With a very real risk of lockdown levels increasing once again, retail sanitisation is no longer optional – it is mandatory. Outlets that are not taking sanitisation measures as a priority can not only risk consequences of non-compliance – they can also risk putting their customers at risk. If you do not have a COVID protocol in place and comprehensive retail sanitisation at entrances as well as various other hotspots within your store, you may end up paying a far higher price than you realise.
Why You Need to Take Retail Sanitisation Seriously
There are a few major reasons why you cannot treat retail sanitisation as yet another regulation that is put onto paper without being followed to the letter. Some of the biggest reasons to start taking your sanitisation measures seriously include the following:
National COVID compliance.
Lockdown levels are changing as the second COVID wave hits South Africa. Compliance is no longer optional. Failure to have strict measures in place can result in fines and even jail time. The last thing any store needs is police arriving because you have not set up a proper sanitisation station at entry points of your store.
Health and safety regulations.
Over and beyond COVID regulations, health and safety should be something your store is already taking seriously. Even once lockdown and COVID begin to ease and vaccines start becoming available in South Africa, products such as hand sanitiser, wipes, disinfectant foggers, and others that are made to provide a safer environment for employees and customers are essential. If you do not have set regulations in place, now is the time to plan health protocols.
Customer reassurance.
When you have a sanitisation station in place that includes sanitisation products as well as temperature taking and basic scanning, you are giving your customers assurance that you have their health and well-being in mind. Simply providing a spray bottle and a few wipes is not enough anymore. Customers need to be able to walk in, go through the scanning process and use effective sanitisers, before given wipes to clean trolleys and baskets. Additional wipe and sanitiser stations should also be positioned in the store and hand sanitisers should be provided at till points as well.
Enviro-Safe offers all the hygiene products your store needs to protect your staff and customers. Get in touch with us today to find out more about our retail sanitisation solutions.
