Cafe Linen In Whyteleafe On The Morning Round

Yes — Whyteleafe sits on the CR3 round, 7 days, 19.7 miles from our Wembley plant.

• Shared with Warlingham, Kenley and Caterham — the same vehicle covers them, which is why a counter here can be added without moving anyone else.
• The driver knows the streets around Whyteleafe South, Whyteleafe and Upper Warlingham — 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, which is what 19.7 miles buys you.

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 — we will count your week while you are still under someone else.
• 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 CR3 is exactly that size.

• Small sites go on the same CR3 round — the journey is already happening; you are a stop on it.
• 4 cafes around CR3 are already on it — the vehicle is sized for this kind of work rather than adapted to it.
• 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 — the count is maintained for you, including the items that wear out first.
• Wash-only — your own branded aprons come back to you, the same items, not pooled.
• Plenty of cafes do both — hired glass cloths and tea towels, own-branded aprons on wash-only.

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 — we reset it against what you actually used, not what was estimated at setup.
• Most Whyteleafe cafes are not short of linen overall — they are short of it on two predictable days, which is a counting problem rather than a volume one.
• Seasonal swings are planned in — Whyteleafe in December is not Whyteleafe in February, and the par count should know that.

No. Kitchen cloths and table linen go on the same CR3 collection and the same invoice.

• No second supplier and no second delivery day — because the menu grew.
• Chef whites, oven cloths and table linen — priced per item on the account you already have.
• 4 restaurants around CR3 are on this round too — the kitchen classification already runs on it weekly.

Before you open, because that is how the CR3 round is ordered. Cafes open earlier than almost anything else we serve.

• The time is agreed when the account opens — and a relief driver inherits it with the route.
• Timed around Whyteleafe South so the van is not arriving into the worst of it.
• If a drop is missed, a missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week.

Coffee oil, milk protein and syrup are not the same soil as food-service linen. Run on the wrong programme they accumulate rather than lift.

• 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 Whyteleafe cafe buying aprons three times a year is paying for a bad cycle, not for wear.