new source for 'stealer' towels???

[Waxman]

i've been buying the towels for my free towel dry station from ERC wiping for years. I used to have a salesman that would call me every so often and check on my needs which was great. Something has changed in the company and the service is just not the same. No more phone calls from a salesman. Difficulty getting through on the phone. Online ordering only.

I buy the 50 pound box of bulk recycled large piece terrycloth towels. I call them Stealers because they walk away on occasion and I have to restock every year. So.....I ordered two weeks ago and they haven't arrived. I called and they said they are on back order. They are set to restock on the 29th but I'm supposed to call the company back on the 29th and make sure that the towels are allocated to me because if other people have ordered ahead of me they will be allocated to them. this seems like poor service and a bad business model. So I guess I'm shopping around and trying to find another source for these bulk recycled large piece Terry towels. Any ideas? Thank you.

 

[washnshine]

I’ve used the Dr. Joe towels that Kleen Rite carries but have always used the microfiber. I don’t know if they have a terry cloth version.

 

[Eric H]

What are you expecting to pay per towel? I have some time to do research while a wait for my friend to meet me for lunch

 

[Greg Pack]

Probably not the cheapest but I buy the white terry towels at Costco and wash them with a bottle of rit black dye they come out a bluish-gray color. I think they cost 19.99 for a pack of 52 towels. My towel loss comes in spurts but I usually lose 1-2 bags every Month. I think soapy uses red dye so they come out pink and may be less desirable to towel thieves.

 

[Waxman]

I think the 50 pound box is about 100 bucks. You get tons and tons of towels with that so I think the price is going to be hard to beat.

 

[Waxman]

these

 

[Greg Pack]

yeah thats cheap. My 19.99 pack of 52 towels weighs about 8 lbs. But I am WAY too OCD for those you're buying. I throw out towels that don't match. But I'm in a good neighborhood and theft is minimal.

 

[Greg Pack]

Here’s my towel station

 

[Eric H]

Greg, do you have an onsite attendant? How do the towels get washed? How many times a week do you need to replenish the cart? Is it always out or does the clean up crew put the cart out in the morning and back inside in the evening?
I’m considering adding a towel station but I am almost certain it will be abused and discontinued within a couple of weeks

 

[soapy]

I use the microfiber black towels 16x16 inch from Kleenrite. I try to buy them by the bail and add them onto pallet loads. Recently I started adding the smaller 50 pack towels to my Kleenrite orders that are under 40 lbs. I take advantage of their free freight and just add bundles until I am just under the 40 lb. limit. I used to dye my towels for years but stopped doing that when Kleenrite acquired Dr. Joe. Since we check our washes daily we wash them on site as needed. Just put out enough towels to get you through the day. The small black 12 x 12 towels seem chincey to me and I like the medium weight towels.