Cafe Linen In Rochford Collected To Schedule

Yes — Rochford sits on the SS4 round, 7 days, 42.7 miles from our Wembley plant.

• Shared with Hockley, Southend on Sea and Westcliff on Sea — one van, one run, which is what keeps a single-site account sensible to price.
• The driver knows the streets around Rochford and Southend Airport — 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 Rochford is only 42.7 miles out.

No long-term tie-in and no exit fee.

• Terms flex with seasonal demand — Rochford in February and Rochford in July are different businesses, and the account should say so.
• 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 — you are never between suppliers.

No minimum, on any line. A one-site independent is the normal shape of a cafe account.

• Small sites go on the same SS4 round — which is why size barely moves the per-item price.
• 4 cafes around SS4 are already on it — the vehicle is sized for this kind of work rather than adapted to it.
• Volume changes are expected — a quiet January in Rochford and a busy July are the same account.

Both, and mixed accounts are normal. The two sit on one invoice and one round.

• 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 — a second shortage is a counting error, and we correct it.
• Most Rochford 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 — Rochford in December is not Rochford in February, and the par count should know that.

No. Kitchen cloths and table linen go on the same SS4 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 — added as lines, not as a new agreement.
• 9 restaurants around SS4 are on this round too — we are not learning kitchen work on your account.

Before you open, because that is how the SS4 round is ordered. 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 Rochford.
• Timed around Rochford 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 — the programme is chosen for them, not inherited.
• 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 Rochford cafe buying aprons three times a year is paying for a bad cycle, not for wear.