Cafe Linen In Swanscombe Collected To Schedule

Yes — Swanscombe sits on the DA10 round, 7 days, 26.4 miles from our Wembley plant.

• Shared with Northfleet, Ebbsfleet and Grays — the same vehicle covers them, which is why a counter here can be added without moving anyone else.
• The driver knows the streets around Ebbsfleet International and Swanscombe — 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 Swanscombe is only 26.4 miles out.

No minimum, on any line. Most of what we collect in DA10 is exactly that size.

• Small sites go on the same DA10 round — so you are not paying for a dedicated trip into Swanscombe.
• 5 cafes around DA10 are already on it — so the round is built for counters, not bolted on to a hotel run.
• Volume changes are expected — the account flexes rather than holding you to a floor.

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

• Hire — stock, replacement and par management are ours; you never reorder.
• Wash-only — item for item, never substituted.
• Plenty of cafes do both — branding matters on the apron, rarely on the tea towel behind the counter.

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 Swanscombe cafes are not short of linen overall — the weekly total is fine; the weekend distribution is not.
• Seasonal swings are planned in — rather than handled as emergencies.

No. Kitchen cloths and table linen go on the same DA10 collection and the same invoice.

• No second supplier and no second delivery day — because the menu grew.
• Chef whites, oven cloths and table linen — added as lines, not as a new agreement.
• If the kitchen is the bigger half — our restaurant laundry page covers how we price on covers.

That is the point of putting Swanscombe on the DA10 round rather than a separate trip. 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 Swanscombe.
• Timed around Ebbsfleet International and the traffic that comes with 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 — 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 — replacement rate is the clearest signal the classification is off.

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

• Terms flex with seasonal demand — Swanscombe in February and Swanscombe in July are different businesses, and the account should say so.
• Nothing needs you to be out of your current contract first — we will count your week while you are still under someone else.
• Stock arrives before the old supplier is stood down — so there is never a morning in Swanscombe with nothing clean.