Janitorial Periodic Services And why they matter. Many professional janitorial companies don’t have the “well just clean everything” mentality – wouldn’t make us very professional nor business savvy would it? In a typical janitorial contact scenario, there is a “scope of work” included. This scope outlines and details the janitorial responsibilities of the cleaning company.…

We hear the terms cleaning, sanitizing and disinfecting thrown around all the time. They are typically used fluidly and interchangeably. As professional janitors, we kindly ask you to stop doing that (please). We wanted to make sure that someone can distinguish these two terms to ensure that their clients or own space are the cleanest they can…

The Janitorial Places often Missed the Most. We all miss things even more so when the work isn’t some automation or done by a robot programmed to do something. Humans are fallible and I would make the case that among the service industry, janitorial may be the best example of that fallibility. Here are the…

Reducing Waste in the Janitorial Service Industry. How does the commercial janitorial industry reduce their impact on the environment? In our trade, we have a high impact on the use of paper products, water and chemicals that can have a drastic impact on the environment. Here are a few of Garden City Janitorial’s ideas of…

Price Increases 2.0 So part one talked about all the not so fun, even boring, economical reasoning behind why your janitorial service provider may have to give price increases to their customers. Here, we are going to pull on some heart strings really quick to show you our TOP reason for price increases. Employees We…

We all love the look of clean, shiny flooring. It speaks to the cleanliness of a business right? We walk into a hospital, see shiny floors and a sense of comfort happens as you can trust you won’t come out sicker than you were there for. There is even a question on release surveys asking how clean…

Why Do We Give Regular Price Increases? Part 1 We get money is tough to talk about and we understand as a business ourselves how much a dollar needs to get dragged out to make it go as far as possible. Giving out price increases is hard, for many reasons. For one, we expect when…

Commercial Cleaning is an interesting service to provide. Each company who is providing cleaning services knows there are so many things that can be left up to chance on how the cleaning goes. So how do we at Garden City Janitorial like to break it all down so we can provide the highest quality possible?…

New to having a Janitorial Vendor?  You’ve done your research. You looked through all of your quotes. You have picked the janitorial service cleaning company that best suits your needs. So…now what? Our customer process looks different for every janitorial company, for every location, and for every client. So what should you expect during onboarding? Look into…

So you have done your research, found a few janitorial companies you like and are looking to get quotes from them. Cool right? In most quote processes, you will probably hear a business throw out the words “scope of work” or SOW. What does that have to do with getting a quote you wonder. A…