Aim higher on hygiene
Love your rating and more customers will love you too
Is your food hygiene rating holding you back? According to research, over 50% of consumers check the FSA website for a restaurant’s hygiene rating before ordering food.
Follow our 5 point plan
We’ve created a 5 point plan with tips to help your business achieve the highest food hygiene rating, and bring in more orders:
Stock Up: Be properly prepared to succeed
- Have ‘British Standard’ cleaning products in your cupboards
- Make sure hand sanitiser is readily available
- Use colour coded prep equipment, date labels and storage containers
Train Up: Make good habits part of your routine
- Have your own hygiene policy document — and brief staff
- Brief them on personal hygiene, and the need for frequent hand washing
- Make sure they have clean uniforms
Store Up: Get everything in place for inspection
- Make sure stored food is covered correctly, with correct date labels
- Store raw food and read-to-eat food separately
- Ensure you know the correct temperature for fridges
Wipe Up: Go over everything again
- Use two stages of cleaning — detergent, then antibacterial
- Clean in line with your schedule — surfaces and utensils after every use, ovens weekly, fridges and freezers monthly
Write Up : Stick to the plan and write it down
- Record every clean on your cleaning schedule
- Keep daily records of temperatures of fridges, freezers and food
- Record staff training and your hygiene policy documents
