Pest Control For Takeaways

Do you have a pest issue at your takeaway business? Area Pest Control is here to help.

We are experts in pest control for takeaways and will quickly, and efficiently deal with your pest issue. During our pest control procedure, a fully trained Pest Control Officer will survey your takeaway premises, looking in the kitchen and food storage areas internally and externally to cover all possible pest entry points.

Are you looking for reliable, efficient, and prudent pest control for your takeaway?

Look no further than Area Pest Control. Being a local business with a dedicated team you will come to know each of our Pest Control Officers (PCO) and they will come to know you and your restaurant personally. With our services, you will have 2 dedicated PCOs Looking after the pest control at your takeaway, so you will be able to put a name to the face and rest assured your business is in good hands. Each PCO will know your takeaway premises and people in full, so any pest control history won’t get lost in translation between many different team members.

Takeaway Food Delivery Apps And Pest Control

Here at Area Pest Control, we are passionate about keeping you pest free and have this same passion for serving you at one of your takeaway businesses or multiple chains of takeaways.

3rd party platforms like Deliveroo, Just Eat, and Uber Eats all have comprehensive policies surrounding food safety. They often require HACCP plans featuring a wide range of record keeping and proof that the plan is being followed. Pest control features highly within the HACCP food safety system, and Area Pest Control can help you to fulfil your pest control legal requirements for managing pests at your takeaway.

Your Go-To Takeaway Pest Control Specialists

Takeaway owners have more than enough to deal with day-to-day without having pest infestations to worry about. Discovering that you have rats, mice or cockroaches on your premises is stressful and the thought of a customer seeing a pest while waiting for their takeaway collection or finding a pest in their takeaway is even more worrying, what would the consequence of this be to your business?

By having an Area Pest Control service agreement in place, we can take away this worry giving you peace of mind that your business is in safe hands and any pest issue is found and dealt with before it can become a problem.

We’ve worked with takeaways across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and North London to keep pests at bay. Our methods work as an early warning system for any future pest issues, so they can be dealt with quickly, professionally, and efficiently. We understand the problems that pest infestations can mean to your takeaway and aim to leave you with peace of mind and one less thing to think about. Area Pest Control provide routine visits for monitoring and dealing with any pests that find their way into your takeaway premises.

Takeaway BRC or SALSA accreditation

If your takeaway food business is BRC or SALSA-accredited, our specialist BPCA-accredited pest control services will help you to achieve and maintain your food accreditation. Our specialists will implement a pest control compliance management plan, and a tailored standard operating procedure (SOP) can be produced to comply with your HACCP plan if required.

Our Pest Removal Services: Pest Control For Takeaways

Every takeaway owner knows that seeing just one pest can lead to an infestation of pests causing problems in many ways. If spotted by a food hygiene inspector, you could see your hygiene rating plummet to zero, and no customer wants to eat at a takeaway business with a food rating below 5. Pests in your takeaway will likely infest food, meaning any stock will need to be disposed of and replaced at a cost. Any customers that see a pest in your serving area will be put off from ever returning, and possibly leave a bad review.

That’s why here at Area Pest Control we aim to provide a visit to your takeaway within 24 hours of taking your call for all our service agreement customers. This minimises the effect of having pests within your takeaway and means the issue will be dealt with as swiftly and discreetly as possible.

We will always give you our professional advice on how to stop the same issue from happening again by recommending ways to protect your takeaway from pests.

Rodent Pest Control For Takeaways

Rats and mice are on a constant search for places where they have easy access to food.

Unfortunately, takeaways are often a soft target and rodents in your kitchen are a serious health and safety hazard and one that a Food Safety Hygiene Officer will be looking for on their routine visits. Having rodents, rats, or mice in your serving area will cause customers to leave and dramatically affect your takeaways reputation.

If you have found signs of a rat or mouse infestation, finding a reliable rodent pest control company that specialises in protecting takeaways from pests quickly is critical. By getting in touch with Area Pest Control we will identify the pest and the extent of the problem, then choose the right solution for your rodent issue, giving you professional advice to remove rats or mice from your takeaway and preventing further pest issues.

Insect Removal For Takeaways

Insect infestations can be extremely problematic for takeaways. Insect infestations like cockroaches, ants, and flies can happen all year round and need to be dealt with professionally and effectively. Cockroaches are effective at spreading disease, causing serious hygiene risks in professional kitchens. The transfer of bacterial pathogens from drains directly onto food preparation surfaces is extremely hazardous. What’s more, large infestations of insects of any type will put customers off, resulting in reduced customer loyalty and the increased risk of bad reviews being left for others to see.

Our services include solutions to tackle infestations of ants, cockroaches, beetles, flies, moths, and any store product insects associated with dry foods. Our specialist pest controllers work by installing crawling insect monitoring traps and fly glue board units. These traps are used for the monitoring and control of flying insects, allowing us to be one step ahead of pest infestations in your takeaway.

Insect outbreaks in takeaways can happen a lot quicker than you think, from seeing the odd cockroach to having an infestation can be a matter of weeks. The longer you leave a pest issue unchecked the larger and more costly it will become.

Call us today for a fast, reliable response; often we will have availability to visit your takeaway and deal with your pest issue within 24 hours. In emergency cases, we can often visit the same day to get the problem under control immediately.

Pigeon Removal For Takeaways

Pigeons can cause many issues for takeaway owners. The droppings from roosting and perching birds look unsightly when on the windows and doors, but they can also cause slip hazards for your customers as the droppings build up on the pavement. Most critically, bird droppings carry diseases including Histoplasmosis, Psittacosis and Salmonella. Having birds on your premises will be a cause of concern for Environmental Health Officers and will likely affect the food rating for your takeaway if the birds are not removed and prevented from returning.

