Lifestyle change is predominant in India. Starting from Authentic traditional cuisine restaurants to non conventional restaurants are present in all the metros of India. To add taste to life people are no longer scaring to experiment and this factor promotes even new restaurants with innovative idea. When a customer is spending money to have lip smacking food, he expects the food to be in great taste, hygienically prepared and the environment of the restaurant to be clean and pest free. When food items are prepared, the invitation for pests is forcibly irresistible. On getting irritation about pests Guests feedback over the restaurant goes for a toss and as result it affects the brand value and Rating and directly hits the reputation. In today’s life, restaurants are rated by third party agencies and that rating has huge impact in business. So for “Restaurants which can offer good Taste don’t neglect Pests as Waste”. Pest Control solutions can be customized based on the size of the restaurant.

Common Pests in restaurants include Cockroaches, Flies, Mosquitoes, and Rodents

Cockroaches are the nocturnal insects which can transmit lot of health diseases such as cholera, typhoid,  and food poisoning to human and this major pest mainly breeds in Kitchens, restaurants, dish wash areas, pot wash areas, butchery, grinder rooms,  cold storages, vegetable and fruits store, Main stores. Tackling this pest is done with different strategies based on the areas it is infesting.
 
German cockroach control is done by judicious spot spraying and gel baiting. Moreover treatment is alone is not the solution, partnering aspect of customers with respect to auctioning on the inspection report is required to gradual eradication of German Cockroaches. Spot spraying technique is useful to control cockroaches which are visible for us and this treatment generally happens in the night time when we are treating Kitchen, Garbage rooms, cafeteria, garde munger, butchery, dish wash areas, pot wash areas, restaurants, and drains. After the spot spraying is done it is for the Housekeeping and Stewarding team to clean the place and then the Gel baiting pest control strategy is deployed to control the Cockroach population which was hiding inside the cracks and crevices. The Gel baiting involves cascading effect wherein the dead cockroach becomes the feed for the live ones and consumption of the dead cockroaches make the live cockroaches dead. In Rooms, trolleys, store areas, beneath the tables in restaurants, buffet counter gel baiting is important as customers can feel the spraying messy.

American cockroach control is done by high pressure spray in man holes, drains and ETP section of the restaurant premises. Generally apart from the waste accumulation areas, these cockroaches don’t breed as fast as German cockroaches and are also resistant to Gel. So, Spraying becomes prime solution to have a check on this Monster. American cockroaches are usually noticed in drains, inside WC areas, man holes of the restaurant.

Flies are nuisance creating and health damaging pests which are commonly sighted in entrance areas, back areas, receiving areas, without proper care customers will not be happy to Shop. Fly control with good pest control techniques will control only to some extent. Partnering aspect in Fly control is really crucial. Improper air flows, non maintenance of fly trappers can make the hotel messy with flies surrounding the customers. So we are here to give appropriate solution which ensures the restriction of flies inside the hotel premises. Deny food, water, shelter is the 3D phenomenon which correlates to high standard sanitation and hygiene maintenance in a retail area.  Flies can carry molecules that can cause health defects and so without neglecting them, we need to get rid of them. Fly control is needed in the breeding places, usually refers to receiving areas, garbage areas, kitchen entrance areas. Fly control strategies are pressurized air spray, mechanical trapping to plastic gummers, electrical trapping with Fly killers and catchers and Fly bait. Apart from judicious air spraying, sowing granules, Partnering aspect is required to totally avoid Flies to the property.

Based on the feasibility of the place, the trapping strategies have to be deployed and the customer is given complete picture of how to set up the equipment to restrict fly entry. Our Solutions includes

•   Identification of source for breeding and tackling pest with techniques
•   Checking the feasibility for placement of electrical fly killers or fly catchers and placement of fly catchers
•   Air flow equipment structuring and placement
•   Fly sticking plastic ribbons placement based on feasibility

Mosquitoes is the pest which gives no peaceful rest to the customer. Mosquitoes carry all types of deadly diseases like Malaria, Dengue, and chicken gunya. So Preventive strategies are the essential need of the hour and maintaining mosquito menace with combination of techniques will be the key practice that needs to be adopted. Mosquitoes are pests that are dangerous because of their faster reproduction, willingness to travel up to 3 Km distance and have high resistance to chemicals. So Mosquito management will be a combination of Repelling, Controlling and Residual effects techniques.

In Retail, Mosquitoes are driven by surrounding moving water bodies, rotten fruits, vegetables and stagnant water in drains and other places around the periphery of the area. For Managing mosquito menace, we have Solutions which includes

•   Anti Larvae Treatment, which is done on stagnant water bodies, where in we are controlling the mosquitoes at Larvae Level. In Hotels this treatment is     required in cellars
•   Repellent treatment, which is done to drive away the adult mosquitoes with good odor. In Hotels this treatment is required in Offices, stores

Rodents are the only pest species which has the combative power of all three pest behaviors which include, damaging health, damaging health and creating nuisance to the client. They are that dangerous that not only spoils the reputation of the Restaurant if found be a Guest, but also it can destroy the network by chewing wires and thereby creating huge wealth loss. Rodents are dangerous pests as they carry viruses which can damage the health of the mankind. Since this pest has lethal trio attacking power, strategies with preventive nature needs to be deployed. Based on the type of Rodent, the solution framework is done. Rats generally refer to House Mouse and Roof Rat can be controlled by BGT Technology. BGT technology is abbreviated as Baiting, Gluing and Trapping. Bandicoots are the other type which can be controlled only by extensive Baiting technology.

In hotels, the common place of infestation of Rodents will be Kitchen, Restaurants, Stores Shafts, Electrical, UPS and Server rooms. Rodent Control Solutions Includes

•   Identification of entry points
•   Baiting the burrows in external periphery
•   Placement of Glue traps or metal traps based on feasibility and thereby creating Line of Defence(LOD)
•   Monitoring and changing the position of traps based on Rodent Movement