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Looking to get your bar cleaning in check? Not only are there a huge number of benefits to keeping your pub or bar sanitary and clean, but you are also required by law to keep your bar clean to not pose a public health risk.
The cleanliness of your bar will have an impact on your business. Creating and maintaining a regular cleaning schedule in your bar is vital to ensure staff know exactly what they should be doing and to create a pleasant and sanitary environment both customers and staff want to return to.
When it comes to cleaning a bar, it can be easy to get overwhelmed with everything you should and shouldn’t be doing. So, to help you get started, we’ve put together our bar cleaning checklist including:
Now there are some tasks to clean a bar that should be completed every day and even on the hour. It’s not just the global pandemic that has required us to increase our cleaning in a bar. Regularly cleaning bars, tables, stools and floors throughout the day has always been crucial to meeting the standards of the environmental health department AND creating a safe, enjoyable environment for your customers.
These tasks should be completed regularly throughout the day or shift and as needed. All members of staff should ensure to regularly clean hands, especially if dealing with cash/money and food. Spot cleaning is also an essential part of keeping your pub or bar in check. Spot cleaning requires members of staff to be monitoring and spot cleaning areas of the bar as and when they see mess.
* Be careful of products used. Faux leather and also solid wood can be affected/damaged by bleach or harsh cleaning chemicals.
Bar & pub managers should always ensure that there are members of staff on the opening shift, which is before the pub or bar opens, to clean and ensure everything is in check so that the shift runs smoothly.
Behind the bar, opening bartender cleaning checklist:
At the end of the day or shift, it’s important to thoroughly clean areas and set up for the next day. This can help you avoid any contamination and keep the bar/pub looking, smelling and being clean and tidy.
* Be careful of products used. Faux leather and also solid wood can be affected/damaged by bleach or harsh cleaning chemicals.
In addition to your everyday cleaning, some tasks that require a bit of extra time to give your bar some necessary TLC. These tasks can be addressed, weekly, bi-weekly or worst case monthly.
Depending on the style and layout of your bar or pub, you might have items of furniture that require specific attention when cleaning. It’s always recommended to check the manual and specific cleaning instructions but we’ve outlined a couple of key things to remember when cleaning specific items:
If you’ve got wooden tables, you might want to consider using a wax polish, now and then to keep your wood table in good condition. Bleach is also not recommended on wood furniture.
Clean smudges and fingerprints off metal and steel surfaces regularly to keep your appliances or surfaces looking shiny and clean. Like with many of our table bases, you can clean and polish these kinds of surfaces using a non-abrasive soft cloth or use a specific stainless steel cleaner on sinks/taps such as cream cleaner.
Upholstered chairs look great in a pub or bar and provide your guests with ultimate comfort. When it comes to cleaning bar chairs, it’s important to follow the specific instructions in the product manual, how you clean them can greatly depend on the fabric used. For most upholstered chairs, you should be able to hoover dust and dirt off them and then clean them with a warm water-based solution. Take extra care when cleaning these kinds of bar furniture to avoid stains and wearing away the colour.
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