Table Linen In Shirley Collected On Round

10 restaurants in Shirley sit inside the area we already collect from, 16.5 miles from our Wembley plant. Alongside them, 7 cafés and 6 pubs and bars are on the same run.

• Shared with Addiscombe, West Wickham and Woodside — they sit on the same run, so an extra stop costs us minutes rather than miles — and that is what keeps a small account viable here.
• 7 days collections, in a window agreed when the account opens rather than assigned by a routing system on the morning.
• a 16.5-mile round trip keeps the recovery window short — the plant is close enough to come back.

Four different problems, four different answers. Grease needs heat, wine needs speed, wax needs lifting cold — a supplier running everything on one cycle returns you the average of all three.

• Items are sorted before washing, not after. Sorting after the wash is too late; the grease has already moved.
• Marked items are pulled at the check stage so the decision about whether a cloth is still good enough is ours, not yours at 6pm.
• Wax is lifted before wash, not melted through the fabric by a hot cycle, which is what sets it permanently.

Yes — and on the same visit. Splitting linen and workwear across two suppliers is how one of them ends up late.

• Whites come back on hangers, not folded into a bag for someone to iron again before service.
• Cloths are bagged by type — glass, oven, waiter — so nothing needs sorting at the pass during setup.
• Sizes are held in stock, so a new starter on Monday is not waiting until the following week for a jacket that fits.

Yes, and it usually costs less. Sites on the same Croydon rounds share the journey, which is the whole reason a group rate exists.

• Each site keeps its own par level. Sites are sized individually, because an average across two very different rooms is wrong for both.
• Consolidated billing on one invoice, itemised by site — one number for finance, the detail for whoever asks.
• Adding a site later is a change to the drop list, not a new contract or a new supplier relationship.

Never during service. Your CR0 slot is fixed when the account opens, so it is a standing appointment rather than a window someone assigns you on the day.

• Deliveries land before the doors open, which is the difference between laying up calmly and laying up at speed.
• If a run is disrupted — a road closure, a breakdown — the plant is 16.5 miles away, so the recovery is a second trip that day, not a note on next week's schedule.

We size the account on your peak. Averaging a quiet Tuesday with a full Saturday produces a number that is wrong on both nights.

• We count a real week in Shirley — because the figure that matters is what you actually get through, not what you ordered.
• Reviewed after a full month of live usage and adjusted, with no renegotiation and no change fee.
• Seasonal swing is expected — CR0 trade moves across the year, and the par level should move with it rather than being agreed once and forgotten.

Both, and most Shirley accounts run both. Hired table linen where volume is high, owned whites where the branding matters.

• Owned stock stays yours. What you bought, you keep — including the items we would not have chosen.
• Hire covers replacement — which is usually the larger number over a year, because linen wears out in public.
• Most Shirley accounts run both: hired table linen where volume is high, owned chef whites where the branding matters.

No, and no tie-in either. A 24-cover room in Shirley is a stop on an existing run, not a trip we have to justify.

• Cafés and bars sit alongside restaurants and are priced the same way: on usage, not on category.
• No tie-in and no volume threshold attached to the quote. The price you agree is the price at any volume.
• Growing later is a par-level change, not a renegotiation — adding a second flat does not reopen the contract.
• No exit fee. If it is not working, you say so and we collect our stock.