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March 19, 2013
Scripps Health Extends Laundry/Linen Services Contract with Emerald Textiles

SAN DIEGO — Manages laundry services, linen supplies for five acute-care hospital campuses and 23 outpatient clinics

SAN DIEGO — Scripps Health has signed a multi-year contract extension to retain Emerald Textiles as the health system’s exclusive linen and laundry services provider through 2017, Emerald reports.

“We are very proud of our relationship with Scripps Health, and the opportunity to help them achieve higher patient satisfaction and operational efficiencies,” says Tom Gildred, founder and CEO of Emerald Textiles. “Over the last couple of years, we have provided Scripps with significant savings while delivering upgraded linens and higher service quality. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Scripps Health for many years to come.”

San Diego-based Scripps Health treats a half-million patients annually. Emerald Textiles has managed laundry services and linen supplies for the health system’s five acute-care hospital campuses and 23 outpatient clinics since 2010.

October 18, 2012
ALM, UniLink Share Educational Programs, Purchasing Discounts

RICHMOND, Ky. — Organizations' complementary missions, histories make relationship "perfect fit," says ALM president

RICHMOND, Ky. — The Association for Linen Management (ALM) and Universal-UniLink Purchasing Association have entered into a cooperative agreement that will bring value and benefit to members of both organizations by sharing educational programs and purchasing discounts, the organizations report.

ALM and Universal-UniLink members will receive information about the partnership benefits and how member businesses can take advantage of educational and discount purchasing opportunities.

“Both of our organizations’ missions and histories are so complementary that it made the relationship a perfect fit,” says ALM President Randy Wendland, CLLM. “ALM brings our educational programs and materials while Universal-UniLink offers our members access to the largest independent purchasing group of their kind.”

“The ALM Board approaches each opportunity focused on the needs of our members,” adds ALM Executive Director Linda Fairbanks. “We believe that through our partnership with Universal-UniLink, many businesses among our diverse member base will have the opportunity to leverage significant savings through group purchasing discounts.”

ALM membership comprises 35% on-premise/campus laundries, 34% central/commercial laundries and 11% cooperative laundries, in addition to members providing distribution services.

“This historic collaboration between ALM and Universal-UniLink has the potential to bring much benefit to both organizations,” says Allan Fowler, president of UPA. “We’re pleased to make ALM’s world-class training, education and certification available to our member companies. ALM’s programs will open new doors for our owners and operators as they gain certifications respected and required in the healthcare industry.

“Additionally, the cost and time our operators invest in training management-level staff will be reduced significantly by taking full advantage of ALM’s excellent offerings.”

June 13, 2012
Guy Fieri-Owned Restaurants Re-Sign with Mission Linen Supply

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Tex Wasabi’s and Johnny Garlic’s have been clients for 14 years

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Mission Linen Supply reports that it has renewed and expanded its contract with Tex Wasabi’s and Johnny Garlic’s, the two multi-location restaurants owned by The Food Network’s Guy Fieri.

Mission Linen will be the sole provider of table linens, napkins, floor mats, aprons and towels for all seven restaurant locations, including the recently opened Johnny Garlic’s location in San Jose, Calif.

Johnny Garlic’s and Tex Wasabi are both owned by Fieri, the host of the wildly popular Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, as well as the special series Tailgate Warriors, both on The Food Network. The restaurants first partnered with Mission Linen Supply in 1998 and have relied on the company for tableware and floor care needs ever since. The seven California locations are serviced by Mission Linen’s facilities in Salinas and Sacramento.

“The level of service and quality that Mission Linen has provided over the past 14 years is what convinced us to renew our contract,” says Brett Hutchison, COO, Johnny Garlic’s and Tex Wasabi’s - Guy Fieri Signature Restaurants. “The entire operation is professional, from the front office to their dependable and personable drivers. There was no question we would continue to partner with them when it came time to open our new location in San Jose.”

