Cafe Linen In Norwood On The Morning Round

Yes — Norwood sits on the SE27 round, 7 days, 11.9 miles from our Wembley plant.

• Shared with West Dulwich, Tulse Hill and Dulwich — adding you changes the schedule, not the route.
• The driver knows the streets around West Dulwich, Sydenham Hill and West Norwood — route knowledge is most of what separates a kept window from a missed one.
• A missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week, because of that distance.

It is the wash, not the cloth. 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 Norwood 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 Norwood with nothing clean.

No minimum, on any line. A single-site independent cafe in Norwood is an ordinary account for us.

• Small sites go on the same SE27 round — the journey is already happening; you are a stop on it.
• 30 cafes around SE27 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 Norwood and a busy July are the same account.

Both, and mixed accounts are normal. Plenty of Norwood 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 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 Norwood 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 SE27 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.
• 26 restaurants around SE27 are on this round too — we are not learning kitchen work on your account.

That is the point of putting Norwood on the SE27 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 West Dulwich and the traffic that comes with it.
• If a drop is missed, a missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week.