Cafe Linen In Lewisham On The Morning Round

Yes — Lewisham sits on the SE6 round, 7 days, 13.9 miles from our Wembley plant.

• Shared with Catford, Rushey Green and Ladywell — the same vehicle covers them, which is why a counter here can be added without moving anyone else.
• The driver knows the streets around Catford, Ladywell and Catford Bridge — the same crew runs it weekly, so nobody is reading a map on your doorstep.
• A missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week, which is what 13.9 miles buys you.

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

• Hire — we own the stock, replace it as it wears and keep the par count topped up.
• Wash-only — the same garments that left Lewisham, tracked, never swapped into a pool.
• 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 — and resetting it is our job, not a favour.
• Most Lewisham cafes are not short of linen overall — the shortage has a shape, and the shape is Saturday.
• Seasonal swings are planned in — we set them ahead rather than react.

No. Kitchen cloths and table linen go on the same SE6 collection and the same invoice.

• No second supplier and no second delivery day — because the menu grew.
• Chef whites, oven cloths and table linen — priced per item on the account you already have.
• 39 restaurants around SE6 are on this round too — the kitchen classification already runs on it weekly.

That is the point of putting Lewisham on the SE6 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 Catford because that is where the delay actually happens.
• If a drop is missed, a missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week.

Coffee oil, milk protein and syrup are not the same soil as food-service linen. 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 — overheating fixes the stain instead of lifting it.
• Grey whites are usually a wash problem, not an age problem — a Lewisham 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 — 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 — so there is never a morning in Lewisham with nothing clean.

No minimum, on any line. Most of what we collect in SE6 is exactly that size.

• Small sites go on the same SE6 round — the journey is already happening; you are a stop on it.
• 29 cafes around SE6 are already on it — which is why the timings suit opening rather than check-out.
• Volume changes are expected — a quiet January in Lewisham and a busy July are the same account.