Area Pest Control’s in-house specialist bird team can remove your bird issue efficiently and discreetly. We will disinfect and clean any droppings, remove nests and birds, and protect your takeaway premises from returning birds. Our team can keep your business free from all types of birds, whether it’s pigeons, jackdaws, starlings, crows, or parakeets. We can install a wide range of preventative solutions from spikes to netting, stopping birds from returning and preventing future issues with bird control. Call us now to have a friendly visit from our bird control team and find out how we can make bird troubles at your takeaway a distant memory.

Why Choose APC For Pest Control For Your Takeaway?

Area Pest Control is the leading local provider of pest protection in takeaways. There are so many reasons our loyal customers choose our services time and time again. Our PCOs are highly trained takeaway pest removal experts. Each of our PCOs has gained a level 2 BCPA-certified in pest control, as well as receiving regular training. By choosing Area Pest Control, you can guarantee that you are using a professional, reliable, and BPCA-accredited company that will respond to your pest control issues safely, discreetly, and quickly.

Immediate steps for controlling pests:

When you call Area Pest Control, we listen to you and understand your pest problem. During our initial phone call, we can advise you on immediate steps you can take to start controlling pests and can also advise you on whether or not you require a pest control expert on-site.

When needed we aim to book you in within 24 hours of your phone call. In an emergency, we will aim to have a Pest Control Officer out with you on the same day, ensuring we start to resolve the pest problem as soon as possible, minimising disruption on your day.

Protecting your takeaway from pests:

We believe it is better to protect a business from having a pest infestation in the first place rather than controlling pests once they are inside. Our Pest Control Officers will carry out a survey of your premises, focusing on possible pest entry points. Their findings along with any recommendations will then be reported directly to yourself.

Effective pest control solutions for takeaways:

When choosing a pest control company there are key attributes that you will be looking for, including reliability, BPCA accredited, highly trained friendly staff, discretion, digital reporting, and those special attributes that are personal to you. Our strong team of fantastic employees come with these attributes as standard and will listen to your personal ones to create a bespoke pest control management plan tailored to your takeaway. We understand that your takeaway is unique, which is why we create a tailored pest control plan for every business.

FAQs

What pests do you treat?

Our Pest Control Officers are trained to deal with all types of pests. The top 5 pests we are called out to by takeaway owners are German cockroaches, oriental cockroaches, rats, mice, and moths. We also cover seasonal pests including ants, wasps, flies, and beetles. Our bird control team is on hand to remove any bird issues from pigeons to starlings.

If you suspect you have a pest that is not mentioned above, don’t worry. We are here to help, just call and we will arrange for one of our PCOs to come and survey your food outlet.

What does a pest control visit to my takeaway involve?

Our Pest Control Officers will visit your takeaway at a pre-arranged time convenient to you. Following a survey of the takeaway, they will identify what type of pest you have, and at what level the infestation is, as well as identify any pest entry points. With this information, they will work quickly to create a tailored plan to deal with the pest problem. Area Pest Control PCOs have a fully kitted-out work van with all the equipment they need to tackle any pest job, this allows us, with your approval, to get started on controlling the pest issue as soon as possible. Our aim is to keep any disruption the pests have been causing to your business as small as possible.

How much do you charge for pest control for takeaways?

Our prices vary depending on the size and location, the pest, and the severity of the infestation.

Our prices start from:

• Cockroach treatments from *£80.00
• Rat and mouse treatments from *£75.00

Area Pest Control has introduced a new way to manage pest control compliance for takeaways, offering an off-the-shelf pest control contract with 3 levels of service, Monitoring Basic, Monitoring Plus and Monitoring Protected, for more information and costings:

https://areapestcontrol.co.uk/commercial-pest-control/service-agreements/ 

We offer tailored solutions to meet your takeaways exact needs, you may be following a HACCP plan, or an approved food scheme like BRC or Sala and require additional support. Area Pest Control is here to support you with a specialist pest control service providing monthly visits with an online dashboard for your digital reporting and health and safety documents to help you achieve your food-related accreditation.

*All prices stated are per visit, plus VAT, correct at the time of writing 2022. 

How quickly can you attend a pest control call out for my takeaway?

Our pest control officers are on hand to help you over the phone, and we aim to be on-site surveying within 24 hours of speaking to you. We know how important it is for takeaways to deal with pest issues efficiently. In emergencies and where possible we can attend your premises on the same day of speaking to you, giving you that extra peace of mind that the pest issue will be dealt with quickly.

How long have you been handling pest control for takeaways?

Area Pest Control has been supporting takeaways with pest control services for over 12 years. There’s not a lot we haven’t seen over the years, although now and again we come across something new, our Pest Control Officers love a challenge and new pest issues provide just that. Area Pest Control has been serving takeaways in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and the whole of North London for the last twelve years.

What are the most common pests found in takeaways?

Internally the most common pests are cockroaches, rats, and mice, which make up 3 of the 5 top pests we encounter in takeaways. Externally pigeons sitting on signs and above doorways cause takeaway owners and their customers issues. Rats coming out of the drains and using bin stores as a food source can lead to rodents entering the kitchen. During the summer months, ants are also a common nuisance for takeaways.

We would love to hear from takeaway owners, what are your pest control needs?

Area Pest Control has been supporting takeaway owners with their pest control for more than 12 years. Seeing our customers grow into profitable and busy food outlets in the knowledge that we have supported them along the way with pest issues, pest prevention, achieving food accreditations and helping to raise the food hygiene scores, really gives the team a great feeling.

Are you looking to open up a takeaway and have questions and concerns about pest control?

We can help you with your HACCP pest control plan, put in place a pest management system for you, and help you with compliance.

Please get in touch with our expert team today and let us know how we can help.