Kitchen Linen In Tunbridge Wells Collected To Schedule

Yes — Tunbridge Wells sits on the TN1 round, 7 days, 37.9 miles from our Wembley plant.

• Shared with Southborough, Tonbridge and Hildenborough — the same vehicle covers them, so a brigade here can be added without moving anyone else.
• The driver knows the service entrances around Tunbridge Wells West and Tunbridge Wells — which matters when the drop has to miss prep by half an hour.
• Collections here run to scheduled days, agreed when the account opens, because Tunbridge Wells is only 37.9 miles out.
• 104 kitchens around TN1 are already on this round — which is why the timings suit prep and service rather than check-out.

It is quoted, not tariffed. The number depends on sections and turnover, not on floor area.

• We count a real week in Tunbridge Wells before quoting — the invoice tells us what you were sold, not what you used.
• No minimum order — size barely moves the per-garment price.
• The count includes your busy season — peak weeks are the ones the par count has to survive.
• The count and the quote cost nothing — and commit you to nothing.

Yes. Contract catering, schools and care homes are all on the rounds.

• 12 school kitchens around TN1 are already on the round — so term-time volume changes are planned rather than improvised.
• 2 care home kitchens nearby — with the same named-garment handling.
• Colour-coded cloths and named whites — which is what an inspection actually looks for.
• Contract caterers running several sites — are handled as one account across Tunbridge Wells, not as separate customers.

We size the brigade before quoting, not after the first complaint.

• Every section is sized at setup — including the sections that get through two a shift.
• A new commis goes on the account the same week — brigades in Tunbridge Wells change constantly, and the account is built for that.
• Garments are named — so nobody is sorting a mixed box at the start of a shift.
• Par counts are re-set after the first month — and again after your first busy season, which is where opening figures usually fail.

Yes — the TN1 round is sequenced around service patterns.

• The time is agreed when the account opens — against your service pattern, not ours.
• Timed around Tunbridge Wells West because that is where the delay actually happens.
• If a drop is missed, collections here run to scheduled days, agreed when the account opens.
• A relief driver inherits the window with the route — so cover weeks do not become the weeks it goes wrong.

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

• Terms flex with seasonal demand — Tunbridge Wells in August and Tunbridge Wells in January are different kitchens, and the account should say so.
• 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.

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

• Hire — we own the garments, replace them on wear and manage sizing as the brigade changes.
• Wash-only — garment for garment, never substituted.
• Plenty of kitchens do both — hired cloths and aprons, own-branded jackets on wash-only.
• You can move a line between the two later — it is a change to the sheet, not a new agreement.

Yes — kitchen soil is classified separately from front of house.

• Grease, protein and scorch need their own wash — and their own temperature.
• Whites never run through the cycle the table linen was on — that transfer is what dulls a brigade's whites inside a month.
• Colour-coded cloths stay in their own classification — which matters on any site that needs an audit trail.
• Every load is temperature logged — which matters on any site that has to show an inspector how its linen is handled.