7 Best Ways to Keep Your Retail Premises Clean and Hygienic

Maintaining a clean and hygienic retail premises is essential for the success of your business. A clean environment not only creates a positive impression on customers, but also protects your staff and visitors from the spread of disease.

In this blog post, we'll discuss some effective tips to help you keep your retail store clean and hygienic.

1. Train Your Staff

Educate your staff about the importance of cleanliness and hygiene. Provide training on proper cleaning techniques, the use of cleaning products, and the importance of personal hygiene. Encourage them to follow best practices, such as wearing gloves while handling products, and remind them to wash their hands regularly.

2. Develop a Cleaning Routine

Establish a regular cleaning routine for your retail premises. Assign specific tasks to your staff, such as dusting, sweeping, mopping, and disinfecting surfaces. Create a checklist and ensure that all areas, including aisles, shelves, counters, and restrooms, are thoroughly cleaned on a daily basis.

3. Move Stock Regularly

In most retail environments, it's not unusual for some stock to stay on its hanger or shelf for several weeks, if not longer. This can cause a build-up of dust, fibres, and debris that may result in damage to the product, problems with air quality, or bad customer impressions. Moving stock regularly, as well as dusting shelves, hangers, and hanging arms, can help prevent this from happening.

4. Use Appropriate Cleaning Products

Choose cleaning products that are suitable for the different surfaces in your retail store. You'll need to use different cleaning products depending on whether you're polishing a glass display case or mopping up. Using the wrong products could prove ineffective at best or hazardous at worse.

Make sure you have an ample supply of disinfectants, detergents, and sanitisers, and inform staff to always follow the instructions on the product labels. This will ensure effective cleaning and avoid dangerous use and damage.

5. Focus on High-Traffic Areas

Pay extra attention to high-traffic areas where dirt and germs accumulate more quickly. These areas include entranceways, checkout counters, restrooms, and fitting rooms, as well as staff rooms and locker rooms. Clean and disinfect these areas multiple times throughout the day to maintain cleanliness and prevent the spread of germs.

6. Implement Controlled Waste Management Practices

Proper waste management is crucial for maintaining cleanliness and hygiene. Have clearly labelled bins for different types of waste, such as recyclables and general waste. Empty the bins regularly to prevent overflow and bad odours. Train your staff on the correct disposal of waste materials and encourage them to keep the premises clean by picking up any litter.

7. Pay Attention to Air Quality

Clean air is essential for a healthy retail environment where fibres and dust can easily build up. Regularly clean ventilation systems, air filters, and air conditioning units to remove dust, allergens, and odours. Additionally, consider using air purifiers to improve air quality and always ensure that your premises are adequately ventilated to allow for proper airflow.

Maintain a Clean and Hygienic Retail Premises with Dorset Commercial Cleaning

The advice above provides a good checklist to help ensure that your retail environment stays clean and hygienic for your staff and your customers. However, you will likely find that staff don't have the time themselves to thoroughly carry out cleaning on top of their regular duties. On top of this, you may put your company at risk if staff come into contact with chemicals or waste that they have not been properly trained to deal with.

Why not make sure that your retail store stays as hygienic as possible by contracting a professional service, like Dorset Commercial Cleaning. With our experience and know-how, you'll have peace of mind that the cleanliness of your store – including stockrooms and staffrooms – is taken care of, leaving you and your staff to focus on sales.

Our staff keep up to date with all new policies and chemical regulations, allowing us to clean commercial properties to the highest of standards while protecting the safety of workers, customers, and staff.

Need help at your retail store? Get in touch with us today by calling (01202) 986700 or send us a message via our contact form.