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Roscoe & the Lawndale Business Renaissance Association Featured in the Chicago Tribune
Recently, President of the Chicago uniform company, Jim Buik, was interviewed for a Chicago Tribune article on the imminent revitalization of the Lawndale area. We have written before about Roscoe’s involvement with the Lawndale Business Renaissance Association (LBRA) and its mission to bring new businesses to the area all the while retaining and expanding existing … Read more
The Uniform Services Company is Making Strides in Improvement
Roscoe, with the help of Market Measurement, an independent market research firm, is in the midst of conducting a telephone survey among our customers to help us better understand their needs and improvements we can make in the products offered. If you have responded to the survey we sincerely appreciate your feedback and take it … Read more
Chicago Work Uniform Company Looks Back on its History of Sustainability
The arrival of spring brings warmer weather, brighter colors, longer days and sweeter smells. It is also a time to reflect on Roscoe’s effect on the environment and efforts to keep it as beautiful as possible. The uniform services company has always been committed to conserving and recycling natural resources and we pride ourselves in … Read more
Chiago Work Uniform Company: Dedicated to Continuous Improvement
As an ISO 9001:2008 certified company, continuous improvement driven by customer feedback is the core of Roscoe’s quality program. The Chicago uniform company hired Market Measurement, Inc., an independent market research firm, to conduct a brief telephone survey among our customers. The survey, conducted by professional market research interviewers, should require no more than eight-nine … Read more
Roscoe Team Members Unite to Provide Exceptional Service
Teamwork is vital for an operation to run smoothly and efficiently. Steve Jobs had a very interesting metaphor for teamwork. When he was younger he befriended an elderly neighbor who invited him to his garage one day to show him an old rock tumbler. The neighbor got some regular old ugly rocks and put them … Read more
Grove Industries & the Importance of Choosing the Right Supplier
The debate of whether to choose a national or a local supplier for your business’s uniform services, mat rentals, restroom supplies and other laundry services will have the topics of price, personnel and resources surface. The best way to compare, perhaps, is by asking someone who has experienced renting from both local, independently owned and … Read more
Chicago Work Uniform Company Installs LED Lighting in our Facility
The uniform services company loves sharing new projects happening at our facility. If you have recently passed by our location at 3535 W. Harrison you would have noticed our bright signs with the prideful lion hanging outside our building. That was a project intended to beautify the building, but also to update to our current … Read more
Benefits of RFID Technology & How the Chicago Work Uniform Company Utilizes It
Headlines have been circling recently that the average hotel loses 10-20% of linens per month (2% due to theft). To combat this some 2,000 hotels have embedded radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips in their towels, robes, bedsheets and other linen to track which linens make it to and from the cleaners and to keep real-time inventory. … Read more
Chicago Work Uniform Company Successfully Completes an External ISO Audit
Roscoe is very proud to have our entire operations ISO 9001:2008 Certified as it is something that is arduous, requiring detailed documentation of our processes, but very valuable. It’s extremely beneficial for the uniform services company and our customers as these standards ensure our products and service consistently meet your requirements and quality is continuously … Read more