LAUNDRY TRANSPORT COSTS TOO HIGH?
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TRANSPORT costs for laundry Work were discussed by Mr. N. Thackeray, secretary, of United Co-operative Laundries Association, Ltd., at a staff conference held at Warrington. This concern has 135 vehicles continuously on the road.
In six_ months, .vampen's wages cost i41,600,, motor mechanics' pay and repairs to vehicles .14,000, spare parts'' £8,000, depot charges £3,000, and petrol £7,000, makirig:a total of £63-,000-: Van ritaintenance..•wages of. £190, per week, were equal.to El per vehicle per week—. a figure which waS considered too high,' The. cost of petrol was E2 per vehicle persveck-----24 gallons for 350 miles per' vehicle per week, Tyres cost £600 in' six months. Motor insuranee premiums.' we rf E3,000 a year, The cost of transport per .10,000 Civilian articles laundered varied from £9 Ws, to i21 per lainulrY.