Kids Back at School

Its been a quite last 6 weeks as the kids have been of school! Why should they make a differance I hear you ask!

Well as supply to schools makes up about 30% of our business it makes a huge differance. Most schools use huge quantiites of paper towels toilet rolls bleach toilet cleaners floor cleaners air freshners and lots of hand soaps and disinfectant!

They are our biggest single group of customers. They mearly all want/ need the same cleaning supplies which is great for us.

So now its September we are back up to full steam!

Duck Island Guest Soaps and Guest Supplies

Duck Island is our new range of guest soaps and guest supplies. The Duck Island range of guest supplies is tailored to give the usual home comforts to away from home travellers. Most hotels, bed and breakfasts and guest houses offer at least miniature soaps with some offering shower gels and shampoos as well.

Our Duck Island range also includes miniature body lotions, Conditioner, 2 sizes of miniature guest soaps, vanity kits, sewing kits, shower caps and smaller, easier to use single use sachets of bath & shower gel and separate shampoo.
We have included the Duck Island range to complement the existing range of affordable guest supplies already on offer.

The miniature guest soaps are the most popular product in the range as they are the most highly used. Followed quite closely by the 30ml bath and shower gels.

 Each guest soaps come individually wrapped in a clear cellophane wrapping which not only keeps the soap clean and fresh it also gives a clearly visible seal, This seal reassures your guest that the soap has not been used before!
To help with the stocking and budgeting of smaller Hotels, B& B’s and Guest houses we offer the products in smaller quantities. Our smallest pack is 50 units next is 100 then 150 and the full size pack is 200.

Added a new Page to our Website

This new page is all of our paper hand towel dispensers all in one place. There are all makes such as ripple, aqua, tork and our premium dispensers too. However if you have a limited budget and just want a functional dispenser then our standard range is for you.

You can view our full range of dispensers here 

Wholesale Deals

We have been selling paper disposables at wholesale prices for a while now. However we didn’t get the traffic we expected. The reasons why became apparent a few days ago. The wholesale deals where all offered in a page titled pallet deals. This is because the paper is delivered by the pallet.

Now if you are not in the industry you would probably not know that paper disposables are delivered on pallets so would not search for this. Now we have called the page wholesale deals our searches have gone up by 500% and that’s just been over the last 3 days! So if you are looking to save a small fortune then you need to see our range of products on offer at wholesale prices.

Wholesale deals here

Paper on a pallet

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Hand Soap Cartridge or Refillable?

Ok so you need to be able to offer your washroom users the options to wash their hands. Now here comes the million dollar question will you choose bars of soap, Little disposable pump soaps? Or will you choose a wall mounted dispensers?

The sensible choice is however the most costly upfront. However over time will work out to be the cheapest. The wall mounted soap dispensers is the best long term option. This is due to the lack of maintenance,low theft rate, and you get to use every last drop of soap you purchased.

Not only is it the most cost effective its the most hygienic too! And with the current swine flu epidemic hygiene is a must. Now you are with me on the wall mounted dispenser you have a few more options to make. These options are:

How will you refill your soap? VIA a Cartridge or refill from a larger container.

Cartridge system

The cartridge system is by far the quickest and simplest to use. However it is more expensive and to make sure you use all the soap in the cartridge you will need to keep an eye on the soap dispenser more often. As already mentioned the cartridge system is easy to use. Once used all you do is open the dispenser remove the cartridge(this can sometimes be a bag or a bottle) slip in a new cartridge close the lid and prime the pump with 2-3 pushes and away you go.      

Refillable system

This is the cheapest and most flexible of the options. The refillable system is like it says a refillable reservoir inside the dispenser. To re-fill the dispenser you open the dispenser remove the protective lid pour in the required soap refit the lid and close the soap dispenser and away you go. Ok so you may need a steady hand to refill and sometimes the soap comes in a 5 ltr contain so its not the lightest however this way you don’t have to wait till the soap has run out before changing so you get to use every drop and they are easy to maintain.

Not only that you can use any variety of soap you want in a refillable dispenser unlike a cartridge system as you are tied to the soaps that the dispenser manufacturer manufactures!

The best known cartridge systems are made by:

Softcare

Kimcare

Tork

DEB

We sell all the best known soap dispensers and cartridges to fit. We also sell bars of soap and refillable dispensers and liquid soap to refill these dispensers.

The choice is yours view the whole range of hand soap here 

Soap Dispensers

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Im in the Newspaper

 

Its Me and the Van

Ok so its probably not a big thing to most of you however I am really excited at being in the paper. Its just a quick feature on why I love my job. I wont bore you with all the reasons just have a quick read of the article here  

The feature is currently live on the Express & Star website and will go to full print as soon as the editor has made room. Like I say I really like the article. Mind you I would say that as I wrote it and I star in it.

So what do you think?

Supply to New Laboratory

Liquid hand soap

Liquid Soap Dispenser

We have just been asked to supply liquid hand soap to a new laboratory which has been opened in a East Midlands University.They already have a few spare dispensers from another lab and are looking for us to supply them with the special “cartridges” that fit the dispenser.

The Softcare H4 hand cleaner is anti-bacterial which is an obvious choice for laboratory hand cleansing. This Softcare soap is made by Johnson Diversey  and fits the SoftCare line Soap Dispenser. With 800ml per cartridge you wont be changing them every 5 minutes.

For more information on our range of soaps click on our hand soap page from Jonson Diversey

Guest Soaps a Little Story

OK its not the right time of year for guest soap sales however we have seen a huge increase in sales of these little miniature soaps over the last few days! Now I needed to know why I’m just nosey like that. So I called the customers that purchased them. Turns out they are using them for reasons other than for guest amenities!

One of the clients is part of the Camden Council education department that are going to be doing a talk on the importance of keeping your hands clean and how to wash them properly etc. They are doing this in line with the recent TV adverts relating to washing your hands after sneezing etc to stop the spread of viruses thus needing less time of school ill.

They will issue each child at the assemblies their own little soap so there are no excuses!

The other big user is the Yorkshire Agricultural Society. They are running a trial campaign at the Yorkshire County Showground where they will be drawing and painting onto the soaps themselves. I was surprised to hear that felt tips pens actually wrote on the soap quite well.

So there you have it Guest Soaps are not just for Hotels and B&B’s