15 July 2011

Janitorials - For more than just wiping your..... Surfaces.

Before I start, I'd like to inform you that I am not very good at this sort of thing at all, and retail is generally not my strong point (neither selling or buying!).

Something I have been finding difficult is keeping on top of the general needs of the office.
Now this might sound strange, but having only run the business for a year and only having been in an office for half of that, I am still ignorant to some of the tricks... HELP?!


A regular shop at the local supermarket for tea bags, sugar, milk and coffee has that area covered.
I have a really good deal for stationary, which is a big one around here, so I'm not worried about that either.
My worries lay in Janitorials - paper products in particular.

Both of our two toilets have a Paper Hand Towel dispencer, so I need to find a supplier with a reasonable price on those, as well as for the hefty supply of Toilet Roll needed around here (hefty by comparison to what is used in my own home, at least!).

Is there any real difference in "performance" between a C Fold Hand Towel, a Z Fold Hand Towel and an Interfold Hand Towel, or is it just to do with the dispencer?
Lastly we go through a fair amount of Kitchen Roll too, due to spillages and messy home-packed lunches so a supplier able to sell me all of these things would be perfect.

As with my CCTV Post I have been looking around and found these sites:


(Yes, I know two of them are in my CCTV Post as well, but if I can get multiple things from the same supplier, I would gladly - saves on delivery costs!)


Finally, a little food for thought:
I was looking for Paper Towels and found out that they do indeed still make both Hygiene Rolls and Centrefeed Roll! (Anyone else remember the endless rotating stream of towel you used to get in public bathrooms? Because I do, and I love the idea!!)
(If you don't know what these are, I will make sure there is a link so you can see exactly what I am on about)

These seem really good to me.
Refills less often and is generally easy to use without being quite so disposable.
Anyone have any recommendations or links to places where I can find out?
Any input would be great.


Thanks

Tom