Cafe Linen In London Colney On The Morning Round

Yes — London Colney sits on the AL2 round, 7 days, 11.1 miles from our Wembley plant.

• Shared with Shenley, Radlett and St Albans — adding you changes the schedule, not the route.
• A missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week, because London Colney is only 11.1 miles out.

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

• 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 London Colney 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 AL2 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 — priced per item on the account you already have.
• 3 restaurants around AL2 are on this round too — the kitchen classification already runs on it weekly.

Before you open, because that is how the AL2 round is ordered. 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.
• 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.

It is the wash, not the cloth. Run on the wrong programme they accumulate rather than lift.

• 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 — 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 — London Colney in February and London Colney in July are different businesses, and the account should say so.
• 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. Most of what we collect in AL2 is exactly that size.

• Small sites go on the same AL2 round — the journey is already happening; you are a stop on it.
• 6 cafes around AL2 are already on it — so the round is built for counters, not bolted on to a hotel run.
• Volume changes are expected — a quiet January in London Colney and a busy July are the same account.