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Linen service... any good ones?

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pizzafanatic:
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Stay away from Cintas. Hands down the worst vendor experience I have ever had.
 
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pizzafanatic:
I’ll even take a “stay away from xyz company”. Thanks
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Stay away from Cintas. Hands down the worst vendor experience I have ever had.
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I agree, Cintas SUX!!! I told them to go ahead and sue me after I refused service when I caught them overcharging me for weeks on end! They never did.
 
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My recommendation is to find a smaller business locally. I switched from SpiritServices to a local place within 40 miles of me. They are a 40 year business that is still run by the founders. The service has been stellar, pricing a little lower than the big guys. I get a call every couple weeks from my route guy asking if everything is good. That may fall off since I am just a couple months in . . . . but he has made a prfound impression on us. Go for the hungry guys like us . . . they may giver a better service since their reputation locally is a big deal.
 
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ditto Find youre LOCAL guy and keep him on his toes…Save money and SUPPORT youre community.
 
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You could also try finding a stay at home mom who needs a bit of extra money.
 
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I have to agree with everyone here, Don’t use Cintas. Unless you donn’t have to sign a contract.

Use someone local.
 
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paul7979:
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Piper:
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pizzafanatic:
I’ll even take a “stay away from xyz company”. Thanks
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Stay away from Cintas. Hands down the worst vendor experience I have ever had.
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I agree, Cintas SUX!!! I told them to go ahead and sue me after I refused service when I caught them overcharging me for weeks on end! They never did.
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Same here. Caught them charging for things they didn’t deliver and stopped using them. Now they’re trying to charge me $3K+ for breaking a contract that I never signed. That is a terrible company and I make sure I tell everyone I can to stay away.
 
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indie pizza:
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paul7979:
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Piper:
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pizzafanatic:
I’ll even take a “stay away from xyz company”. Thanks
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Stay away from Cintas. Hands down the worst vendor experience I have ever had.
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I agree, Cintas SUX!!! I told them to go ahead and sue me after I refused service when I caught them overcharging me for weeks on end! They never did.
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Same here. Caught them charging for things they didn’t deliver and stopped using them. Now they’re trying to charge me $3K+ for breaking a contract that I never signed. That is a terrible company and I make sure I tell everyone I can to stay away.
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Wow, with a reputation like that, how do those guys stay in business? I am currently with Cintas and at first was very satisfied. But my driver and rep changed and everything seems to going downhill. I’ll be done with my 2 year contract next month so that is why I asked the question in the first place. Thanks for all of the responses.

Kris, that’s a very interesting idea. Do you do that? I would much rather pay a stay-at-home mom $50 per week than have Cintas do what they do (which seems like nothing) for $80 per week.
 
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omg…let me tell you my story about citas…it cost me 34.00 A week…always was pay every week when dropped off I got a new rep and some how I had outstanding invoices…i had a 90 day, a 60 day and a 30 day…when I confronted them he gave me the dates on the invoices…and said he needs a check TODAY. I Told him I want to investigate and he said well until its paid he couldt leave the product . so I said sorry and did a little investigation I printed out the checks to all three invoices. when he came in the next week I showed him my copies and he said hmmm I must have had the dates wrong…and had to take it back to corprate. I told him I wasn’t going to have the service until we got it situated…so he left then last week he came earlier than normal when I wasn’t there…left a note said “got it cleared up for you” then left the bill for the LAST THREE WEEKS.
I DONT CARE WHAT IT COST THESE PEOPLE ARE OUT OF MY STORE
 
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You got a mirror? 😃

We do Del/Co only so the only laundry we have are rags, mopheads and aprons. We wash them at home or at the laundrymat. Always done when we need them 😃 , always done right 😃 , no problems with billing 😃 . The only drawback is having dryer buzzer go off at 2am.

If you have table cloths, cloth napkins and such this may not be practicle.

Rick G
 
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Pizzafanatic…

Don’t assume your done with your contract…you have to give them written notice 30 days before the contract expires that you do not want to renew or it automatically renews.

Send a certified letter stating to end the contract when done or again it will renew automatically.
 
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15thStreetPizzaandPub:
Pizzafanatic…

Don’t assume your done with your contract…you have to give them written notice 30 days before the contract expires that you do not want to renew or it automatically renews.

Send a certified letter stating to end the contract when done or again it will renew automatically.
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Thanks for the heads up. I’ll get that done tomorrow.
 
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We wash our own towels and aprons and although it’s a pain – still worth not having to deal with any of the linen services. One trick we use to get the towels cleaner and smell good is we use a cup to a cup and a-half of Bleach and then add a cupful of Tide with bleach. Towels come out pretty clean and smell good too! We even send home towels and aprons with an employee in exchange for a pizza when we’re gonna be gone and not be able to do the laundry.
 
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We’re currently doing our own as well, because I haven’t found any linen companies that don’t $uck and my experience with Cintas has taught me to never, ever sign a contract with these guys.

When we built our house my wife insisted on a high end washer and dryer, and it gets our towels amazingly clean. It’s an LG Steam Washer. The full steam cycle takes a little over 2 hours and we just use HE detergent and bleach. We only use our towels about 5-6 times each before throwing them out and buying new ones. You just can’t continue to get them as white as new.

I’m not even sure I would hand this back over to a linen company for a store my size. We only use about 80-100 towels per week, and the only headache is dragging the linen bag home. Same deal with my aprons. Cintas was charging me about $60 per week for towels, aprons and mats. Taking care of them ourselves saves us about $2,800 dollars per year and I never get overcharged or shorted.

My wife hates washing them at home, but I always remind her of how she insisted on that high end washer and dryer 😃
 
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