Mobile food trucks are exposed to more contaminants than restaurant kitchens because they’re outside and on-the-go. It’s crucial to sanitize correctly to encourage your customers’ safety and the business’s well-being. Here’s what to do to maintain cleanliness.

How to Keep a Food Truck Tidy

Daily

Wash all dishes, cutlery, silverware, and loose items throughout the day. Use soap and warm water to remove food-borne bacteria and outdoor contaminants that may have drifted through the window. Apply an equal parts blend of white vinegar and warm water on food preparation surfaces to kill bacteria. Repeat these tasks at the end of the day, and take out the trash whenever it’s full.

Remind your staff to wear plastic gloves, hairnets, and face masks at all times so that they don’t spread germs or viruses, like COVID-19. Additionally, have them wash their hands with warm water and soap for 20 seconds any time they take their gloves off.

Weekly

Deep clean your appliances once a week. Empty the fridge and scrub all the interior surfaces as well as the outer shell. Other tasks to complete include washing the cooler and ice machine, scrubbing the inside of the coffee maker, and cleaning the oven. These essential chores remove lingering food debris and prevent mold growth while maximizing the appliances’ life spans.

Monthly

Monthly cleanings focus on the entire mobile food truck. Pull out all the movable appliances so that you can vacuum and mop behind them. Remove light fixtures to wash the ceilings and walls, and scrub thoroughly around the door and window frames.

It’s also wise to schedule professional stove hood cleaning and maintenance services each month to ensure the component never malfunctions during a workday. Additionally, grease is a fire hazard, so removing deposits creates a safer workspace.

While you handle the routine cleaning, Shanghai Mobile Kitchen Solutions will handle all the other maintenance tasks. Although they’re based in Brooklyn, NY, they help mobile food truck owners throughout Philadelphia, Boston, New Jersey, Maryland, and North Carolina. They can perform necessary appliance inspections and repairs and will help you pick out any replacement equipment as needed. To get more information about their services, visit them online or call (718) 599-4583.