Cafe Linen In Hungerford Collected To Schedule

Yes — Hungerford sits on the RG17 round, 7 days, 53.7 miles from our Wembley plant.

• Shared with Kintbury, Inkpen and Wickham — the same vehicle covers them, which is why a counter here can be added without moving anyone else.
• The driver knows the streets around Hungerford — which matters more at seven in the morning than it does at eleven.
• Collections here run to scheduled days, agreed when the account opens, because Hungerford is only 53.7 miles out.

No. Kitchen cloths and table linen go on the same RG17 collection and the same invoice.

• No second supplier and no second delivery day — the round does not change when the kitchen opens.
• Chef whites, oven cloths and table linen — added as lines, not as a new agreement.
• 6 restaurants around RG17 are on this round too — we are not learning kitchen work on your account.

That is the point of putting Hungerford on the RG17 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 Hungerford.
• Timed around Hungerford so the van is not arriving into the worst of it.
• If a drop is missed, collections here run to scheduled days, agreed when the account opens.

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 — rather than whatever the machine was doing before.
• 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 — a Hungerford cafe buying aprons three times a year is paying for a bad cycle, not for wear.

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 Hungerford with nothing clean.

No minimum, on any line. Most of what we collect in RG17 is exactly that size.

• Small sites go on the same RG17 round — which is why size barely moves the per-item price.
• 4 cafes around RG17 are already on it — which is why the timings suit opening rather than check-out.
• Volume changes are expected — we adjust rather than hold you to a winter figure.

Both, and mixed accounts are normal. Plenty of Hungerford accounts run half and half.

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

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 — we reset it against what you actually used, not what was estimated at setup.
• Most Hungerford 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 — rather than handled as emergencies.