Cafe Linen In Highbury Before You Open

Yes — Highbury sits on the N5 round, 7 days, 7.9 miles from our Wembley plant.

• Shared with Islington, Holloway and Canonbury — one van, one run, which is what keeps a single-site account sensible to price.
• The driver knows the streets around Arsenal, Finsbury Park and Holloway Road — which matters more at seven in the morning than it does at eleven.
• A missed morning window here is recoverable the same day, which is what 7.9 miles buys you.

No. Kitchen cloths and table linen go on the same N5 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.
• 148 restaurants around N5 are on this round too — so the food side is not an afterthought here.

That is the point of putting Highbury on the N5 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 Arsenal so the van is not arriving into the worst of it.
• If a drop is missed, a missed morning window here is recoverable the same day.

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 — the programme is chosen for them, not inherited.
• 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 — you are not held to a peak figure through a quiet quarter.
• 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 Highbury is an ordinary account for us.

• Small sites go on the same N5 round — so you are not paying for a dedicated trip into Highbury.
• 146 cafes around N5 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. Plenty of Highbury accounts run half and half.

• 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 — hire what nobody sees, keep your own name on what the customer does.

Tell your account manager and a missed morning window here is recoverable the same day.

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