Gym & Spa Towels In Catmore Collected To Schedule

Yes — Catmore sits on the RG20 round, 7 days, 46.0 miles from our Wembley plant.

• Shared with West Ilsley, Peasemore and Brightwalton — one van, one run, which is what keeps a single studio sensible to price.
• Collections here run to scheduled days, agreed when the account opens, because Catmore is only 46.0 miles out.
• Multi-site operators run on staggered days, so no club is left short while another is being collected from.

Because sweat and body oil build up in the fibre and a general wash does not shift them. The towel smells fine cold and dry, then smells again once it is warm and damp — which a member notices before you do.

• Gym towelling runs on its own classification — not as the tail end of a bed linen load.
• Oil needs a different temperature from sweat — and softener makes it worse by coating the fibre, which is why we do not use it on gym stock.
• Towels that stop absorbing are usually over-softened, not worn out — and the fix costs nothing but a change of classification.
• Every load is temperature logged — so there is a record behind the classification rather than an assurance.

Every Catmore club loses towels, and an account that pretends otherwise turns into a monthly argument about counts.

• Expected loss is built into the par count at setup — rather than discovered in month three.
• You get the actual numbers each cycle — rather than a running balance nobody can reconcile.
• A sudden jump in loss is worth knowing about — it usually means a change on the floor rather than a laundry problem.
• On hire, fair wear is our cost — you pay for the service, not for towels reaching the end of their life.

Priced on your peak and your member numbers, not off a rate card. Towel volume depends on member numbers and how hard the floor turns over, so a published list would be wrong for most clubs.

• We count a real week in Catmore 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 — a small Catmore studio pays the same per towel as a club ten times the size.
• The count and the quote cost nothing — including while you are still under contract elsewhere.

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 — the one spike everyone knows is coming is the one worth building into the count.
• If you run short twice, the count is wrong — and correcting it is our job, not a favour.

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

• Hire — stock, replacement and shrinkage planning are ours; you never reorder.
• Wash-only — item for item, never substituted.
• Most clubs split it — hired gym towels where nobody reads a label, own-branded robes in the spa where the branding is the point.
• You can move a line between the two later — clubs often start on hire and move the spa side across once branding is settled.

Yes — a gym floor and a spa want opposite things from a towel. The gym side is judged on whether the rack is full; the spa side on how the robe feels.

• Robes are laundered to keep their handle — a robe that feels like a gym towel has been washed like one.
• Bath mats run on a heavier classification — because wet-area linen takes a different kind of soil.
• One collection, one invoice — even where the two sides of the building want different specs.
• Hotel spas are a normal account — the bed linen side can go on the same round.

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 — Catmore in January and Catmore in August are different clubs, and the account should say so.
• Nothing needs you to be out of your current contract first — there is no cost to finding out.
• Stock arrives before the old supplier is stood down — you are never between suppliers.
• If it is not working, say so — we would rather correct the account than lose it.