In our lifetime, we have tended to take for granted the constant rise in the cost of living. It has affected us in our personal as well as our professional lives. We have accommodated it naturally by trying to find economical alternatives to the products we buy. 
 
In the case of institutional laundries, we have tended to seek the cheapest possible product to be cost competitive and to satisfy customer budget concerns. As a result, textile manufacturers generally have had to “commoditize” more and more of their items to stay the supplier of choice. Especially now, as ...