Food Service/Restaurants Stories

Restaurant Reopening: Understanding and Complying with the “New Normal”

Before reopening, all restaurants and food service establishments should ensure they have a plan for reopening safely and hygienically, to ensure the health of both staff and customers.

Cleaning Tips to Reopen Restaurants

The restaurant industry is gearing up to welcome diners back, but expect half empty dining rooms, outdoor accommodations and cleaning protocols kicked into the highest gear.

The Best Way to Clean a Countertop

Maintaining countertops doesn’t have to be hard or time consuming. So, put down that rag and keep reading to learn the best way to clean a countertop.

The Dirtiest Places in a Restaurant

Being aware of the dirtiest places in a restaurant can help keep diners healthy and clue staff in on areas that need special attention.

Restaurant Floor Cleaning Made Easy

Restaurant floor cleaning is necessary but it doesn’t have to be hard. Read on for a list of common restaurant flooring types and cleaning methods.

Cleaning to Stop Restaurant Pests

Follow these protocols and start cleaning to stop and prevent restaurant pests.

Restaurant Cleaning Tips for the Best First Impressions

Follow these restaurant cleaning tips for the best first impressions.

Your Grout is Not Black

Grout, because of its unique properties, is nearly impossible to clean with a mop. Learn how to stop the mop and clean your tile and grout floor the right way.

How to Clean Brewery Floors

Small brewers, distillers and winemakers are creating products that directly reflect their environments. Lots can go wrong before your product gets to the bottle, can or glass if your facility isn’t clean.

Best Custodial Training Tool—KaiTutor™

KaiTutor™, delivers the expert, hands-on training right on the job site. The pre-loaded media player mounts directly to the Kaivac cleaning system and delivers critical operational and educational information.

Best Products to Remove Grease from Restaurant Floors

Traditional mops and buckets can’t cut through the grease but they can spread it around the rest or your facility. Kaivac’s OmniFlex™ Dispense-and-Vac used with KaiPow™ degreaser gets rid of grease and saves time an

How to Clean a Correctional Facility

Correctional facilities, jails and prisons face the same cleaning challenges as any other large, densely-populated facility. But their unique characteristics make the job harder and more crucial.

UNLV Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC): Empowerment Through Knowledge, Health, and Cleaning

William Mattos, SRWC Custodial Supervisor, a 30+ year cleaning veteran, applies the empowerment mindset to the cleaning staff of 15 that maintains SRWC facilities comprising 184,000 square feet – with health and safety as top priorities.

Commercial Kitchen Cleaning Hacks to Keep Your Business Strong

Running a restaurant is hard work, but there are commercial kitchen cleaning hacks that can lighten the load. Keep your customers happy and employees healthy by following some simple commercial kitchen cleaning protocols.

Trash Compacting in Custodial - Good Things in Small Packages

Trash compacting with onboard vacuum-pressure rather than using a hand to press down trash, takes Kaivac's systems to a new level.

How to Clean Restrooms: The Definitive Guide to Restroom Cleaning

Proper restroom cleaning is essential, no matter the building type . Well-maintained facilities protect the public from germs, viruses and other dangerous pathogens. But the benefits go even further. Clean, fresh smelling restrooms delight occupants and e

How an ATP Rapid Monitoring System Can Help Prevent the Spread of the Flu

Many of us are not sure what an ATP system is or how it works. As a result, we asked Terry Schawe, head of research and development at Kaivac, to bring us up to speed about this technology.

Kaivac Cleaning Equipment Maintenance Tips

Cleaning equipment maintenance is too important to overlook, especially for your Kaivac No-Touch Cleaning or OmniFlex system. Well-maintained machines last longer, perform optimally and even smell better.

Cleaning Up After a Norovirus Outbreak

Dealing with norovirus and norovirus outbreaks and what cleaning contractors should know to clean-up a vomiting incident caused by norovirus.

Preventing Slip-and-Fall Accidents in Commercial Kitchens

Slip-and-fall accidents are all too common, sending 8 million Americans to the ER each year and costing more than $20 billion. Mistakes happen, but preventing them in commercial kitchens protects workers from harm and employers from liability.

Holiday Cleaning for an Event or Party

The Holidays can get pretty busy with parties and events in schools, offices, and other types of facilities. This often means the typical cleaning routine can be in for some significant changes.

