Cafe Linen In Clerkenwell On The Morning Round

Yes — Clerkenwell sits on the EC1R round, 7 days, 8.1 miles from our Wembley plant.

• Shared with Farringdon, Farringdon Without and Aldersgate — one van, one run, which is what keeps a single-site account sensible to price.
• The driver knows the streets around Mansion House, Old Street and Angel — which matters more at seven in the morning than it does at eleven.
• A missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week, because Clerkenwell is only 8.1 miles out.

That is the point of putting Clerkenwell on the EC1R round rather than a separate trip. Cafes open earlier than almost anything else we serve.

• The time is agreed when the account opens — not left to whenever the van happens to reach Clerkenwell.
• Timed around Mansion House because that is where the delay actually happens.
• If a drop is missed, a missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week.

Because cafe soil is chemically different from kitchen soil. A cycle built for table linen leaves them behind.

• Cafe cloths and aprons run on their own classification — rather than whatever the machine was doing before.
• Milk protein needs the right temperature, not just a hotter one — too hot sets it into the fibre.
• Grey whites are usually a wash problem, not an age problem — if stock is replaced every few months, the cycle is wrong.

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

• Terms flex with seasonal demand — Clerkenwell in February and Clerkenwell in July are different businesses, and the account should say so.
• Nothing needs you to be out of your current contract first — there is no cost to finding out what it would look like.
• Stock arrives before the old supplier is stood down — you are never between suppliers.

No minimum, on any line. A single-site independent cafe in Clerkenwell is an ordinary account for us.

• Small sites go on the same EC1R round — so you are not paying for a dedicated trip into Clerkenwell.
• 136 cafes around EC1R are already on it — the vehicle is sized for this kind of work rather than adapted to it.
• Volume changes are expected — we adjust rather than hold you to a winter figure.

Both, and mixed accounts are normal. The two sit on one invoice and one round.

• Hire — we own the stock, replace it as it wears and keep the par count topped up.
• Wash-only — the same garments that left Clerkenwell, tracked, never swapped into a pool.
• Plenty of cafes do both — hire what nobody sees, keep your own name on what the customer does.

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 — a second shortage is a counting error, and we correct it.
• Most Clerkenwell cafes are not short of linen overall — they are short of it on two predictable days, which is a counting problem rather than a volume one.
• Seasonal swings are planned in — Clerkenwell in December is not Clerkenwell in February, and the par count should know that.

No. Kitchen cloths and table linen go on the same EC1R collection and the same invoice.

• No second supplier and no second delivery day — one account covers both sides of the counter.
• Chef whites, oven cloths and table linen — priced per item on the account you already have.
• 176 restaurants around EC1R are on this round too — we are not learning kitchen work on your account.