PEST CONTROL IN RETAIL STORE

Pest control in retail stores are most essential as retail stores are the most exposed spots for pest infestation. These are open places where all public keep on coming all day long. These places being open to outer world are open to entry of every kind of pest. Retail stores stock every kind of product in them including eatables, so any well stocked retail store is a very good living and breeding place for every pest.

Retail industry is in daily contact with people coming for their daily needs. The reputation and image of the store are key factor to bring customers to the stores. Any sign of presence of pests is enough to ruin the image of the store which becomes very difficult to regain. Moreover, the health factor of all those who are working in the store and the customers are also at stake. Pests can push the retail store to the brink of closure.

The pests those are generally found in a retail store are……..

Rats and rodents
These are the most prominent pests in a retail store and they can completely destroy the store. They eat and contaminate the eatables and drinkables in the store, they destroy the gnaw able hard stuff in the store. They destroy the stationery, store furniture, electric fittings, electronic goods like computers and vending machines, non eatable stocks, practically everything in the store. They also pose a potential threat to health of everyone in the store.

Cockroaches
These are omnipresent pests available around toilets, washrooms and pantries in a store. They not only destroy the eatables stocked inside the store but are potential danger to health to all working and visiting the store. They bring every communicable disease which are almost incurable, to people.

Ants
Ants are very common pests in retail stores having eatables, sweets, groceries, confectionaries, and raw eatables. They are in search of food in colonies and their infestations are very hard to control once they enter and find the food store. These ants are capable of moving the total stock from one place to another in a very short period of time.

Mosquitoes
Retail stores are such places where sunlight and fresh air seldom enters. Damp, humid and cool environment often breed mosquitoes in it which are health threat to people in the store. Communicable and incurable viral diseases are carried by mosquitoes which bite during day time only. These pests make the retail stores a potential danger to all.

House flies
House flies can enter the retail stores as they have open entry without any screening. They carry diseases to humans and are a nuisance in the store.

The methods advised to be adopted to control pests

The following methods are advised in a retail store…

Screen the entries
It is the most difficult task in a retail store. All entries to the store are wide open offering free access to all pests all day long. Proper screening methods must be adopted to stop entry of pests in the store.

Seal the eatables and drinkables
These should be stored so tightly sealed that no pest can even get the odor of them to be attracted. Proper measures are to be adopted even if they are on display to customers.

Keep the premise dry
All source of water leakage or moisture must be immediately traced and corrected. Any water seepage also must be immediately repaired to make the premise absolutely dry.

Check the drainage and sewage
Drainage and sewage system of the store must be absolutely perfect. No leakage or obstruction is to be allowed in the store to prevent pests in the store.

Constant survey
The entire premise must be under constant supervision for any sign of pest infestation in the store. Every nook and corner must be checked every minute for pests.

Communication
Effective communication after noticing any sign of pest infestation is very important for pest control in the store. Efficient authority in pest control must be contacted immediately to apply pest control methods to eliminate pests in the store without losing further time.

Contact an efficient and professional pest control service
All answers for guaranteed pest control in every situation are available with a professional pest control service only. They must be contacted and given the assignment to eliminate pests from the store premises. They should be given contract for pest control of the store for a long time.