On a shop floor or in a dining room the work takes in floors, counters, display units, shelf edges, tables, chairs, menus, card machines and the inside of the entrance glass. In salons it extends to workstations, backwash basins and styling chairs, and to the hair, product residue and nail dust along skirting boards.
In food businesses, day-to-day cleaning of food preparation areas is normally part of the kitchen team's own food safety routine. The parts you hand over, such as floors, walls, dry stores, bin areas and staff rooms, follow your cleaning schedule and your chosen products.
What the work covers
Door glass, entrance matting, handles and the inside of shop windows.
Floors, tables, chairs, counters, shelf edges and display units.
Toilets, basins, mirrors and floors cleaned, and dispensers restocked from your supplies.
Counters, card machines, menus, door handles and light switches wiped.
The back-of-house tasks you assign, done to your food safety cleaning schedule.
Staff rooms, offices, changing areas and staff toilets.
Questions people ask
What does cleaning for a shop or café cost?
The size of the customer and back-of-house areas decides most of it, with the number of toilets, how often you want cleaning and any daytime checks. Mention any food safety cleaning schedule the work has to follow.
Can cleaning take place while we are open?
Light tasks such as toilet checks and spot cleaning can happen during trading. Mopping and heavier work are better done when the premises are closed, so customers are not walking on wet floors.
Will you use our food-safe products in the kitchen?
If your food safety management system names products or dilutions for food areas, give us the list and those are what we use. Tell us about colour coding for cloths and mops if your kitchen follows it.
How do deliveries affect the cleaning?
Give us the delivery days and times and the door goods come in through, so cleaning in those areas can be timed around them.