TRSA recently completed its latest Business Pulse Survey of operator members. The fourth iteration of the survey drew 75 responses to help the association gauge the linen, uniform and facility services industry’s ongoing pace of recovery amid the COVID-19 pandemic that began in March.

Since then, laundry operators have implemented several measures aimed at combatting the effects of COVID-19 in their facilities. These efforts include:

• Increased housekeeping/cleaning (80%)
• Shortened production hours/days (77%)
• Reduced days/shifts/hours (73%)
• Shortened/canceled routes (63%)
• Delayed equipment/product/service orders (53%)
• Temperature checks (52%)
• Hiring freeze (51%)
• Furloughs (51%)

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