Commercial Linen In Harefield On The Morning Round

Yes — Harefield sits on the UB9 round, 7 days, 8.8 miles from our Wembley plant.

• Shared with South Harefield, Denham and Ruislip — one van, one run, which is what keeps a single-site account sensible to price.
• A missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week, because Harefield is only 8.8 miles out.

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

• Terms flex with seasonal demand — Harefield in February and Harefield in July are different businesses, and the account should say so.
• 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. Most of what we collect in UB9 is exactly that size.

• Small sites go on the same UB9 round — so you are not paying for a dedicated trip into Harefield.
• A dozen aprons and a bundle of tea towels is a real account — and it is priced per item, the same as a site ten times the size.
• Volume changes are expected — a quiet January in Harefield and a busy July are the same account.

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

• Hire — the count is maintained for you, including the items that wear out first.
• 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 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 Harefield cafes are not short of linen overall — the shortage has a shape, and the shape is Saturday.
• Seasonal swings are planned in — rather than handled as emergencies.

No. Kitchen cloths and table linen go on the same UB9 collection and the same invoice.

• No second supplier and no second delivery day — because the menu grew.
• Chef whites, oven cloths and table linen — added as lines, not as a new agreement.
• 2 restaurants around UB9 are on this round too — the kitchen classification already runs on it weekly.

Yes — the UB9 round is sequenced by opening time. 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 Harefield.
• A mid-morning drop missed the shift it was for. We schedule against your opening time, not ours.
• 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. On a general cycle they build up and whites dull within weeks.

• 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 — too hot sets it into the fibre.
• Grey whites are usually a wash problem, not an age problem — a Harefield cafe buying aprons three times a year is paying for a bad cycle, not for wear.