Cleaning Tasks to Prioritize at Your Restaurant

Regardless of the type of cuisine your restaurant specializes in — be it fast food or fine dining — cleanliness should be among your staff’s foremost priorities. Failing to keep your kitchen and dining area clean can result in sick patrons, negative attention from the Health Department and costly fines.

Fortunately, keeping your restaurant clean doesn’t have to be an arduous chore. Provided you and your staff stay on top of the following tasks, you should have no problem providing patrons with a squeaky-clean dining experience.  

Wipe Down Tables after Every Use

In addition to being unsanitary, improperly bussed tables are notorious for spreading germs and viruses between diners. To prevent this, it’s imperative that every table be thoroughly cleaned after each use. Even without the threat of germs, no customer wants to sit at a table that sticky and dirty. 

Clean Your Storage Units Each Week  

In order to keep your refrigerators and freezers nice and clean, you’ll need to empty them out and give them a good scrubbing at least once a week. Your food is your restaurant’s most important resource, so it’s only fitting that it be stored in a sanitary area. To this end, you’ll also need to frequently check your cooler door gaskets for signs of wear and tear and replace them as necessary.  

Thoroughly Scrub the Kitchen Floor Each Night

It’s very difficult to clean a kitchen floor mid-shift — not to mention dangerous. Since dirty floors are highly conducive to the spread of germs in restaurant kitchens, have your staff give the prep area’s floor a vigorous scrubbing before heading home at night. When performing this task, it’s important that they pay special attention to corners, edges and the areas beneath large pieces of equipment.  

Cleanliness is not something that restaurant owners and managers can take a laid-back approach to. If proper care isn’t taken, the consequences will be unfavorable — for both you and your patrons. In the interest of keeping your restaurant spotless, remember to wipe down your tables after every use, clean your storage units once a week, and vigorously scrub your kitchen floor each night. 

Meticulously Maintaining Your Walk-in Cooler

A well-maintained walk-in cooler is the only thing that stands between your restaurant and copious amounts of spoiled food. That being the case, it’s in you and your patrons’ best interest that your eatery’s cooler remain in tip-top condition. Luckily, as long as you’re consistent in performing basic upkeep, you should have no problem keeping your cooler in working order. In your efforts to keep your cooler operational, take care to tend to the following tasks.

Keep the Door Closed

While keeping the doors firmly closed may seem like a no-brainer, a surprising number of walk-in coolers break down as a result of doors continuously being propped open. Unless someone is inside the cooler, the door(s) should remain shut. As is the case with refrigerators, leaving doors open for extended periods wears out compressor motors, effectively preventing coolers from functioning properly.

Perform Regular Gasket Checks

Every few months, make a point of checking the gaskets located between the cooler panels. This will enable you to monitor for cracks and other signs of wear. If you come across any gaskets that look particularly weathered, it’s strongly advised that you promptly replace them. Fortunately, O-Reps, the Web’s foremost purveyor of walk-in cooler accessories offers amazing deals on high-end gaskets from a wide range of well-known manufacturers.

Keep the Lights Off

Just as you need to keep the door(s) shut, make sure to turn off the lights when no one is inside the cooler. Lights produce heat, which makes the compressor motor work harder to account for the increase in temperature. Like opened doors, lights that are left on can lead to prematurely kaput compressors. 

A faulty walk-in cooler can mean big problems for your restaurant. In many respects, functional coolers are the most important tools an eatery has, so it behooves responsible restaurateurs to keep them in good condition.   

Great Deals on Commercial Refrigeration Parts at O-Reps

Without fully functional refrigeration units, no restaurant would be able to stay open. Good food is the cornerstone of any successful eatery, and without commercial refrigeration, there’s no efficient way to prevent large amounts of ingredients from going bad. For this reason, it’s imperative that restaurant owners and managers take steps to keep their refrigeration units in prime condition. Swapping out defective parts when needed can go a long way in maintaining these units. Fortunately, great deals on commercial refrigeration parts can always be found at O-Reps’ online store.  

Compressors

An intact compressor is the heart of any heavy-duty freezer or refrigeration unit. This means that if your fridge finds itself stricken with a faulty compressor, you have little time to replace it. Luckily, O-Reps stocks an extensive array of heavily-discounted compressors from such renowned manufacturers as Tecumseh and Copeland. Additionally, the store’s expedient shipping options ensure that you’ll have your new compressor or any other commercial refrigeration parts within two to three days.

Thermostats

A functional thermostat enables you to control the temperature in your restaurant’s refrigeration units. Unfortunately, broken thermostats often lead to extreme increases or decreases in temperature, effectively ruining large amounts of food. To combat this problem, O-Reps sells a wide selection of replacement thermostats, many of which cost well under $100. 

Shelving

Depending on how expansive your menu is, your refrigeration units may be home to abundant amounts of ingredients. In the interest of staying organized, make sure to equip your walk-in fridges and freezers with resilient shelving. In addition to selling discounted name-brand wire shelves, O-Reps also offers abundant custom-made shelving options to more discerning customers.

In light of all the work you’ve put into your restaurant, you’re not about to let its success be hampered by a faulty refrigeration unit. By replacing broken parts in an expedient manner, you can ensure that your on-site fridges and freezers remain operational for the foreseeable future.   

Why O-Reps Is Right for All Your Commercial Freezer Needs: Part II

Your commercial freezer parts can be the most cost effective way to reduce bills for your commercial walk-in-cooler and freezer. Keeping up-to-date with all the maintenance and repair of your appliances can be a great way to save money over time. This includes paying for emergency attention to your freezer, as well as the cost of more expensive parts, or entirely new unit. Here is another reason to choose O-Reps when it comes to choose replacement parts for your commercial kitchen.

Priced-to-Own Kitchen Accessories

Although O-Reps is renowned for its heavily-discounted freezer components, the store is proud to offer restaurateurs an affordable array of kitchen accessories. Eateries in need of fryer baskets, cookware, slicer blades, blending blades, or grinder plates are urged to pay a visit to the company’s online store. 

When a freezer or refrigeration unit encounters problems, most restaurants have precious little time to fix things before food spoils. This is why it pays to acquaint yourself with a reliable parts supplier. In the quest to keep your food fresh and uphold your eatery’s reputation, O-Reps can prove exceedingly helpful. 

Need more information? Can’t find what you’re looking for? Contact us today at 888.289.5911 to get the very best when it comes to commercial walk-in cooler parts!

Why Walk-in Coolers Are Important for a Commercial Kitchen

If you're running a commercial kitchen, a walk-in cooler might seem like one more item to maintenance. However, if you want to stay in compliance with FDA standards, a walk-in cooler is a must. The good news is quality walk-in cooler parts are easy to find and well worth the investment. A properly maintained walk-in cooler will serve you well for years to come. Read on to discover more reasons why you need a walk-in cooler.

·         You Need to Keep Food Stored at a Constant Temperature - Food handling safety guidelines dictate certain foods must be kept at certain temperatures on a consistent basis. This is because refrigeration preserves freshness, quality, and appeal. Not only that, it also helps reduce food spoilage and associated expenses.

·         You Need a Large Space to Store Refrigerated Food - In addition to foods with FDA guidelines for refrigeration, other foods can benefit from refrigeration as well. For instance, baked goods, fruit, and vegetables all stay fresher longer when refrigerated. Also, pre-work items such as raw meat and sliced produce can be safely stored in a walk-in cooler in preparation for lunch and dinner rushes later on in the day.

Finally, you might own a small restaurant now but if you're planning on growing at all, you're going to need the space to do so. A walk-in cooler allows you the refrigerated space you need when you need it.

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