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Brad CarrierNews & UpdatesFebruary 1, 20180 Likes

January Introduction Post

Brad CarrierNews & UpdatesJanuary 31, 20180 Likes

Message to Restaurants

Pick the right Pest Control Company and save customers and money!

If you own or manage a restaurant you realize that customers are the life blood of your business. You my have the best menu, the best atmosphere, the best price and the best service, but if you do not have customers your restaurant will not survive. There are also many ways to loose customers, although sometimes you can not help what happens, but as a owner/manager you try to prevent those situations from happening through training and hiring competent employees.

It is no different when hiring a Pest Control Company. If you loose one customer due to a customer seeing roaches, mice, ants, or drain flies in your restaurant due to having poor pest control service, then you have not hired the right company. For the price of 2 entrees and beverages you can protect your restaurant from pests on a monthly basis. Most Restaurant pest control services run around $50 a month and will provide peace of mind for restaurant owners and managers. It also covers free call backs if a problem does pop up between monthly visits. You have a business to run and do not need to spend extra time to remove pests from your building. Let the professional handle it, while you handle your profession.

There are many different ways Pests may enter your restaurant. From deliveries and gaps under doors, to having customers and employees bringing them in. Bugsy’s provide multiple different preventive measures to help control and prevent these pest problems.

At Bugsy’s Pest Solutions we have a extensive background in food safety working in food manufacturing facilities, food storage facilities and restaurants. We also carry a Food Safety Certificate to help with Pest Control and Sanitation for our cliental.

The most important thing in pest control service for a restaurant is communication. We work to have a work relationship with our customers. We feel if you don’t know your technicians name than the technician is not doing their job. Communication is essential in keeping the building pest free. We also utilize electronic reporting to help with the communication and document all of our services. Our customers are emailed service tickets the instant that the service is completed and each customer has a portal, so they may look back on past services if need be.

If you would like us to do a survey and propose a competitive bid for your Restaurant, Bar or Grill please contact us at 319-239-2772 or at [email protected]

Thank You

Brad Carrier, Owner

Brad CarrierNews & UpdatesJanuary 3, 20180 Likes

Hotel and Apartment Bed Bug Services

Hello everyone,

My name is Brad Carrier, I am the owner of Bugsy’s Pest Solutions here in Warterloo, Iowa. I may have met a few of you last spring as I made my way around town handing out my card and some information on my company. If I have not met you let me inform you of who I am. I have over 19 years of experience in the industry, working in residential, multi unit dwellings, restaurants, farms, hospitals, food plants and of course hotels, along with many other businesses. I am licensed with the State of Iowa in Termite, Mosquito, General Pest, Weed Control, and Fumigation. Plus certificates from Purdue University in Pest Control Technology and Food Plant Management also Certification from AIB in Food Processing Sanitation and Hygiene. It took along time to obtain this knowledge but to be honest I keep learning everyday, because in the Pest Control industry things change very fast. This is why I am making this blog.

When I talked to most hotels and apartment complexes I am informed that most of you have Pest Control Companies you already work with. That is great, if they are meeting your needs, have a trained and professional technician, taking care of your issues in a timely manner and at a reasonable cost than you have a good company in your corner. But if you have any doubts that there may be something better, I would like to talk with you.

With the hotel and apartment industry Bed Bugs are a major cost to your operation. Unfortunately I don’t see bed bugs going away anytime in the near future. Although treatment has changed drastically in the last 2 years. Heat was introduced a few years ago as the go to treatment for bed bugs due to some bed bugs becoming resistant to pyrethrin based chemicals. Heat will kill bed bugs when done correctly, but there are many variables in the service, the heat must reach all areas to be affective, damage can be done to televisions, blinds or other plastic devices if not removed. Also after the heat is gone, it is gone, there is no residual affect.

We have been using a standard chemical application since the beginning of February of 2017 and have had amazing success. Our treatment consist of vacuuming, steaming (if necessary), a liquid chemical treatment with a active ingredients of Clothianidin, Metofluthrin and Piperonyl Butoxide. It kills all stages Adults, nymphs and eggs, with a quick knock down. It is also labelled to treat the mattress and bed spring. Most bed bug liquid chemicals are unable to be used on Mattress and bed springs. We follow up the initial treatment with using a low toxicity silicon dust, applied with a power duster. The liquid treatment may last up to 3 months and the dust can last up to a year if undisturbed. That means there will be a present insecticide to possibly help with issues that may occur in the future. Another strong benefit of this procedure is that it takes around 2 hours to do the service, and another 4 hours for it to dry out. After that the room can be turned back over to the hotel or tenant. LITTLE TO NO DOWN TIME. Also you do not have a box truck outside your building advertising the problem.

