Keeping your restaurant clean is critical for you to be able to make sure that you are able to attract customers, serve safe food, and generally ensure that everything is up to par. However, you likely don't have the manpower to do full cleanings on the hour each day when the restaurant is open. Here are some tips for keeping your restaurant clean during the day so that when the janitorial cleaning staff comes, they will be able to focus on deep cleaning.

1. Have Separate Cleaning Carts for Front of the House Areas and the Kitchen

The first thing that you want to do is make sure that you have separate cleaning carts for the front of the house areas, which is where the customers sit and are served food, and the kitchen. The reason for this that you are going to be cleaning in between customers, and the supplies that you use to sanitize a table are going to be different than those that you use to wash dishes or wipe down cutting boards. By going online and purchasing two separate carts from a janitorial equipment store, you will be able to ensure that these cleaning supplies are never mixed up. Also consider color coding the cleaning solution bottles and the carts themselves so that they match. This will further decrease the chance that there will be mix-ups.

2. Have a Spot Brush

Sometimes, something will spill in the kitchen or on the main floor of the front of the restaurant. You might be tempted to just ignore it, but this will be a turnoff for customers and a safety hazard for the people who have to work around it. Have a small broom that is easily and immediately accessible hidden in both the front of the house and the kitchen. This will allow you to make sure that you don't have to disrupt the flow the kitchen or front of the house by dragging out a huge mop but also that your waitstaff and kitchen staff will be able to keep the floors clean.

3. Scrub the Grout

Finally, be sure that you have the supplies on hand to get rid of any food particles and other trash that might have gotten pressed into the grout of the tiles in the kitchen. This is an important sanitation step. If you have not performed this job for a long time, you might need special, extra strong cleaning solution to get everything out of the grout.

For more information, talk to a company that specializes in janitorial equipment, such as Mailender.