Restaurant owners have enough to worry about, such as customer satisfaction and ensuring that the staff is doing their job. Many don't want to worry about an insect infestation but often do. When the warm weather rolls around, many bugs come crawling in - ants included. Consider these pest control tips to keep ants out of your restaurant.
A restaurant is paradise for any insect that craves human food. So, when there are a few spills or crumbs left over from a night's worth of cooking, ants have a field day, the University of California-Davis stated. In the spring ants love protein, meaning any kind of meat. In the summer they like anything sweet, regardless of whether it's a food or beverage. However, many ants are far travelers. They could've interacted with several diseases or types of bacteria before encountering your restaurant. That means ant infestations are a bad sign. Ants always travel in packs, which means where there's one, there are many. They may begin to show up in your kitchen, or worse, in your customers' food.
Avoid scaring customers away with these suggested tips.