The Excel file someone updates at the end of the week.
Someone ticks a box. Someone writes down a temperature. Someone sends a photo into a WhatsApp group to show that something was done.
And most of the time, that's where it ends.
A fridge temperature is outside the allowed range — but nobody follows up. A closing routine is missed and the area manager only notices days later. A checklist is filled out, but there's no reliable way to know who actually completed it or when.
And when someone needs the documentation later, the search begins: paper folders, Excel files, WhatsApp photos.
It's not because teams don't care about getting things right. It's because the tools they're using can document that something happened — but they don't help operators manage what happens next.
What is Tasks & Checklists?
Tasks & Checklists brings recurring operational routines directly into Bounti.
Managers can build digital checklists for everything from opening and closing routines to temperature checks, cleaning plans, shift handovers, and HACCP documentation.
Create a checklist from scratch or simply upload the Excel, PDF, or even a photo of the paper checklist you're already using. Bounti AI turns it into a digital checklist for you.
Then assign it to the right locations, teams, or individuals and decide when it needs to be completed.
Employees see their tasks directly in Bounti and complete them from their phone. Every submission is timestamped and tied to the person who completed it.
No paper to collect. No Excel sheet to chase. No separate tool to roll out.
More than checking boxes
The important part isn't knowing that a checklist was completed.
It's knowing when something wasn't right.
That's why Tasks & Checklists lets you define rules for individual answers.
Let's say a fridge needs to stay below 8°C.
If an employee enters 10°C, Bounti can automatically flag the answer, notify the responsible manager, and create a follow-up task.
You can define different severity levels — Info, Warning, or Critical — depending on what the deviation means for your operation.
So instead of discovering a problem days later in a completed checklist, the right person can act while it still matters.
What you can do with Tasks & Checklists:
Build checklists with yes/no, numbers, photos, signatures, text, and multiple-choice fields
Turn existing Excel files, PDFs, and paper checklists into digital workflows with AI
Schedule recurring routines or create one-off tasks
Assign tasks by location, group, or individual
Define rules for deviations and automatically trigger follow-up actions
Complete checklists offline and sync them once a connection is available
See completion, compliance, and locations that need attention in real time
Keep a timestamped record of who completed what and when
Built for the way frontline work actually happens
A checklist tool isn't very useful if it stops working the moment someone walks into a basement, cold room, or kitchen with bad reception.
Tasks & Checklists works offline.
Employees can continue completing their tasks without a connection. Their answers are saved on the device and synced automatically when they're back online.
And because every task is connected to a Bounti user, managers don't just see that something was completed. They see who did it and when.
Even when multiple people work through the same checklist, responsibility is recorded at task level.
From “completed” to “resolved”
A missed checklist shouldn't disappear just because its deadline passed.
In Needs Attention, managers can see overdue and unresolved checklists, follow up on them, and document how the issue was handled.
That creates a clear history from the original task to the final resolution.
The same applies to deviations inside a checklist. If something falls outside the defined standard, the issue doesn't have to depend on someone noticing it later or remembering to send a message.
Bounti can turn it into the next action automatically.
Compliance documentation without the paper trail
For operators, completing a process is only one part of the job. Sometimes you also need to prove that it happened.
Tasks & Checklists creates that record as the work is being done.
Who completed the check? When was it completed? What was recorded? Was there a deviation? What happened afterwards?
The information is already there.
This is particularly useful for processes such as HACCP documentation, where consistent records, responsibilities, deviations, and corrective actions matter.
Bounti supports teams in creating and maintaining that documentation. The responsibility for HACCP compliance itself, of course, remains with the operator.
Checklists and Audits: what's the difference?
If you're already using Audits in Bounti, there's an important distinction.
Checklists help teams run operations every day.
Did we complete the opening routine? Is the fridge temperature correct? Was the cleaning plan followed? Does something need immediate attention?
Audits help managers evaluate how a location is performing.
They provide a structured assessment of standards across a location and help identify patterns and areas for improvement over time.
One is about daily execution. The other is about evaluation.
Together, they give operators a much clearer picture of what's happening across their locations.
One more thing: you probably don't need to rebuild your checklists
We know that most operators already have years of processes sitting in Excel files, PDFs, and paper folders.
So don't start again.
Upload what you already have and let Bounti AI turn it into a digital checklist.
Review it, adjust what you need, assign it to your locations — and you're ready to go.
Tasks & Checklists is available now.
Deniz Bayraktaroglu
CEO & Founder
