Ozone water for retail & stores: clear cleaning workflows

Ozone water for retail and stores

This guide shows how to use ozone water on the shop floor with clear, repeatable steps. An ozone water machine produces ozone water on site for surface cleaning; it is not intended for consumption or medical applications.

Why use ozone water in retail?

Retail teams handle many recurring tasks: organising baskets, clearing counters, refreshing payment terminals and preparing trolleys. Ozone water supports these routines by offering one source of cleaning water for many closed surfaces, so staff can walk their round without switching between multiple products.

On the page What is ozone water? you find a broader explanation of how ozone water is produced and how it fits into cleaning processes. For an overview of machines, see Ozone water machine.

Key touchpoints in stores

In retail environments ozone water can be used on various closed surfaces:

• Checkout counters and service desks
• Baskets, carts and child seats
• Payment terminals, self-checkout areas and scanners
• Fridge handles, door grips and elevator buttons
• Displays, promo islands and information stands

For more background and related topics, you can browse the Guides section with additional articles about ozone water applications.

Two-cloth method on the shop floor

The core workflow remains the same across locations. Spray onto the cloth for controlled application, or directly onto closed surfaces such as counters or displays. Follow the two-cloth method: 1) Apply a light mist on the surface. 2) Wipe in overlapping strokes with cloth A. 3) Dry immediately with cloth B for a streak-free result. Work from cleaner to less clean areas: checkout counters first, then baskets and trolleys, then edges and low-priority zones.

If you want more detailed instructions, read the dedicated article Two-cloth method.

Building daily retail routines

Link ozone water to fixed cleaning rounds that are easy to follow:

✔️ Opening round: prepare counters, self-checkout areas, baskets and carts

✔️ Mid-shift round: refresh checkouts, payment terminals and busy touchpoints

✔️ Closing round: finish displays, handles, doors and edges

Using ozone water is cost-efficient and makes routines easy to transfer: new employees learn one pattern that can be reused in every branch. If you would like to discuss how this fits your stores, feel free to get in touch via Contact.

Costs and affordability

With ozone water you produce cleaning water on site for roughly €0.0017 per litre, which is a fraction of a eurocent per litre and around one cent per full bucket. This replaces a large part of traditional bottles and reduces storage pressure in stockrooms.

✔️ No complex logistics for multiple bottled products

✔️ Less plastic packaging and fewer single-use containers

✔️ Surface cleaning without storing many chemicals

✔️ Simple routines that can be rolled out across locations

After about 1000 operating hours or roughly 500,000 litres the ozone water machine needs maintenance, with average component costs that can be planned and spread over time.

Customer stories & testimonials

• “By producing our own ozone water, our per-litre usage cost for surface cleaning dropped noticeably.” – Retail
• “Counters stay free of film layers, so we spend less time on extra passes.” – Supermarket
• “We reduced the number of different products in our cleaning cupboard to a manageable set.” – Chain store

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Other articles in this series

This article is part of a broader blog series about the versatility of ozone water in different environments. You can also read the other pages in this guide:

Ozone water versatility (guide)

Ozone water for hospitality

Ozone water for care environments

Ozone water for sport & wellness

Ozone water for facility & cleaning teams

Further reading

What is ozone water?

Ozone water machine

Guides

Two-cloth method

All products (shop)

Contact

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