April 23, 2012
Companies Ink Deal for Infection Prevention Products

GAITHERSBURG, Md., and SKOKIE, Ill. — Textiles for commercial cleaning and infection control

GAITHERSBURG, Md., and SKOKIE, Ill. — Sodexo Inc. and UMF Corp. have signed a multiyear agreement to allow Sodexo markets to use UMF’s infection prevention products.

UMF researches and develops textiles, including wipers and dry mops, for the commercial cleaning and infection control markets. Under the terms of the agreement, UMF will provide its advanced antimicrobial technology with PerfectCLEAN® products, education, training and support to the more than 6,000 client partners in education, healthcare, corporate, government and remote site markets served by Sodexo.

“Of all the products we evaluated, PerfectCLEAN delivers the services, performance and training necessary to exceed our customers’ requirements for clean, safe and sterile results,” says Jim Pazzanese, supply management, vice president of procurement for Sodexo. “PerfectCLEAN products are a perfect strategic fit with Sodexo’s Better Tomorrow Plan, which is part of our global roadmap to sustainability.” 

February 23, 2010
Mission Linen Supply Signs Contract with Two Lancaster, Calif., Facilities

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Mission Linen Supply has signed an exclusive three-year contract with Lancaster Community Hospital and Palmdale Regional Medical Center in Lancaster, Calif. Under the arrangement, both facilities will rely on Mission Linen’s Lancaster plant to meet all of their patient linen-supply needs, the textile rental company says.

January 20, 2010
Wiregrass Center — Laundry With a Conscience

DOTHAN, Ala. — As hospitals concentrate on meeting growing demands for healthcare while scaling down to address economic pressures, many are outsourcing their laundry operations (approximately 62%, according to the 2006 book Low-Wage America: How Employers are Reshaping Opportunity in the Workplace) to make room for additional critical medical services.

Laundry service providers must adapt to handle the increased volume, while also keeping in mind environmental considerations.

August 1, 2009
Renovating San Fran Hotel’s OPL Not Without Challenges, Contractor Says

Editor’s Note: Equipment installation in an existing laundry is rarely done without having to meet certain construction challenges. Charles Berge of American Laundry Systems, a full-service mechanical contractor catering exclusively to the commercial laundry industry, recounts his company’s latest project.

SAN FRANCISCO — American Laundry Systems (ALS) recently completed the second phase of a three-phase laundry renovation with Ellis Corp. here at the Hilton San Francisco.

May 19, 2008
Texas Hospitals Exploring Possibility of Forming Laundry Cooperative

MIDLAND, Texas — Midland Memorial Hospital (MMH) is hoping to work with other regional hospitals to clean up — its laundry, that is.

VHA of Texas, part of a nationwide network of community-owned hospitals, is looking into the possibility of forming a regional laundry and linen co-op with MMH, Medical Center Hospital in Odessa and hospitals in Amarillo, Lubbock, San Angelo and Abilene.

October 18, 2007
Laundry 1st in Hospital Departments Being Outsourced

CHICAGO — Laundry services ascended to the top spot among hospital department contracts in 2006, according to the 29th annual Outsourcing Survey produced by our sister publication, Modern Healthcare.

Laundry, housekeeping and clinical/diagnostic equipment maintenance were the top three departments outsourced last year, accounting for a combined 14,229 healthcare clients, up 14.7% from 12,409 reported in 2005.

March 30, 2006
Government Approves Whirlpool, Maytag Deal

BENTON HARBOR, Mich./NEWTON, Iowa — Whirlpool Corp. and Maytag Corp. have received clearance from the U.S. Department of Justice to complete their proposed merger. Whirlpool plans to close the transaction as soon as practical, but no later than Monday.

The acquisition was approved without any required divestitures despite concerns that creating the world's largest appliance maker would stifle competition. "Competitive dynamics" will deny the combined company the power to raise prices, says Thomas O. Barnett, the government's antitrust chief.