Gym & Spa Towels In Capel Collected To Schedule

Yes — Capel sits on the RH5 round, 7 days, 28.1 miles from our Wembley plant.

• Shared with Holmwood, Charlwood and Abinger Common — the same vehicle covers them, so a club here can be added without moving anyone else.
• The driver knows the streets around Ockley — route knowledge is most of what separates a kept window from a missed one.
• Collections here run to scheduled days, agreed when the account opens, because Capel is only 28.1 miles out.
• Multi-site operators run on staggered days, so no club is left short while another is being collected from.

Shrinkage is normal and predictable. We plan for it rather than dispute it.

• Expected loss is built into the par count at setup — which is the difference between a working count and an optimistic one.
• You get the actual numbers each cycle — in and out, per collection, so the figure is checkable.
• A sudden jump in loss is worth knowing about — a step change in shrinkage is information, not an invoice line.
• On hire, fair wear is our cost — greying and thinning are ours to replace.

There is no honest price list for towel work. Two clubs with the same membership can differ twofold in towel usage depending on the floor.

• We count a real week in Capel before quoting — the invoice records what you were sold, not what you used.
• The count includes January — peak months are the ones the par count has to survive.
• No minimum order — size barely moves the per-item price.
• The count and the quote cost nothing — there is no cost to finding out what it would look like.

We count at peak, because that is the only hour the count has to survive. Every other hour looks fine on any count, which is why averages keep passing and racks keep emptying.

• We count on site at the time it matters — the invoice records what you were sold, not what the rack needed.
• A Monday evening and a Sunday morning are different businesses — and a single number that averages them fails on the busier one.
• January is planned in — new-year membership is the most predictable spike in the trade and should never be handled as an emergency.
• If you run short twice, the count is wrong — a second shortage is a counting error, not bad luck.

Both, and mixed accounts are normal. Plenty of Capel clubs run half and half.

• Hire — we own the stock, replace what wears out and carry the cost of a towel that greys in month two.
• Wash-only — item for item, never substituted.
• Most clubs split it — hire what nobody looks at, keep your own name on what a member wears.
• You can move a line between the two later — without reopening the account.

Yes. One collection, two specifications. Volume on one side of the building, finish on the other.

• Robes are laundered to keep their handle — softness is the point on a robe, and it is achieved by the wash rather than by softener.
• Bath mats run on a heavier classification — than towelling, and mixing the two shortens the life of both.
• One collection, one invoice — no second supplier for the spa side.
• Hotel spas are a normal account — with one account manager across both.

No long-term tie-in and no exit fee. The account should hold because it works, not because leaving is expensive.

• Terms flex with seasonal demand — rather than holding you to a January volume through a quiet August.
• Nothing needs you to be out of your current contract first — the count and the quote commit you to nothing.
• Stock arrives before the old supplier is stood down — so there is never a Capel evening with an empty rack.
• If it is not working, say so — we would rather correct the account than lose it.

Because the wash was wrong, not because the towel is finished. A towel can pass inspection dry and fail it in use, because oil only announces itself once the towel warms up.

• Gym towelling runs on its own classification — not as the tail end of a bed linen load.
• Oil needs a different temperature from sweat — softener is the usual culprit: it smells pleasant and stops the towel drying anything.
• Towels that stop absorbing are usually over-softened, not worn out — that is a wash problem, not a replacement problem.
• Every load is temperature logged — which matters if you are ever asked to show how stock is handled.