The Big Chill: Winterproofing Floors

We may be smack in the middle of Autumn, but winter is coming. For facility managers and building maintenance professionals that means winterproofing floors.

How to Maximize your Restroom Investment

Not only are they expensive to build, restrooms are expensive to maintain. They must be deep cleaned daily and, depending on use, stocked and spot cleaned several times a day, adding hourly costs to you bottom line

KaiTutor™: A Better Way to Train Custodians

Well-trained employees are also empowered employees. They know the technique and equipment and can even troubleshoot potential problems. This leads to fewer service calls, better results and happier clients.

Test Your Knowledge on Floor Spills

We’re going to test your knowledge on what to do when you see a spill on a floor

What’s Cooking? A Buffet of Restaurant Floor Cleaning Tips

Here’s some restaurant floor cleaning techniques to keep each material safe, sanitary and looking its best.

Restaurant Stops the Mop and Switches to Kaivac OmniFlex System

Jake Hibbett faced a cleaning challenge. As assistant Manager of Buffalo Wings & Rings in Greendale, Ind., he needed to create a clean and inviting environment for diners. However, the combination of the dining room’s wood-look tile floor and the mops

Beyond the Restaurant Inspection Checklist

Don’t sell the importance of a checklist short. A good one sets clear expectations between management and staff, outlines protocols and priorities and helps train managers and staff on food safety techniques.

Food for Thought: Restaurant Dining Room Cleaning

Proper restaurant dining room cleaning will keep the public, and profits, healthy.

Science of Salt: How Road Salt Melts Ice and Ruins Floors

Salt corrodes cars and trucks, kills plant life and burns the paw pads of dogs and cats. Just imagine what tracked-in road salts are doing to your floors.

Slip and Fall Accidents in Restaurants are on the Rise

New guidelines to help reduce slip and fall accidents are extensive, but they can be adopted fairly easily with the right tools, training, and equipment.

Top Tips for Cleaning a Commercial Kitchen Floor

Let's face it, cleaning a commercial kitchen floor is one of the most difficult jobs in the professional cleaning industry. 

Cutting the Fat: Restaurant Grease Removal

Proper and thorough restaurant grease removal keeps kitchens safe and business owners happy.

Restaurant Kitchen Cleaning Checklist: Your Map to Clean

A well-designed restaurant kitchen cleaning checklist keeps operations running smoothly

Cleaning in Food Processing Requires Precision

Cleaning in food processing plants is serious business.

Better Cleaning, Better Efficiency: What ISSA Interclean Offers Business Owners

The annual ISSA Interclean show brings business owners the latest in cleaning equipment innovation. Your path to more efficient operations starts here.

Commercial Restroom Cleaning: Tips to Boost Customer Loyalty

Quality commercial restroom cleaning is essential to boost loyalty, improve employee morale, and enhance the overall shopping experience.

The Hangover: How to Clean a Bar or Restaurant After a party

Busy nights mean extra mess. Does your staff know how to clean a bar or restaurant after a party?

Ace Your Restaurant Inspection with This Health Code Checklist

Here is a health code checklist that will help your team ace a restaurant inspection and keep customers safe.

Pest Cleanup: Coming Back after a Vermin Infestation

Rodents, cockroaches, flies, and other pests will drive your customers out the door, so take proper pest cleanup steps at the first sign of rodents.

Concession Stand Tips: How to Clean during Shows and Sports Events

Here are concession stand tips for keeping operations clean before, during, and after events at a busy venue.

E. coli Outbreak Demonstrates Importance of Cleaning Routines

An E. coli outbreak can be devastating to your business as well as your community. It's also one of the most preventable outbreaks around.

Juice Bar Cleaning Challenges

Juice bar cleaning has some unique challenges you won't see in any other restaurant. These tips help make your job go smoother.

Are Automatic Floor Scrubbers Right for Your Business?

Cleaning large floors in any business can be a major challenge. Find out how automatic floor scrubbers can save you time, energy, and money.

Taking Preventive Measures to Ensure Customer Safety in Your Store

Floor safety is a hot button issue right now. Are your floors a liability?

