There are a number of reasons why a wholesale approach to purchasing bedding may be suitable for your organisation. For example, consistent sizing and colour co-ordination is essential across your entire premises, or you may wish to take advantage of the discounts available for purchasing in bulk. Whatever the reasons for buying bedding in bulk, here are five businesses that should definitely consider this approach.
Hospitals
Given the vast number of beds in use across the hospital and the frequency at which they need to have their linen changed, it is little surprise that most hospitals require a lot of linen. Whether it is due to accidents or spillages in beds or the fact that there is often a very tight turnaround between one patient leaving and another needing the bed, there is an essential need in hospitals for clean linen to be in plentiful supply. The convenience of wholesale bedding for a hospital becomes clear when the sheer volumes of bed linen required is considered.
Residential Homes
In residential care homes or hospices the level of cleanliness required will often dictate that fresh bedding is provided on a very regular basis. The number of residents within an establishment will dictate how much linen is required, but buying in bulk will help to keep costs down.
Hotels
Similar to hospitals, there is often a fast turnaround between one set of guests leaving and another arriving. Dependent on the hotel, consistent branding may be desired across all rooms or indeed all sites in the case of a hotel chain. Buying linen in bulk will help to achieve and maintain this consistency, whilst supplying all of the clean bedding that could ever be required.
University Halls of Residence
Whilst bed linen may well not be provided when students are on campus, if a university is looking to open itself up to the lucrative conference market during the long summer vacation, bulk purchasing of linen is vital. At the beginning of the following academic year, any surplus stocks of bedding could even be sold or donated to students who require fresh bedding!
Health Clubs and Spas
For the same reason as hotels, many spas and health clubs may wish to use consistent branded linen and bedding across the whole site or further if it is a big chain. In addition to bedding, towels, tablecloths and dressing gowns may well be required to carry company branding or be in keeping with the wider corporate colour scheme. As ever, ordering bedding in bulk will help to maintain consistency and keep overheads as low as possible.
Many dedicated wholesalers will carry more than just sheets and towels. It is common to be able to purchase duvets, pillows, mattresses and protectors in bulk from the same supplier. As everything will be coming from the same place, there is less hassle dealing with a myriad of suppliers, less time dealing with invoices and other such paperwork and most vitally, the costs should be lower as it is all coming from the same place.
