How to prepare your restaurant for fall pests

By Alice Sinia Although pests present a potential problem all year long, changing seasons often bring changes in pest populations. To best protect your business throughout the year, it is important to know how changes in weather will affect these unwanted guests’ habits. As temperatures drop, restaurants are especially vulnerable to fall pests looking for […]

Avoiding restaurant patio pests this summer

By Alice Sinia Efforts to return to pre-pandemic activities coupled with warmer weather means patrons are heading back to restaurant patio dining. At the same time, customers and employees still expect restaurants to do their part in helping keep them safe while they dine. In many ways, restauranteurs already have this top of mind, deploying […]

Three steps to avoiding washroom pests

Washroom pests should be the last thing on your guests’ minds. That’s only possible if pest management remains a focus. By Alice Sinia Washroom care is critical to creating a favourable impression. Patrons expect facilities to be in sanitary and working order, which means routine vigilance must be taken in these delicate areas. Hopefully, washroom […]

Hide and Seek: Identifying the top 5 pest hiding spots in restaurants

By Alice Sinia, PhD As spring approaches, that means active pest season is right around the corner too. Before it gets here, you want to be sure that your pest management program is as effective as possible. Even with the best of programs focused on proactive, preventive maintenance, sanitation and ongoing monitoring, there are still […]

Keep pests away from your restaurant’s waste

By Alice Sinia, Ph.D. Nothing ruins a lunch quite like a cockroach scuttling across the table. Unfortunately, by offering an unlimited supply of food, water and shelter, restaurants can be an oasis for common pests like cockroaches and flies. What many restauranteurs fail to realize, however, is that a pest problem inside oftentimes originates from […]

Citron Hygiene acquires Alpine Jan-San

Acquisition enhances Citron Hygiene’s service offering, presence and scale in Alberta Press release Citron Hygiene, a leading provider of commercial Washroom & Foodservice Hygiene, Pest Control Solutions, as well as a broad range of Chemical and other Facility-based Products & Services has announced that it has acquired Alpine Jan-San (“Alpine”), effective March 21st, 2017.  Alpine is Alberta’s leading provider […]

Keep the dirtiest pests out of your restaurant with Integrated Pest Management

By Alice Sinia, Ph.D. Pests are a year-round threat to restaurants, which provide an endless supply of food, water and shelter. But they aren’t the only ones keeping foodservice establishments top of mind – local news outlets often report poor health inspection scores; diners can easily share pest sightings on social media and many restaurant […]