06/03/2024
Restaurant Cleaning
A 2023 poll of 38,000 consumers by Technomic, Inc. found that food, cleanliness, and service were most important to them when visiting a restaurant.
Food – 91
Cleanliness – 88
Service – 86
Value – 84
Beverage – 78
Atmosphere – 61
If cleanliness is 2nd most important to the food, and the first areas that a customer walks or drives by looks filthy or smells bad, then you’re losing out on potential customers who won’t even walk in the door to try the food. Below are areas that need to be clean (that you might not think about)
Dumpster Pad Area
– A filthy dumpster pad not only looks bad, but it smells bad. Even though these areas are usually blocked off, customers can still drive or walk by them and if you have trash everywhere with foul odor wafting past, it’s bad for business. Not to mention, these areas are riddled with bacteria that employees come in contact with every day. It’s neglected by many and it shouldn’t be.
Sidewalks, Parking Lots and Drive Thru
– Food grease, dirt, gum and other atmospheric contaminants soil restaurant sidewalks quicker than most other businesses. You’ll want to keep the sidewalks clean on a routine basis otherwise foot traffic in and out of your restaurant will be compounding the problem. Let’s not forget that filthy, greasy concrete also looks terrible and carries an unattractive odor along with it that you may have grown accustomed and no longer notice.
Keeping the exterior areas clean is something that should be left to professionals who are able to get these areas to a level of clean that you’d be unable to attain in house. Professionals are able to destroy bacteria while cleaning which also neutralizes odors at the same time. Many sidewalks are permanently ruined by someone inexperienced trying to remove gum incorrectly with brute force, but professional pressure washing companies will have the proper equipment to remove gum without destroying the concrete in the process.
While we all want to save a buck, keeping these areas professionally cleaned is one expense that helps you bring in and keep business rather than losing it before they walk in the door.
Give Calumet Cleaning Services a call today for a free estimate to clean your outdoor area.
219-865-3938