It happened to Heston Blumenthal a couple of years ago, and now the dreaded norovirus has struck the Wahaca restaurant chain, owned by former Masterchef winner Thomasina Miers. It’s every caterer and restauranteurs worst nightmare, with hundreds of staff and customers said to be effected by the highly contagious bug.
With negative press living long in the memory and disruption to normal trading being extremely costly, outbreaks like this can have a devastating effect on reputation and turnover. In such a competitive market, customers who have to go elsewhere during temporary closures may find a new favourite and never return. And then there is the possibility of disgruntled diners pursuing legal action or seeking compensation.
So how can you deal with these epidemics, or better yet, prevent them from happening in the first place? TWO Services MD, Barry Osborn explains:
“We provide a specialist cleaning service called fog sanitisation or ‘fogging’ which immobilises and kills 99.99% of all bacteria, viruses and fungi such as e.coli, norovirus, cdifficile and salmonella, within thirty seconds. It can be used to help deal with a crisis, but better still, it can be used in the winter season as an additional deep cleaning preventative measure, to stop the spread of infection from happening at all.
Fifteen minutes per room is all it takes to eradicate the bugs that cling to hard surfaces and circulate through your extraction and ductwork systems. Our professional cleaners carry it out with little or no disruption to your business, either as a stand-alone event, or after a kitchen or ductwork deep clean.
The disinfectants we use are food safe, completely harmless to humans and animals, manufactured to ISO 9001 and independently tested to BSEN standards. It’s safe, affordable and highly effective, giving proven infection control for thirty days – even with hard wiping or cleaning.”
Why not give TWO Services a call today on 0800 22 44 33 to discuss your commercial cleaning needs? If you need kitchen and ductwork cleaning, maintenance or equipment supply, we can quote for that too.
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