How Professional Cleaning Can Benefit Your Restaurant

As a restaurant owner or manager, you understand the importance of keeping everything neat, clean, and sanitized. Cleanliness in a restaurant is not only important to keep customers coming back (no one wants to eat in a dirty restaurant,) but it also is required by the health department if you want to keep the doors open to the public.

Cleaning the establishment every night takes time and a lot of elbow grease. You and your employees are already tired from working at the restaurant, so the cleaning gets done slowly. Slow work means you end up paying the hourly employees more than you should have to pay them. In addition, tired employees tend to hurry through tasks, missing important things.

A good way to make sure that the establishment is cleaned properly and to health department standards is to hire professional cleaners. You may not want the professionals to do all the cleaning though. You can have your staff clean some things and take care of the daily tasks and then have professionals do the deep cleaning. Here are some areas that would benefit from a professional touch.

Floors

Restaurant floors get a special kind of dirty. In addition, different areas have different types of flooring that require different treatments. When you hire professionals, they know how to take care of the different flooring types and have the equipment to do so. Even if you were to buy or rent all the equipment, you would still need to train your employees on its proper use to get the best results.

You can arrange to have the cleaners come in after everyone else leaves the facility for the night. Choose to have them do the entire place, or only do the kitchen area to make sure the floor is not greasy and slippery. You may also choose to have them come only when deep cleaning the carpets or when you need to strip, wax, and buff tile or concrete.

Bathroom

You need to have employees checking the bathrooms and cleaning them throughout the day. However, it would be beneficial to have professional cleaners go over things too. You may not need to have them come every day or night, but you should consider a regular schedule for cleaning the grout, floors, pipes, and plumbing.

Professional cleaners make sure to get into all the cracks and crevices, cleaning and disinfecting the whole room. Not only will proper cleaning prevent the spread of diseases, but it will also make your customers feel comfortable with the hygiene level of the place. People are not going to return to a restaurant with a dirty bathroom.

Kitchen

While your employees should do the general cleaning of the kitchen each day, there are areas where you should have professionals take care of it. Professionals can take care of the walls, grease trap, and fire suppression system. They can also clean the outside of the refrigeration units and all shelving.

Running a restaurant takes a lot of work. Keeping up with inventory, staffing, and food preparation and taking care of customers are time-consuming and are often your top priority. However, keeping the place clean and sanitary is just as important. A clean establishment tells your customers that you take pride in your business. It also prevents trouble with the health department.

If you find you are struggling to have the deep cleaning done without having to wear out your employees, contact Janitorial Services Atlanta. We can take care of the cleaning tasks you and your employees miss or just don't have time to complete. We have all the equipment to ensure your place is clean enough for your customers as well as the health department.