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Topics: Services , Choosing A Provider

5 Signs Your Pest Control Partner Isn’t Cutting It

When you’ve already been through the process of comparing pest control providers, chosen one and invested months or years into a program, it’s tough to consider going back to the drawing board. But if part of your job has become making sure they do their job, you’re not saving …

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Topics: Services , Choosing A Provider

Interview Guide: 10 Questions To Ask a Potential Pest Control Partner

If you’re on the hunt for a new pest control company, it’s likely your last partnership didn’t work out the way you hoped. Whether they dropped a ball or broke a promise, you’re eager to find someone who will do better. While the proof is in working with a new partner, …

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Topics: Services , Choosing A Provider , Why Orkin

What It Means To Do Business With Orkin: Pest Control You Can Count On

You take your job seriously, and it shouldn’t be hard to find a pest control provider who does the same. You deserve a partner you can count on to get the job done right, even when you’re not looking. At Orkin, we commit to delivering just that. When you choose Orkin, you’ll …

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Topics: Bird Control , Fly Control , Mosquito Control , Sanitation

How to Deter Flying Summer Pests

Preparing your business for a post-pandemic climate? Don’t forget to plan for handling summer pests, especially those that fly. Flying insects are particularly active during the warmer months. Customers are looking to get back to some form of normalcy and will expect to feel safe when they …

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Topics: Food Safety , Research , Rodent Control , Sanitation

Roof Rat Populations on the Rise: What to Know

The year 2020 brought us many surprises, including an influx of rodent headlines. Throughout the year, rodents made an appearance across the U.S. in alarming ways, demonstrating aggressive behavior due to a lack of food sources during the coronavirus pandemic and transmitting rat Hepatitis E to …

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Topics: Cockroach Control , Rodent Control , Food Safety

Checklist: Integrated Pest Management for Essential Businesses During COVID-19

If your business is designated as an essential service provider and is operating during the COVID-19 pandemic, you’re probably already facing a lot of pressure. Between maintaining a hygienic environment, making a profit and providing good service, pest management may not be top of mind. But …

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Topics: Cockroach Control , Rodent Control

Top Pests Threatening Businesses During COVID-19

With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing your business and customers to adapt to shelter-in-place and social distancing orders, pest control may be tough for you to manage right now, alongside all your other concerns. But with the reduction of human activity at your business, a larger number of pests are …

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Topics: Logistics , FoodService , Services

Orkin® VitalClean™ Brings Customers A Powerful Disinfectant Treatment

At Orkin, we know that customers are the lifeblood of any business. With increased health concerns taking a toll on how many companies around the country and the world serve their customers, it’s crucial that we all step up to help in ways both large and small. Just as proper handwashing is a basic …

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Topics: Sustainability , Fly Control , Odor Control , Services

The Nitty-Gritty on Sanitation: Products and Services That Help You Keep It Clean

The fast pace of your day-to-day responsibilities requires you to handle many things at once. And no matter what kind of facility you’re overseeing, a strong sanitation program is critical—if overlooked, it can have a domino effect on other areas of your business. While it may seem obvious that …

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Topics: Rodent Control

Do You Know the Rodent Red Flags?

Do you smell a rat? Don’t let these sneaky pests fool you. From stock rooms and break rooms to suspended ceilings and wall voids, rodents have no trouble finding sources of food, water and shelter at your business, property or school. And though they know how to keep to the shadows, just one …

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Topics: Ant Control

Must-Ask Questions to Help Strengthen Your Ant Defense

If ants are marching through your property, you better believe they are ready to go to war. With colonies that can number into the hundreds of thousands of ants, these tiny pests are tough to defeat. (Learn even the smallest details about ants by downloading our free Antcyclopedia). When you …

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Topics: Fly Control

Mosquito 101

As the weather heats up, so do mosquitoes. Summer is peak season for these threatening pests, whose bites can do more than just itch. Mosquitoes also can transmit diseases like the Zika virus, Chikungunya virus and West Nile virus. The good news? Everyone can do something to help prevent these …

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Topics: Fly Control

What Can You Do to Fend Off Flies?

If you see flies in your facility, don’t turn a blind eye. These filthy pests not only disgust customers but can also contaminate food and other surfaces and cause illness. Our free, comprehensive guide to Flies & Fly Control Strategy breaks down the top concerns for the flies that are …

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Topics: Fly Control

Fly Activity to Look for – and Prevent – in Food Handling Environments

If you work in a food handling environment like a restaurant, grocery store or manufacturing facility, flies can deal a blow to your bottom line. These pests seek the food, water and shelter that your business provides – and their presence can lead to serious consequences. Once inside, they can …

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Topics: Food Safety , Sanitation

Sanitation and Storage Best Practices: Test Your Knowledge

Proper sanitation and storage practices are crucial to food safety and effective pest management. These are preventive controls that are essential to your food safety plan – learn more about what should be included by downloading our free Food Safety Modernization Act Special Report. Failing …

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Topics: Food Safety

Proper Food Temperatures Help Keep Food Safety Under Control

In 2014, the CDC reported 864 foodborne illness outbreaks, which resulted in 13,246 illnesses, 712 hospitalizations, 21 deaths and 21 food recalls. As a restaurant operator, you don’t want any of your diners to be part of the CDC’s foodborne illness count – your dedication to food safety is …

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Topics: Food Safety

When It Comes to Proper Food Storage, Shortcuts Aren’t Worth It

According to the Food and Drug Administration, 43 percent of restaurants in the U.S. do not separate raw animal products from other foods appropriately. This is alarming because incorrect food storage is a main factor in foodborne illness outbreaks, which costs the U.S. between $5 billion and …

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Topics: Food Safety

Best Food Safety Practices to Avoid Food Labeling Confusion

Mislabeling or not labeling food in restaurants may seem like a minor oversight, but it can lead to major food safety failures. During a study on risk factors contributing to foodborne illnesses, the Food and Drug Administration found date marking out-of-compliance as high as 81 percent within …

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Topics: Food Safety

How Well Do You Know Stored Product Pests?

