Checkers & Rally's

Checkers & Rally's's Florida stores average -0.38 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.48 to -0.28), below the county baseline. Rank 6 of 12 burger brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.38vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.48 to -0.28

0.81 vs 1.19raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

150stores in 31 counties, 738 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Checkers & Rally's is known for hamburger, french fries and milkshake. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

By fiscal year

Relative to the county baseline, first visits of routine inspections. Open circle and * = fiscal year in progress (data as of 2026-11-09). Hover a point for n.

Most-cited violation codes

Citations per 100 routine inspections, Checkers & Rally's vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 738). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Checkers & Rally's	Florida	Ratio
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	54.9	39.9	1.38x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	49.1	46.9	1.05x
03	Food Out of Temperature	40.0	35.0	1.14x
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	31.0	43.6	0.71x
23	Non-food contact surfaces clean	29.3	23.6	1.24x

Outcomes

13.6% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

1.22% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

88%of 146 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

5 closures of Checkers & Rally's stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 5 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
Closed	City	County	Reason (DBPR)
2026-09-24	Clearwater	Pinellas	Unsanitary conditions
2026-09-02	Oldsmar	Pinellas	Rodent activity
2026-04-29	Deland	Volusia	Sewage back up
2026-02-27	Apopka	Orange	Fly activity
2026-01-21	Ocoee	Orange	Roach activity

Other burger brands

Ranked burger brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	Five Guys	-0.69	-0.77 to -0.60	126
2	McDonald's	-0.50	-0.54 to -0.46	865
3	Burger King	-0.49	-0.54 to -0.44	511
4	Wendy's	-0.42	-0.47 to -0.38	539
5	Whataburger	-0.40	-0.55 to -0.26	45
6	Checkers & Rally's	-0.38	-0.48 to -0.28	150
7	Culver's	-0.33	-0.41 to -0.25	125
8	Hardee's	-0.22	-0.35 to -0.08	80
9	Steak 'n Shake	-0.21	-0.36 to -0.03	68
10	Sonic Drive-In	-0.20	-0.33 to -0.07	97
11	BurgerFi	-0.20	-0.39 to -0.02	58
12	Krystal	+0.25	-0.10 to +0.64	30

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Store-level matching: a store counts for Checkers & Rally's when its DBPR business name matches the reviewed aliases in InspectLens's brand list. Co-branded units (for example KFC with Taco Bell) are not counted for either brand.