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What the label system does

Prints a food-safety label whose use-by date is calculated, not typed.

2 min read · Last reviewed 22 Aug 2026

Every prepped item in a professional kitchen needs a label saying what it is, when it was made and when it must be thrown away. Handwriting them is slow, illegible by day three, and the date is whatever the person with the marker believed at the time.

Servora prints them, and — this is the part that matters — calculates the use-by date from a rule you set once, rather than asking the person at the bench.

The label print screen: a queue of items with their shelf lives on the left, a preview of the printed label showing item name, prepared date, use-by date and staff name on the right, and below an Expiring list with remaining-life meters
The print queue, the label it produces, and the Expiring screen that watches them.

What is on a label

  • The item name, large enough to read across a chiller.
  • Prepared — the date and time it was printed.
  • Use by — calculated from the shelf-life rule for that item in that storage state.
  • Who prepared it, and which outlet or station.
  • Optionally a QR code, allergen text, or your own fields — templates are configurable.

The four screens

ScreenFor
Print LabelsPrinting, one item at a time.
Print SetsPrinting a whole station's labels in one go.
ExpiringWhat is running out of life, right now.
Print LogEverything printed, with who and when — your audit trail.

Built for wet hands

The staff-facing label app is a separate, simplified screen designed for a tablet at the bench: big targets, no small text, sign in with a PIN rather than a password. It is used with gloves on, and that constraint shaped the whole design.

Still stuck?

Every screen in Servora has the same shape — a filter strip, a table, and the actions on the right. If a guide is missing or out of date, tell your account manager and it gets fixed in the manual, not just in an email.