Is anyone else's store having an issue with fruit flies? It's disgusting and nothing seems to help. They are getting into the teas, refreshers and camping out at the frap station and the powders.
Throwaway293772624 points8m ago
Yes. Holy fuck, it’s so bad at my store. And the district manager is coming tomorrow, so yk… lol. My manager put apple cider vinegar mixed with dish soap in the case and around the bar and it helped a lot. There weren’t any fruit flies for the rest of the day while I was there after that. Would definitely recommend trying that. Definitely give the place a good cleaning first tho
Socko-The-Sock4 points8m ago
Yep usually breaking down the bar and giving a proper clean helps. It also got to a point at my old LS where we got fly paper for when we were closed lol
wok3less7 points8m ago
how often do u guys do drains? ours tend to get bad when drains get bad. as its getting colder its gotten sm better tho
Significant-Joke78621 points8m ago
we do our drains every single night and ice them. i thought that was closing standard but i could be mistaken
wok3less4 points8m ago
technically its a cleanplay standard (so all of them once a week) but i just recently learned lots of stores do them every night and have been trying to get mine in the habit! it defo helps with the bug issues.
wok3less1 points8m ago
by ice them do u just mean pour ice down? and why? genuinely curious!
violaaesthetic3 points8m ago
Fill them with ice overnight. Makes it too cold for the bugs
wok3less1 points8m ago
:0 good to know!! thank you!!
tacticalcop4 points8m ago
boiling water and sanitizer down the drains! that’s where they live
Affogatho3 points8m ago
def take apart the bar and make sure there's no liquid pooling anywhere! my last few stores have been new and no one knew the refresher shelves and cold bar powders were 2 pieces. that grape juice was fermenting lol
AppointmentLatter3022 points8m ago
Stink bugs at my store
linseeded2 points8m ago
Oop we just got ants in our refreshers rn 💀💀💀💀 have put in maintenance requests daily for the past month
Affectionate-Raise211 points8m ago
my old store had them super bad because night crew never cleaned drains (so it also always smelled like rotten milk). we also didn’t have a working AC so all the flies would hang out by the inclusions. after a while we just have to put saran wrap over the inclusion and powder containers to keep them out.
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