Cafe Linen In Canary Wharf On The Morning Round

Yes — Canary Wharf sits on the E14 round, 7 days, 11.9 miles from our Wembley plant.

• Shared with Poplar, Limehouse and Tower Hamlets — the same vehicle covers them, which is why a counter here can be added without moving anyone else.
• The driver knows the streets around Canary Wharf, West India Quay and All Saints — the same crew runs it weekly, so nobody is reading a map on your doorstep.
• A missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week, because Canary Wharf is only 11.9 miles out.

No. Kitchen cloths and table linen go on the same E14 collection and the same invoice.

• No second supplier and no second delivery day — because the menu grew.
• Chef whites, oven cloths and table linen — all available on the same account, hire or wash-only.
• 126 restaurants around E14 are on this round too — the kitchen classification already runs on it weekly.

Yes — the E14 round is sequenced by opening time. Cafes open earlier than almost anything else we serve.

• The time is agreed when the account opens — it goes on the round sheet, not into a delivery window.
• Timed around Canary Wharf so the van is not arriving into the worst of it.
• If a drop is missed, a missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week.

It is the wash, not the cloth. Run on the wrong programme they accumulate rather than lift.

• Cafe cloths and aprons run on their own classification — the programme is chosen for them, not inherited.
• Milk protein needs the right temperature, not just a hotter one — past a point, heat bonds the protein to the cloth.
• Grey whites are usually a wash problem, not an age problem — replacement rate is the clearest signal the classification is off.

No long-term tie-in and no exit fee.

• Terms flex with seasonal demand — you are not held to a peak figure through a quiet quarter.
• Nothing needs you to be out of your current contract first — we will count your week while you are still under someone else.
• Stock arrives before the old supplier is stood down — the two overlap by design.

No minimum, on any line. Most of what we collect in E14 is exactly that size.

• Small sites go on the same E14 round — which is why size barely moves the per-item price.
• 84 cafes around E14 are already on it — which is why the timings suit opening rather than check-out.
• Volume changes are expected — a quiet January in Canary Wharf and a busy July are the same account.

Both, and mixed accounts are normal. Plenty of Canary Wharf accounts run half and half.

• Hire — we own the stock, replace it as it wears and keep the par count topped up.
• Wash-only — item for item, never substituted.
• Plenty of cafes do both — hired glass cloths and tea towels, own-branded aprons on wash-only.

Tell your account manager and a missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week.

• If it happens twice, the par count is wrong — and resetting it is our job, not a favour.
• Most Canary Wharf cafes are not short of linen overall — the shortage has a shape, and the shape is Saturday.
• Seasonal swings are planned in — Canary Wharf in December is not Canary Wharf in February, and the par count should know that.