Laundry & Dry Cleaning Service

Laundry and dry cleaning service is the off-premise route operator that picks up uniforms, chef coats, aprons, table linen, napkins, kitchen towels, and (for hotels) sheets and terry on a fixed schedule and delivers them clean, pressed, and packaged. Hotels and restaurants either rent the linen (lease model — Cintas, Aramark, Alsco) or own it and pay for processing only (COG model — independent NYC commercial laundries). Budget $25–$75 per employee per week for uniforms and verify the plant is EPA NESHAP-compliant on perc dry cleaning.