Food Processing Uniforms Built for Wash-Downs, Night Shifts, and Harvest Season
U.S. Linen & Uniform is a TRSA Certified food processing provider, delivering food-safe garment rental, laundering, repair, and weekly delivery for processing plants across Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Our industrial wash formulas tackle the toughest food-processing soils, including fat, blood, brine, flour, sugar, and fruit acids.
With more than 12 million pounds of garments and linens processed each year, we have the capacity and systems to support demanding production environments. Our largest washer handles up to 900 pounds yet uses less than one-third the water per pound of a typical home washing machine. Add RFID-powered Star Tracking System garment counts, the Star Garment Repair App, Service When You Need It for night sanitation shifts, and No Surprises Billing through seasonal headcount swings, and you have a uniform service built around the realities of food production.
Dairy, Fruit, and Hop Operations We Serve
In food processing, clean garments keep people, products, and production lines moving. Whether garments go from clean to wash-down in a dairy plant, face stubborn fruit sugars and acids, or need to keep pace with a rapidly growing harvest crew, your uniform supply has to be ready when your team is.
Food processors need a service built around the realities of their operation, not a one-size-fits-all uniform program. From weekly garment delivery and industrial laundering to repair and responsive service, U.S. Linen & Uniform guarantees the right garments, clean and ready, when your people need them.
Dairy Processing
Our laundering process handles the demanding soils of dairy production, like milk fat and cleaning chemicals, ensuring garments are clean at the start of every shift.
Fruit Processing
In applesauce and apple juice production, fruit sugar and acid can set into white fabric fast, but our industrial wash formulas remove even the toughest stains.
Hop Operations in the Yakima Valley
As crews expand during hop harvest season, your garment supply needs to grow just as fast, to keep every worker equipped with clean, food-safe garments throughout the season.
Keeping Contamination Out of the Garment Supply
- Food-plant garments washed apart from shop towels and heavy industrial soil.
- Clean garments packed and covered for the trip, so nothing picks up dust or road grime between our plant and your dock.
- Soiled garments picked up in closed bags and kept apart from clean stock on the truck.
- Snap closures on butcher coats and wraps (the Snap Butcher Coat, KS58WH, and Butcher Wrap, WS50WH), so there are no loose buttons to fall into product.
- Industrial wash formulas that pull out milk fat, fruit sugar, and acid that a home machine leaves in the fabric.
Why a Short Garment Supply Costs More Than the Rental
Food production runs on a schedule set by the product, not the laundry. When clean garments run short, do you put the crew in yesterday’s smock or pause production? Either way, the cost of a garment shortage can quickly exceed the uniform rental fees.
Don’t run out of clean garments. Our bulk service keeps a shared supply on site, sorted by size, so workers can grab a clean garment at shift change. The supply covers the stretch between deliveries, with enough cushion for spills, extra shifts, and short-term hires that spike during apple season and hop harvest. Our reliable garment program grows with the workforce, then scales back when the season ends.
Built for plants that can’t take a day off.
Why Food Processing Plants Choose U.S. Linen & Uniform
Food processors choose U.S. Linen & Uniform because we understand that garment service helps keep production moving. Plus, our TRSA Hygienically Clean Food Safety certification reinforces our commitment to the standards food-processing operations require.
Our systems are built for accuracy, responsiveness, and predictable costs. Our Star Tracking System® uses RFID and barcodes, with a bundle scanner that checks every order before it leaves our plant. Your bulk deliveries arrive with the count you ordered. Our Service When You Need It® program provides evening and weekend service for plants running late shifts or seasonal weekends. We add in a No Surprises Billing & Inventory Plan® to provide one steady weekly fee, with no surprise charges for unintentional loss, damage, turnover, or garment prep. Finally, our Star Garment Repair® App allows your team to photograph a failed snap or torn seam, and the garment comes back repaired with the next delivery.
Family-owned since 1944, we have 175+ employees, 3,500 customers, a 75,000-square-mile service area, and 500,000 route miles each year. With locations in Yakima, Richland, Moses Lake, Spokane, Pendleton, and Hillsboro, food production plants throughout our entire service area have service nearby.
Garment supply matches your crew size and shifts.
Service Areas for Food Processing
Frequently Asked Questions
What does bulk garment service mean for a food plant?
Our bulk service keeps a shared supply on site, sorted by size, so workers can grab a clean garment at shift change.
How much garment inventory do we need on site so a shift never starts short?
We recommend a supply that covers the stretch between deliveries, with enough cushion for spills, extra shifts, and short-term hires.
Is your laundry TRSA Hygienically Clean certified?
U.S. Linen & Uniform proudly holds TRSA Hygienically Clean Food Safety certification to reinforce our commitment to the standards food-processing operations require.
Do you work with dairy, juice, and hop operations?
We do work with dairy, juice, and hop operations, which are so prevalent in our region.
Can you add garments fast when apple season or hop harvest brings on extra crew?
We size every worker on site, and any seasonal staff who start mid-week are fitted with a quick turnaround.
Do your butcher coats and wraps close with snaps?
Our butcher coats close with snaps for added sanitary protection and easier on-and-off capability.
What happens if we need garments on a weekend or between deliveries?
Our Service When You Need It® program provides evening and weekend service for plants running late shifts or seasonal weekends.
Who pays when shared garments go missing?
Unintentional loss and employee turnover are covered under our No Surprises Billing & Inventory Plan®, so there is no surprise charge to the shop. Every garment also carries RFID and barcode identification through our Star Tracking System®, so we know where it is, whether it is being cleaned or repaired.
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What Changes When Someone Else Handles the Garment Supply
When the garment supply is managed for you, clean, food-safe garments become one less production variable to worry about. No shift starts short. There’s no plant washer to maintain, no laundry chemicals to store, and no staff hours spent sorting, washing, drying, or repairing garments.
Seasonal hires can suit up on their first day, without waiting for uniforms to be ordered or processed. Every delivery is counted, so a shortage shows up on paper before it shows up on the line. And with one predictable weekly cost, your garment program stays steady through harvest season, even when headcount and uniform demand rise.