Independent and growing businesses
Small and medium operators that need a practical way to organise food safety responsibilities.
Early access
Target launch: early 2027
Be ready for your next food hygiene inspection. Know what is required and keep everything in one place.
Grape PREPARE™ is being developed to help small and medium food businesses understand compliance, organise evidence, respond to inspection actions and protect the rating and reputation they have worked hard to build.
PREPARE™ is not available yet. Our current target is early 2027,
subject to development and testing with participating food businesses.
Made for busy food businesses
Practical support for the people responsible for food safety
PREPARE™ is intended for owners, operators, managers and compliance leads who need a clearer way to stay inspection-ready across hospitality, care and retail.
Hospitality and catering
Restaurants, cafes, takeaways, pubs, hotels, caterers, mobile traders and event operators.
Care and education
Care homes, nurseries, schools and canteens serving people who may be particularly vulnerable.
Food retail
Convenience stores, delicatessens, bakeries and other retailers handling or preparing food.
Inspection confidence
Your food hygiene rating can influence customer confidence
A food hygiene rating gives customers a visible indication of hygiene standards. PREPARE™ is being designed to help you understand what needs attention, keep proof of the work completed and respond to actions before they become bigger problems.
Prepare for inspections with greater confidence
Understand required actions and what to do next
Demonstrate improvements with organised evidence
Reduce compliance, operational and reputational risk
Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme Consumer Attitudes Tracker, Wave 8 .
Make inspection readiness part of everyday work
Replace last-minute searching with a clearer, ongoing view of reports, actions, documents and supporting evidence.
From scattered to connected
Stop piecing compliance together from folders, emails and messages
PREPARE™ will bring the information associated with an inspection into one secure, modern platform that is easier to understand and act upon.
Current ways of working
Information spread across different places
- Paper reports filed away or passed between sites
- Actions copied into notes, emails or spreadsheets
- Evidence photographs stored without clear context
- Policies and records held in separate folders
- Uncertainty about what has been completed
Grape PREPARE™
One connected compliance workspace
- View inspection reports and actions as soon as they are shared
- Upload evidence against the action it supports
- Track what is open, submitted, reviewed or complete
- Keep important documents in a secure library
- Access everything through one modern platform
Planned functionality is being tested and may evolve before PREPARE™ becomes generally available.
A simpler compliance workspace
See what matters, take action and build a clear record
PREPARE™ is being developed around the tasks food businesses need to complete after an inspection and throughout the year.
Instant inspection visibility
View inspection reports and required actions as soon as they are made available to your business.
Evidence uploading
Upload photographs and supporting information against the action they are intended to resolve.
Clear action tracking
See what needs attention and maintain visibility as evidence is submitted, reviewed and completed.
Document library
Keep important food safety documents organised and accessible instead of spread across folders and inboxes.
Secure access
Use a protected online workspace designed to keep business inspection and compliance information together.
Modern and accessible
Work through a responsive interface across modern phones, tablets and computers.
Getting started
Questions about Grape PREPARE™
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Help shape PREPARE™
Join early and influence how it works for real businesses
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Tell us about your business
Share your business type, responsibilities and current inspection-readiness challenges.
Early testing
Try real workflows
Selected businesses will help us test reports, evidence, actions and document management.
Target: early 2027
Initial availability
Our current target, subject to successful development, validation and user testing.
Food business early access
Be among the first to test PREPARE™
We want to hear from independent and growing food businesses that are ready to test practical scenarios and give straightforward feedback.
Early product access
Direct input into development
No obligation to purchase
Registering your interest does not guarantee selection for early testing or commit you to purchasing PREPARE™.
Register your interest
Help us build PREPARE™ around your needs
Tell us a little about your business.