Cafe Linen In Folkestone Collected To Schedule

Yes — Folkestone sits on the CT20 round, 7 days, 71.2 miles from our Wembley plant.

• Shared with Folkestone and Hythe, Hawkinge and Hythe — the same vehicle covers them, which is why a counter here can be added without moving anyone else.
• The driver knows the streets around Folkestone Central — the same crew runs it weekly, so nobody is reading a map on your doorstep.
• Collections here run to scheduled days, agreed when the account opens, which is what 71.2 miles buys you.

Both, and mixed accounts are normal. One collection covers whichever way each line is set up.

• Hire — we own the stock, replace it as it wears and keep the par count topped up.
• Wash-only — your own branded aprons come back to you, the same items, not pooled.
• Plenty of cafes do both — hired glass cloths and tea towels, own-branded aprons on wash-only.

Tell your account manager and collections here run to scheduled days, agreed when the account opens.

• If it happens twice, the par count is wrong — a second shortage is a counting error, and we correct it.
• Most Folkestone cafes are not short of linen overall — the weekly total is fine; the weekend distribution is not.
• Seasonal swings are planned in — Folkestone in December is not Folkestone in February, and the par count should know that.

No. Kitchen cloths and table linen go on the same CT20 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 — added as lines, not as a new agreement.
• 54 restaurants around CT20 are on this round too — the kitchen classification already runs on it weekly.

That is the point of putting Folkestone on the CT20 round rather than a separate trip. Cafes open earlier than almost anything else we serve.

• The time is agreed when the account opens — and a relief driver inherits it with the route.
• Timed around Folkestone Central because that is where the delay actually happens.
• If a drop is missed, collections here run to scheduled days, agreed when the account opens.

Coffee oil, milk protein and syrup are not the same soil as food-service linen. On a general cycle they build up and whites dull within weeks.

• 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 — overheating fixes the stain instead of lifting it.
• 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 — rather than locking you into a winter volume you do not use in 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 morning in Folkestone with nothing clean.

No minimum, on any line. Most of what we collect in CT20 is exactly that size.

• Small sites go on the same CT20 round — the journey is already happening; you are a stop on it.
• 34 cafes around CT20 are already on it — so the round is built for counters, not bolted on to a hotel run.
• Volume changes are expected — the account flexes rather than holding you to a floor.