This service includes a initial and a follow-up 10-14 days after initial. Our Hotel pricing for the bed bug treatment cost is $385 plus tax for a one bedroom unit. And $410 plus tax for a 2 bedroom or suite.

This price is available to Hotels that do a monthly General Pest service with us. If we do not do the normal pest control prices will vary. Our General Pest Control treatment is a little different than others also. We will service all common areas of hotel, plus restaurant and Bar if hotel has one. We will only do rooms if there is a issue in the room, we find that going in and just spraying rooms is a waste of time and money if there is no problems. But we will go into rooms at the time of your normal service to retreat rooms that have been treated by us for bed bugs. This is just a insurance policy to recheck for reinfestation. We will service 2 rooms per month, if more than 2 rooms, add a additional $10 per room. Our base price for General Pest Control for hotels is $60 plus tax per month, for hotels with no Restaurant or Bar. If the hotel has a Restaurant and or Bar the price is $80 plus tax per month.

Apartment Complexes are priced different due to tenants living in the units and they may have a much larger bed bug infestation plus the sanitation will affect the price also. Although the treatment is very similar and we do offer monthly retreats and inspections so the unit is not re-infested at a later date. We also have the flexibility to arrange a service that may help better than a one time treatment, such as a quarterly treatment to all units in the complex.

Thank You for reading this email. I would love to talk to you if you have any questions or concerns. We like to think we are giving our clients peace of mind knowing when problems occur they only have to pick up the phone. We normally can get to a problem and resolve it within a 48 hour period. Our phone calls our also answered by trained technicians not a answering service.

Brad Carrier

Owner

Bugsy’s Pest Solutions

319-239-2772

bugsyspestsolutions.com

Brad CarrierNews & UpdatesAugust 22, 20170 Likes

August end of the Month Specials

Help us sale Commercial Services and get free stuff!

Brad CarrierNews & UpdatesAugust 9, 20170 Likes

Before and After Nature-Cide service

Before

After

This is a before and After of Nature-cide for exterior pests. Nature-cide is a all natural pesticide that is applied through a mister to your yard, controlling Mosquitoes, fleas, and ticks. See the difference for yourself

Brad CarrierNews & UpdatesApril 28, 20170 Likes

May Blog, Electronic Reporting and Documentation.

Brad CarrierNews & UpdatesApril 6, 20170 Likes

Bugsy’s April Blog Earwigs and Carpenter Ants

Brad CarrierNews & UpdatesMarch 5, 20170 Likes

March Video Blog Rodent Droppings

Brad CarrierNews & UpdatesFebruary 14, 20170 Likes

Pick the right pest control company.

Brad CarrierNews & UpdatesFebruary 4, 20170 Likes

I would like to say hello.

Hello everyone. OK I got that out of the way. My name is Brad Carrier and I am the Owner/Operator of Bugsy’s Pest Solutions. I was raised in Waterloo, Iowa, graduated at East Waterloo in 1991, and attended Kirkwood and Hawkeye Community Colleges. I now live in Evansdale, Iowa with my wife Jody and my two daughters Cally and Charlee. I spend my off time playing guitar and writing songs, my wife and I have coached club volleyball for the last 4 years, and I am a elected Park Board member for the City of Evensdale.

I have been in the Pest Control industry since 1999, working for Orkin for 8 years. I then worked for a local company for a year, than joined a National company doing commercial audited accounts, fumigation, and industrial clientele. I have always enjoyed the industry, working with customers to fix their problems has always gave me a sense of accomplishment. At the same time getting to know my customers personally and starting friendships.

I left my last job to start my own company for a lot of reasons. Mainly I wanted to bring customer service back to the industry. I feel the larger a company gets customer service gets lost in the growth. When you call Bugsy’s Pest Solutions, you will talk to a person in your area, that knows your account. You will be able to get answers in minutes, not hours or days.

The objective for Bugsy’s Pest Solutions is to simply, “Solve Problems.” When you contact Bugsy’s Pest Solutions there is only one reason, that is because you have a problem. We are here to solve that problem for you. With fast and friendly service, using integrated pest management, with a combination of the newest technology and time proven practices.

We also have electronic reporting and scanning. Service reports can be emailed to contacts that you decide. Including Trend Reporting for audited facilities.

I am excited to meet the Cedar Valley and help solve problems, from Bed Bugs to Beetles. If you do not have a pest control company please give Bugsy’s Pest Solutions a chance. If you do, please consider calling us to see if we may have other options to solve your problems or different options in service. I would love to talk with you and give your home or business a bid.

“Treating your home and business as if it was our own'”