Sick Employees Can Cost More Than a Labor Shortage

Keeping sick employees on the schedule can cost your business in money and reputation. Keep them home to avoid creating damaging epidemics.

Restaurant Equipment Repair: Not Just Fryers and Fridges

Every restaurant owner knows the importance of effective restaurant equipment repair. Your cleaning equipment is just as crucial. Find out more.

Large Event Cleaning for Restaurant Staff

Event cleaning for large parties can put extra challenges on restaurant cleaning staff. Find three overlooked areas to concentrate on.

How Risk Prevention and Better Cleaning Equipment Go Hand-in-Hand

For companies concerned with risk prevention, investing in better cleaning equipment may be the answer to your problems.

Salmonella Outbreak Highlights the Need for Proper Cleaning Techniques

A salmonella outbreak and subsequent cover-up resulted in nine deaths and more than 700 illnesses. Proper cleaning procedures could have prevented it.

Urban Restaurant Cleaning: It Starts with the Storefront

Cleaning up the storefront of an urban restaurant gets tough, especially amid busy streets and energetic customers. Here's how to tackle the job.

Grocery Store Cleanliness: Why Salad Bars and Hot Food Bars Need Your Attention

If you add a salad bar or hot food bar to increase your grocery store's traffic, grocery store cleanliness will become an even bigger issue. Here's why.

Keeping Boardwalk Food Establishments Clean Amid the Sand and Surf

Here's some help tackling the challenge of cleaning boardwalk food establishments.

Stadium Cleaning: A Huge Job for a Small Crew

With thousands of people moving through stadiums each day, stadium cleaning is one of the biggest challenges around. Here are some helpful strategies.

Movie Theater Cleaning: Is Your Crew Up for the Challenge?

Movie theater cleaning is a tough assignment for any custodial crew, no matter how experienced! Here's what you need to know about cleaning and equipment.

Office Kitchen Cleaning: How to Tackle Touch Points and Soil Removal

Office kitchens need to be cleaned on a regular basis. Here are some tips and best practices for office kitchen cleaning.

School Cafeteria Cleaning: How to Prepare for the New Academic Year

Here are some tips on how to clean a school cafeteria quickly and effectively before the new academic year begins.

Mall Food Court Cleaning: Food Counters, Dining Areas, and Floors

A high-traffic mall food court can be a breeding ground for bacteria. Here are some tips on food court cleaning.

Cruise Ship Cleanliness: Food Service Areas

Cleaning high-traffic food service areas on a cruise ship can be challenging. Here are some tips on cruise ship cleanliness.

Butcher Shop Cleaning in the Summer

Here are some tips on how to ensure that your butcher shop cleaning process is as effective as possible during the hot summer months.

Ice Cream Shop Cleaning for Summertime Business

The weather is warmer, and ice cream shop cleaning is becoming a tougher job. Here's how to tackle the job.

Nightclub Cleaning: How to Make a Dance Floor Look Like New

In nightclub cleaning, you have to keep the dance floor clean and safe for dancing. Here is how you can restore your floor's shine after a busy weekend.

Food Truck Cleaning: Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Tasks

Food truck owners must take various precautions when preparing their food and keeping their truck clean. Here are some tips on food truck cleaning.

Important Employee Cleanliness Policies

Employee cleanliness policies will help to prevent cross-contamination and ensure that your workplace is as clean as possible.

Deep Cleaning Your Restaurant Kitchen

Interested in learning how to do a deep cleaning of a restaurant kitchen? Here's a guide to the steps involved in this process.

Cleaning College Dining Halls: Your Checklist for Success

Cleaning high-traffic college dining halls can be difficult. Here are some tips for fast and efficient dining hall cleaning.

Outdoor Restaurants and Their Unique Cleaning Challenges

Outdoor restaurants have unique cleaning challenges. Learn how to safely clean your outdoor dining area.

Dirty Restaurants' Dirty Little Secrets

It's not just dirty restaurants that have problems with spreading germs. Find the surprisingly dirty parts of your restaurant and how Kaivac can help.

Low-Cost Floor Cleaning System Helps BSC Achieve High Performance Results

Jancoa, a leading Cincinnati-based BSC, leverages an innovative low-cost floor cleaning system to deliver superior results for its customers.

