BOH Spring Cleaning Checklist | Modern Restaurant Management | The Business of Eating & Restaurant Management News

It’s spring cleaning season and, while many are focused on sprucing up their homes, restaurant operators would also be wise to take note. Taking time to clean up your restaurant operations now can save some serious green in the long term.While it may be tempting to focus solely on front-of-house cleanliness, a healthy, safe and compliant foodservice business also requires that the back of the house is just as clean and modernized.

Here are four steps to add to your BOH Spring Cleaning Checklist:

Clean Your Hoods, Flues and FansOr better yet, have someone do it for you. Grease and fat build-up constantly accumulates in kitchens’ hood, flue and fan areas year round. As this grease collects, restaurants’ risk of fire and catastrophic damage are dramatically increased, which could result in injuries and property damage. If you haven’t cleaned these in a while, chances are you’ll need a good deep clean. From there, install a daily automatic hood, flue and fan cleaning solution…

Tim Webert

Tim Webert is Senior VP of Marketing and Business Development for Restaurant Technologies. He oversees the company's product launch and expansion strategies, strategic marketing plans and lead M&A and partnership development to bring a range of strategic initiatives and client solutions to life. For the last two decades, Webert has built a long track record of leading organizations through transformative growth and expansion. His contributions have spanned B2C and B2B markets, small and large organizations, and varied industries including Health Care, Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, Corporate Travel and Financial Services. Prior to joining Restaurant Technologies, Webert was the Founder and President of PraeVeni SBC, a healthcare company which provides a state-of-the-art heart screening test to detect and measure individualized risk to youth and adults. He was also the Vice President of Global Marketing at Carlson Wagonlit Travel, where he led a global marketing team which oversaw strategic product marketing, market insights, business analytics and product innovation.

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