As essential as your ingredients are to your business, they’re also important to the stored product pests for which they’re a primary food source. These pests are capable of causing major damage to stored goods resulting in lost product and profits. These pests are fast breeders, so it’s important …

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Topics: Food Safety

Help Reduce the Risk of Foodborne Illness at Your Restaurant

According to the CDC, more than half of foodborne illness outbreaks originate in restaurants. It’s a statistic that should concern you and other restaurant owners as you aim to provide an exemplary dining experience for your guests and avoid the PR disaster of foodborne illness. In order to do …

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Topics: Research , Food Safety

Handwashing Key to Preventing your Restaurant Patrons From Getting Sick

One in six Americans get sick every year from foodborne illnesses. As a restaurant operator, preventing sickness is essential – it just may not be easy to do. After all, there are many factors seemingly out of your control when it comes to your business operations. However, there are some things …

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Topics: Research , Food Safety , Rodent Control , Cockroach Control

Don’t Let Your Bottom Line Get Burnt by Pest-Transmitted Diseases and Foodborne Illnesses

Rodents, cockroaches and flies – just the sound of their names is enough to make food manufacturers, restaurateurs and diners alike cringe. But the reality is that food establishments deal with these pests on a regular basis. In fact, a survey revealed that half of patrons saw a pest at a …

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Topics: Food Safety

5 Common Food Safety Mistakes

As the largest commercial pest control provider in North America, Orkin services tens of thousands of restaurants, and while our primary job is restaurant pest control, we know that everything we do is really about food safety. If you’re in the restaurant business, you know how much time it …

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Topics: Q & A , Food Safety , Bird Control

Birds in Restaurants

Question: Why are birds such a problem around restaurants and other businesses? Answer: Pigeons, swallows, starlings, and other pest birds are attracted to commercial properties like kids to a candy store. They also cause tens of millions of dollars in damage every year. Their droppings can …

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Topics: Food Safety

Prepping For A Restaurant Inspection

Health inspectors and pests have one thing in common – they can both arrive at a restaurant unannounced. Since the main purpose of a health inspection is food safety, implementing the following procedures to your regular maintenance and sanitation routine at four common pest “hot spots” can help …

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Topics: Q & A , Food Safety

Beetles in Restaurant's Kitchen Question

Beetles in Restaurant's Kitchen Question: I have small, tube-like beetles in some of the dry goods I keep in my restaurant’s kitchen. What are they? Answer: Although you should reach out to a pest management professional to identify the exact type of infestation, it sounds like you have flour …

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Topics: Food Safety

Pest Sightings: How They Affect Your Restaurant’s Reputation and Bottom Line

The fast-paced world of foodservice often requires juggling hundreds of details at once – one of those details being pest management. If overlooked, a dated pest management program can cause a domino effect on all aspects of your business. Your hard work can go out the window with a single pest …

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Foodservice Articles

5 Signs Your Pest Control Partner Isn’t Cutting It

Interview Guide: 10 Questions To Ask a Potential Pest Control Partner

What It Means To Do Business With Orkin: Pest Control You Can Count On

How to Deter Flying Summer Pests

Roof Rat Populations on the Rise: What to Know

Checklist: Integrated Pest Management for Essential Businesses During COVID-19

Top Pests Threatening Businesses During COVID-19

Orkin® VitalClean™ Brings Customers A Powerful Disinfectant Treatment

The Nitty-Gritty on Sanitation: Products and Services That Help You Keep It Clean

Do You Know the Rodent Red Flags?

Must-Ask Questions to Help Strengthen Your Ant Defense

Mosquito 101

What Can You Do to Fend Off Flies?

Fly Activity to Look for – and Prevent – in Food Handling Environments

Sanitation and Storage Best Practices: Test Your Knowledge

Proper Food Temperatures Help Keep Food Safety Under Control

When It Comes to Proper Food Storage, Shortcuts Aren’t Worth It

Best Food Safety Practices to Avoid Food Labeling Confusion

How Well Do You Know Stored Product Pests?

Help Reduce the Risk of Foodborne Illness at Your Restaurant

Handwashing Key to Preventing your Restaurant Patrons From Getting Sick

Don’t Let Your Bottom Line Get Burnt by Pest-Transmitted Diseases and Foodborne Illnesses

5 Common Food Safety Mistakes

Birds in Restaurants

Prepping For A Restaurant Inspection

Beetles in Restaurant's Kitchen Question

Pest Sightings: How They Affect Your Restaurant’s Reputation and Bottom Line