Maintaining a Walk-In Refrigerator for Health and Safety

Maintaining a walk-in refrigerator the right way is crucial for the health and safety of your customers and employees. Kaivac has tools to help you do it.

Fast Food Restaurant Cleaning: How to Be Quick and Effective

With fast food restaurant cleaning, employees have to move quickly without sacrificing effectiveness. Here are tips on maintaining a safe environment.

Restaurant Floor Safety Tips: Slip-and-Fall Edition

Restaurant floor safety is an important consideration. Here are four tips for cutting back on slips and falls in your food service operation.

Entranceway Cleaning: How to Keep Customers Coming Back

First impressions are important, so it's critical to keep the entranceway to your building looking good. Here's how to keep up with entranceway cleaning.

Restaurant Kitchen Cleaning: Surprisingly Dirty Areas

Food prep brings in a lot of germs and bacteria. Restaurant kitchen cleaning is crucial, especially in these surprisingly dirty areas.

Fruit Fly Control in Your Restaurant Kitchen

One of the most difficult pest problems in restaurants is fruit fly control. Kaivac's Dispense-and-Vac system can help stop fruit flies from multiplying.

Effective Grout Cleaning in Your Restaurant Kitchen

Restaurant grout cleaning is ineffective with brushes and mops. Kaivac's Dispense-and-Vac system does a better job.

Cleaning Bar Countertops More Efficiently

Cleaning bar countertops is more than simply wiping the surface with a wet rag. You need the right tools and techniques to remove soil and bacteria.

Restaurant Cleaning to Address Food Allergy Concerns

Your restaurant cleaning system should take into account the rise in food allergies. Here are tips for keeping an allergy-friendly restaurant.

Open Kitchen Cleaning Tips for Best Customer Impressions

Having an open kitchen means extra cleaning work. Here are some open kitchen cleaning tips for keeping your kitchen looking good at all times.

Restaurant Kitchen Cleaning: The Most Crucial Areas for Daily Cleanup

Restaurant kitchen cleaning jobs have to be broken down into categories: daily, weekly, and monthly jobs. Daily jobs are the most important—here's why.

Restaurant Carpet Cleaning: Easily Overlooked, but Crucial

Restaurant carpet cleaning usually involves expensive cleaning services. Kaivac's No-Touch cleaning system eliminates the problem.

Restaurant Restroom Cleaning: Developing Good Habits

The best way to ensure efficient restaurant restroom cleaning is to teach your employees good cleaning habits. Kaivac's systems can help.

Window Cleaning: Making a Great First Impression

Your front windows are the first thing that customers see when coming to your restaurant. Use the right tools to save time on window cleaning.

Restaurant Cleaning: Tackling the Bar Area

Here's how to make sure that your restaurant cleaning system meets the tough challenge the bar area presents.

Neglected Areas of a Restaurant: Hidden Homes for Bacteria

Making your restaurant look clean is only half the battle. Neglected areas of a restaurant are easy to miss, but crucial to get clean. Here's how.

Restaurant Kitchen Cleaning Mistakes Your Staff Might Be Making

Restaurant kitchen cleaning mistakes can allow dirt and bacteria to grow unchecked, endangering your customers. Here are some tips for better habits.

Proper Restaurant Floor Cleaning for Different Types of Floors

Restaurants have many different types of floors, so restaurant floor cleaning requires a system that can handle all different types of surfaces.

Tips for Effective Restaurant Cleaning

It's one of the biggest challenges in the business: achieving effective restaurant cleaning. Here are a few tips for keeping your restaurant clean.

Restaurant Grease Removal: Make Your Floors Safe

Restaurant grease removal has always been the key to safe kitchen operations. Follow these tips for a grease-free floor with improved traction.

Restaurant Health Inspection Hints and Tips

A restaurant health inspection will often focus on a few common, seemingly insignificant details. Focus on these points to increase your scores.

Commercial Cleaning Tips: Don't Ignore These 5 Frequently Missed Restaurant Spots

These commercial cleaning tips cover five objects often skipped in restaurant cleaning routines.

Spend Less Time Cleaning Floors by Preventing the Dirt from Coming In

Cleaning floors is a crucial part of keeping customers happy, and the best way to keep the floor clean is by preventing dirt from entering to begin with.

