K-Bro Linen Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, recently acquired Shortridge Ltd., a high-end hospitality laundry provider based in Northwest England, expanding K-Bro’s geographic footprint in the £1.4 billion ($1.76 billion) UK commercial laundry and textile rental market. K-Bro also owns Fishers Laundry Group, the commercial laundry and textile rental provider covering Scotland and Northeast England, which it acquired in 2017.
Hygienically Clean Food Service and Hospitality recently exhibited at The Florida Restaurant & Lodging Show in Orlando, FL. TRSA staff used this opportunity to educate attendees on the importance of using a Hygienically Clean-certified laundry for all their textile needs in their restaurants, food service and lodging establishments.
K-Bro Linen Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, recently announced that it has completed its acquisition of Buanderie Villeray and its affiliate Buanderie La Relance for an enterprise value of $11.5 million and a potential earnout of $1 million, according to a news release.
Produced by the Industrial, Uniform & Workwear Committee, TRSA’s Nov. 7 virtual Market Sector Conversations will prompt you to consider how four major business challenges have shaped your career and personal development, and will continue to do so. As you discuss these issues’ impact on the industry’s service to its key customer industry markets (F&B/Hospitality, Healthcare and Industrial), regardless of your professional role, you’ll benefit from the experience-sharing and idea exchange.
Most U.S. outsourced laundries profit more from hotels by servicing their customer-owned goods (COG) than renting linen to them. A Sept. 27 TRSA webinar will explain how the reverse can be true. Participants will hear from experienced U.K. hotel laundry specialists whose customers have preferred rental for decades and a U.S. operator who has 90% of its hotel volume in rental.
Attendees at TRSA’s upcoming 110th Annual Conference this Oct. 10-12 in Naples, FL, can look forward to a keynote address by one of the leading marketing practitioners in the world today, Andrew Davis. A best-selling author and CEO of Monumental Shift, Davis will bring impeccable credentials to his Oct. 12 address. He’ll tackle a range of issues confronting today’s business leaders, with an emphasis on the role of creativity in leveraging growth. Below are excerpts from a recent interview Davis did with Textile Services Weekly.
TRSA recently launched a customer/consumer-facing website to promote the hygiene and environmental advantages and supply-chain sustainability, as well as other benefits of linen, uniform and facility services. Users can view the website at LaundryServices.org. It includes a searchable directory of TRSA members so local businesses can find one near them.
1Concier, formed from the merger of Riegel Linen, T-Y Group and Harbor Linen, recently announced that several of its textile products are free of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
K-Bro Linen Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, recently announced that it completed its acquisition of Buanderie Para-Net (Paranet), according to a news release.
TRSA recently hosted its Market Sector Roundtables, giving linen, uniform and facility services industry executives an opportunity to discuss challenges, opportunities and trends impacting their market sector and business. The event included breakout discussions focused on the food-and-beverage (F&B), healthcare, hospitality/hotel and industrial market sectors.
