Don't Let a Pest Control Problem Shut Your Restaurant Down

We're starting to see it more and more. Businesses look to cut costs during tough economic times. They'll resort to cheaper paper towels, cleaning supplies, dish soap they can get at the dollar store, and more. When it comes to restaurants, these types of things are especially true. Certainly you don't want to cut out the quality that makes your food special.

But a major mistake that some restaurants make, and it has cost them dearly, even putting some out of business, is cutting pest control from their budgets. When your kitchen needs to be squeaky clean to meet health code requirements, and the health department can show up at a moment's notice, cutting pest control services is a risk restaurants cannot afford to take, especially when reputation is everything in that business.

Tampa Bay's WFTS ABC Action News routinely reports on these types of problems in the new station's Dirty Dining reports. Most recently, a popular dining spot in Largo, just outside Clearwater, was profiled on the show after it was shut down by the state for a week. The station reports that state inspects found over 100 live and dead roaches in the kitchen, including food prep and cleaning areas.

These types of problems could have been avoided with routine professional pest control, which includes spraying for bugs and rodents. Special types of pest control tampa can be used in kitchen areas to make sure there are no issues with potential contamination of the sprays reaching food. The right pest control professional will ensure this doesn't happen.