Gym & Spa Towels In Thorpe On The Leisure Round

Yes — Thorpe sits on the TW20 round, 7 days, 15.2 miles from our Wembley plant.

• Shared with Chertsey, Egham and Englefield Green — one van, one run, which is what keeps a single studio sensible to price.
• A missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week, because Thorpe is only 15.2 miles out.
• Multi-site operators run on staggered days, so no club is left short while another is being collected from.

Priced on your peak and your member numbers, not off a rate card. Towel volume depends on member numbers and how hard the floor turns over, so a published list would be wrong for most clubs.

• We count a real week in Thorpe before quoting — including the evening peak, which is where every estimate falls over.
• The count includes January — a Thorpe club quoted off an August week runs short in the month that matters.
• No minimum order — a small Thorpe studio pays the same per towel as a club ten times the size.
• The count and the quote cost nothing — including while you are still under contract elsewhere.

The par count is set on your busiest two hours, not on an average day. A Thorpe floor gets through more between five and seven than across the rest of the day combined.

• We count on site at the time it matters — not from a figure on your last invoice.
• A Monday evening and a Sunday morning are different businesses — the par level has to survive both, so it is set against the worse of the two.
• January is planned in — a Thorpe club in January is not the same club in August, and the account should say so.
• If you run short twice, the count is wrong — we reset it against real usage rather than the opening estimate.

Both, and mixed accounts are normal. One collection covers whichever way each line is set up.

• Hire — we own the stock, replace what wears out and carry the cost of a towel that greys in month two.
• Wash-only — the same towels that left Thorpe, never swapped into general stock.
• Most clubs split it — hire what nobody looks at, keep your own name on what a member wears.
• You can move a line between the two later — clubs often start on hire and move the spa side across once branding is settled.

Yes — a gym floor and a spa want opposite things from a towel. A gym floor wants volume and absorbency; a spa wants handle and appearance.

• Robes are laundered to keep their handle — a robe that feels like a gym towel has been washed like one.
• Bath mats run on a heavier classification — than towelling, and mixing the two shortens the life of both.
• One collection, one invoice — no second supplier for the spa side.
• Hotel spas are a normal account — with one account manager across both.

No long-term tie-in and no exit fee. Nothing in the agreement is designed to make leaving awkward.

• Terms flex with seasonal demand — rather than holding you to a January volume through a quiet August.
• Nothing needs you to be out of your current contract first — there is no cost to finding out.
• Stock arrives before the old supplier is stood down — you are never between suppliers.
• If it is not working, say so — we would rather correct the account than lose it.

Because sweat and body oil build up in the fibre and a general wash does not shift them. Cold it is fine; warm and damp it is not, and that is after it has reached a member.

• Gym towelling runs on its own classification — the programme is chosen for body oil rather than inherited from whatever ran before.
• Oil needs a different temperature from sweat — and softener makes it worse by coating the fibre, which is why we do not use it on gym stock.
• Towels that stop absorbing are usually over-softened, not worn out — which means you are replacing stock that had life left in it.
• Every load is temperature logged — and the log sits against your account, not a general plant figure.

Shrinkage is normal and predictable. We plan for it rather than dispute it.

• Expected loss is built into the par count at setup — which is the difference between a working count and an optimistic one.
• You get the actual numbers each cycle — in and out, per collection, so the figure is checkable.
• A sudden jump in loss is worth knowing about — a step change in shrinkage is information, not an invoice line.
• On hire, fair wear is our cost — you pay for the service, not for towels reaching the end of their life.