Cafe Linen In Wapping On The Morning Round

Yes — Wapping sits on the E1W round, 7 days, 10.4 miles from our Wembley plant.

• Shared with Shadwell, Bermondsey and Whitechapel — one van, one run, which is what keeps a single-site account sensible to price.
• The driver knows the streets around Rotherhithe, Surrey Quays and Wapping — which matters more at seven in the morning than it does at eleven.
• A missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week, because Wapping is only 10.4 miles out.

No. Kitchen cloths and table linen go on the same E1W collection and the same invoice.

• No second supplier and no second delivery day — the round does not change when the kitchen opens.
• Chef whites, oven cloths and table linen — all available on the same account, hire or wash-only.
• 129 restaurants around E1W are on this round too — the kitchen classification already runs on it weekly.

Before you open, because that is how the E1W 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 Wapping.
• Timed around Rotherhithe and the traffic that comes with it.
• If a drop is missed, a missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week.

It is the wash, not the cloth. On a general cycle they build up and whites dull within weeks.

• 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 — too hot sets it into the fibre.
• Grey whites are usually a wash problem, not an age problem — a Wapping cafe buying aprons three times a year is paying for a bad cycle, not for wear.

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

• Terms flex with seasonal demand — you are not held to a peak figure through a quiet quarter.
• Nothing needs you to be out of your current contract first — there is no cost to finding out what it would look like.
• Stock arrives before the old supplier is stood down — the two overlap by design.

No minimum, on any line. Most of what we collect in E1W is exactly that size.

• Small sites go on the same E1W round — so you are not paying for a dedicated trip into Wapping.
• 86 cafes around E1W are already on it — which is why the timings suit opening rather than check-out.
• Volume changes are expected — the account flexes rather than holding you to a floor.

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 — the same garments that left Wapping, tracked, never swapped into a pool.
• Plenty of cafes do both — branding matters on the apron, rarely on the tea towel behind the counter.

Tell your account manager and a missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week.

• If it happens twice, the par count is wrong — and resetting it is our job, not a favour.
• Most Wapping cafes are not short of linen overall — the weekly total is fine; the weekend distribution is not.
• Seasonal swings are planned in — Wapping in December is not Wapping in February, and the par count should know that.