Real KIM Scan — One Photo of a Dry Storage Room
What KIM picked up in a real commercial kitchen.
One photo. No scheduled visit. No consultant in your space. Just a picture of a dry storage room and this is what came back.
Real Scan
Dry storage room · 3 shelving units · Multiple findings identified
What KIM picked up
No PAR labels visible on any shelf. No order guides. Knorr tubs, C&H sugar boxes, gallon jugs of sauces — all stocked without a visible system for tracking levels or reorder points.
This may indicate
Ordering by feel instead of data. Kitchens without a PAR system typically run 15–25% higher food cost — not from bad product, but from buying what you already have and missing what you don't.
Consider exploring
Shelf-edge labels. One reference point per item — what you keep, what your par is, when to reorder. The sheet on the door costs nothing and cuts that gap fast.
What KIM picked up
Left shelving unit is well-stocked and organized by product type. Right unit is cluttered — open bags, a Tostitos bag hanging off the edge, mixed storage with no clear logic. Center unit has stacks of disposable cups next to entertainment crackers.
This may indicate
No system driving where things live. When storage is organized by habit instead of logic, items get buried. What gets buried gets wasted — or worse, it stays and expires in place.
Consider exploring
Reorganize by movement rate — not category. Fastest movers at reach height. Backup and bulk on top and bottom. Fifteen minutes to reset and your team moves through that room without thinking about it.
What KIM picked up
Original delivery cardboard on the shelves — brown shipping boxes used as permanent storage across the right shelving unit. No FIFO date labels visible on any product.
This may indicate
Rotation becomes guesswork. FIFO breaks down. Pests have harborage in the cardboard. And if your health department walks in, that's a flag — even if nothing is actually expired.
Consider exploring
Pull it out of the boxes. Food-safe containers, labeled, dated at delivery. A one-time reset that removes three separate vulnerabilities at once.
These findings came from one photo. No visit. No setup. No guesswork.
This is a preview. The full report includes KIM scoring, zone-by-zone corrections, compliance flags, and an implementation roadmap.
All from photos of your kitchen.