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Whats the Average Cost Per Pound to Wash Hotel Linens? |
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Written by Rich Fitzmorris
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Thursday, 03 April 2008 08:23 |
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Question:What is an average cost per pound for washing hotel linens and terry (including sheets, pillow cases, bath towels, hand towels, wash cloths, bath mats or bath rugs), as well as food and beverage (including napkins, square table cloths, rags and aprons)?
- Desiree H. Young, VentureWalk Business Partners, LLC
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Eliminating Sunflower Oil From Sheets |
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Written by Rich Fitzmorris
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Wednesday, 02 April 2008 08:19 |
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Question:I have a client who uses sunflower oil for their spas treatments so most of their sheets (cotton/polyester) are soiled with the oil. Is there a product that would eliminate the oil from the sheets or is there a special way to wash them? When the sheets are drying, leftover oil seems to cook at the dryer’s high temperature leaving the sheets with a yellowish stain and unpleasant odor.
- Xavier Medina, United Laundry Services, Inc.
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How to Remove Lotion Stains From Bathroom Towels |
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Written by Rich Fitzmorris
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Sunday, 02 March 2008 08:27 |
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Question: My white bathroom towels have a lot of yellow stains that I’ve been unable to remove. Increasing the chemical dosage did not help. The stains are from guest’s lotion.
- Salim Miya, Shangri-la Barr al Jissah, Oman
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What Is The Linen Replacement Standard for a 1000 Room Hotel? |
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Written by Rich Fitzmorris
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Saturday, 02 February 2008 09:09 |
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Question: What is the Linen replacement standard for a 1000 room hotel? How about the linen replacement standard for a spa? I heard that a bath towel only lasts an average of 28 washes. Is this correct? How about hand towels, bathmats, wash clothes, and sheets?
- Terri Pham, Hotel Operations Assistant Manager, Harrah’s Reno Casino & Hotel
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How Do Other Facilities Handle Dirty Linens? |
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Written by Rich Fitzmorris
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Saturday, 02 February 2008 09:05 |
Question: Currently our dirty linen is transported in bags, separate from trash, to the Housekeeping Dirty Sort Room. This linen is then loaded into linen transport cart for our linen reprocessing vendor to pickup. We would like to have housekeeping pickup the dirty linen and trash at the same time either in the same bin (this would be preferred), or in a bin that has separate compartments that we would have to purchase. How do other facilities handle this? Other thoughts on how hospitals have reduced the time it takes to pick-up of dirty items while adhering to JACHO and OSHA standards?
- William Cook. Director of Material Management |
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GAITHERSBURG, Md. — An innovative use of computer technology that increases operational efficiency by providing key metrics for its commercial laundry operations and has saved more than $100,000 since its implementation has earned Sodexo, Inc. IDG’s CIO magazine’s 2010 CIO 100 Award. The award recognizes organizations around the world that exemplify the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology (IT). Sodexo’s Laundries Dashboard is a central decision-support tool that combines information from multiple systems to monitor core processes in Laundry and Linen Services businesses. 