Posted grade

Definition

The score from the health inspection, displayed where a customer sees it on the way in.

Why It Matters

It is the only one of these checks whose result is shown to the customer, which makes it a marketing number as well as a compliance one. North Carolina sets both the thresholds and the cliff: ninety and above is an A, eighty to ninety a B, seventy to eighty a C, and a score under seventy revokes the permit immediately. The rule even fixes the card's lettering at an inch and a half so the grade cannot be made discreet. Ask for two years of scores and read the violations behind them, because a B earned on structure costs money and a B earned on food handling costs a manager.