Easy Tips on How to Maintain the Cleanliness of Your Shopping Trolleys

January 28, 2022

Shoppers could be drawn to shop inside a supermarket or retail store if the said places have several elements. One of these elements is the existence of quality products and services. Another element that can entice them to shop is the presence of a clean space.

A supermarket or retail store that is hygienic can certainly attract shoppers to enter, shop, and purchase things that they would need for their everyday lives. And given the significance of cleanliness these days, it would be truly better for shoppers to just go for a retail establishment that is always cleaned and maintained by their respective employees.

One aspect of these places that should always be cleaned and maintained is the shopping trolleys. Shopping trolleys, after all, are often maximised by shoppers to bring their needed items. To effectively maintain the cleanliness of your shopping trolleys, then here are some tips that you can do.

Invest in the Right Cleaning Tools

Shopping trolleys are made from materials that are durable and long-lasting. However, it does not mean that they can be cleaned with any cleaning tools. For them to last longer, you must only use cleaning supplies that are compatible with their material. So, if you have metal shopping trolleys, you must use purpose-built metal cleaners or all-purpose cleaners as they do not cause oxidation. Plastic shopping trolleys, alternatively, can be cleaned by using an all-purpose cleaning solution or water-bleach mixture, which can easily preserve the overall quality of their surfaces.

Clean the Shopping Trolleys Daily

Before, shopping trolleys are only cleaned every other day, saving owners of supermarkets or retail stores a lot of time, effort, and money. However, doing this today is not recommended anymore as various illnesses can already spread from one person to another very quickly. Therefore, you must ensure that your shopping trolleys will be cleaned daily. You can do this by assigning a number of your staff members to clean and maintain them. With the right cleaning tools, they must wipe down the trolley handles, the baskets, and their exteriors more than once a day to remove all visible dirt or grime.

Keep the Shopping Trolleys Inside

One more thing that you can do to maintain the cleanliness of your shopping trolleys is to keep them indoors all the time. Once they are exposed to outdoor contaminants like dirt, rain, pests, and others, the quality of your shopping trolleys can deteriorate very quickly if they are always left outside your retail establishment. To prevent them from being left outdoors, you must ensure that your customers will only bring to specific points of your establishment. You must likewise have a team of employees who will be checking and retrieving shopping trolleys that were left outdoors.

To know more tips about maintaining the cleanliness of your shopping trolleys, you can contact us at SOS Retail Sales. We specialise in the maintenance and manufacture of equipment and pride ourselves on performing to the highest industry standards with customer satisfaction of the utmost priority.

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SOS Retail Sales
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