Cafe Linen In Crystal Palace On The Morning Round

Yes — Crystal Palace sits on the SE19 round, 7 days, 13.3 miles from our Wembley plant.

• Shared with Upper Norwood, Anerley and Penge — adding you changes the schedule, not the route.
• The driver knows the streets around Penge West, Crystal Palace and Anerley — 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 Crystal Palace is only 13.3 miles out.

It is the wash, not the cloth. A cycle built for table linen leaves them behind.

• Cafe cloths and aprons run on their own classification — not as the tail end of a kitchen load.
• 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 — 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 — you are not held to a peak figure through a quiet quarter.
• 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 — the two overlap by design.

No minimum, on any line. A one-site independent is the normal shape of a cafe account.

• Small sites go on the same SE19 round — which is why size barely moves the per-item price.
• 43 cafes around SE19 are already on it — the vehicle is sized for this kind of work rather than adapted to it.
• Volume changes are expected — the account flexes rather than holding you to a floor.

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

• Hire — the count is maintained for you, including the items that wear out first.
• Wash-only — item for item, never substituted.
• Plenty of cafes do both — branding matters on the apron, rarely on the tea towel behind the counter.

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 — we reset it against what you actually used, not what was estimated at setup.
• Most Crystal Palace cafes are not short of linen overall — the weekly total is fine; the weekend distribution is not.
• Seasonal swings are planned in — Crystal Palace in December is not Crystal Palace in February, and the par count should know that.

No. Kitchen cloths and table linen go on the same SE19 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.
• 32 restaurants around SE19 are on this round too — we are not learning kitchen work on your account.

That is the point of putting Crystal Palace on the SE19 round rather than a separate trip. 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 Penge West and the traffic that comes with it.
• If a drop is missed, a missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week.