Commercial Kitchen Floor Cleaning: Are You Doing It Right?

Commercial kitchen floor cleaning should always be a priority on your cleaning list. Here are some best practices for your restaurant.

Commercial Cleaning Products: How Much Is Too Much?

More isn't always better, especially when it comes to commercial cleaning products. Here's why "just enough" is the best option.

How to Know When a Food Contact Surface Is Clean

Keeping a clean facility requires a deep cleaning of each food contact surface, but that's not enough. You have to also be able to measure the cleanliness.

Restaurant Food Safety in the Summer

When it comes to restaurant food safety, one of the most important facets is keeping the kitchen as clean as possible to prevent bacteria growth.

Dirty Restaurant Restrooms Will Cost a Business

No one likes a dirty restroom, but some restaurant owners may not fully understand how important cleanliness can be to their bottom line.

How Kitchen Cleanliness Affects Liabilities Business Owners Face

Every business owner operating a commercial kitchen has a duty to ensure public health and employee safety.

Commercial Kitchen Cleaning: Why a Mop Won't Cut It

When it comes to commercial kitchen cleaning, many food service operators can't shake the habit of using a mop and bucket to clean up. But they should.

Commercial Kitchen Cleaning at a Fraction of the Cost for a Quaker Steak & Lube Franchise

Restaurants are held to a high standard when it comes to commercial kitchen cleaning. And when corners are cut, there are generally consequences anywhere from illnesses and injuries to lost business, or worse, closure.

Clean and Safe Commercial Kitchen Floors

Grease, food and drink spills, and heavy foot traffic bombard commercial kitchen floors daily, all adding up to an accident waiting to happen. To make matters worse, the cleaning tools and equipment that most kitchens rely on can actually perpetuate the p

Unexpected Pathways and Slip and Fall Accidents

Fish have a tendency to travel in schools, moving together in large groups in the most unexpected directions.

OmniFlex Helps Prevent Slip-and-Fall Accidents for Franchise Operator

The restaurant industry spends more than $2 billion each year on slip-and-fall accidents. Sadly, many of these accidents could be prevented with the right cleaning equipment.

National Restaurant Association Announces 2012 Kitchen Innovation Award Recipients

Award recipients will be showcased in the interactive Kitchen Innovations Pavilion in its new central location on the exhibit floor (booth 2440 ) at the 2012 National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, set for its new dates May 5-8 at Chicago's McCormick Place.

Kaivac Receives Kitchen Innovation Award from the National Restaurant Association

For the Kitchen Innovation Award, the judges looked for innovative equipment that improves quality, productivity, service, and sustainability in the restaurant industry.

Clean, Safe Floors are a Priority at Riverbank Cafe

Clean, Safe Floors are a Priority at Riverbank Cafe

Kaivac Equipment NFSI Certified

The National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI) has awarded "High-Traction" product certification to Kaivac's No-Touch Cleaning®

Floor Health and Phasing Out the Mop

A study released in September 2010 regarding cleanliness and kitchen floors may have more sweeping ramifications than anticipated when it comes to protecting human health, especially in facilities such as corrections buildings that have large populations living in relatively small quarters.

Reducing Cleaning Time from Three Days to Three Hours

On a regular basis, a kitchen grill in a Ohio college had to be removed to allow custodial workers to clean the tile and floor behind it.

Unexpected Floor Safety

Unexpected Floor Safety

Safer Restaurants for the Youngest Customers

Safer Restaurants for the Youngest Customers

Good Old 0046

Rolando Brown, supervisor of custodial services for Metropolitan School District, Lawrence Township, IN, is proud her district owns Kaivac No-Touch Cleaning™

When It Comes to Hygienic Cleaning, Coverall Steps Up to the Plate

Developing hygienic, healthy cleaning practices has long been a priority in medical facilities, where concerns regarding the spread of infection and nosocomial illnesses are paramount.

No Touch Cleaning Helps BSC Provide Lucrative Employment Opportunities to the Disabled Worker

Every time a factory closes its doors, workers must forge through the devastation and carve out new futures for themselves.

How to Prevent Flies From Plaguing Your Restaurant

Before you have to deal with pest control, learn how to prevent flies from infesting your restaurant in the first place.