Uniforms by Ronai. Uniforms by Ronai.

A.Ronai design and production manager David Sprakes has revealed that the firm has launched its new Uniforms by Ronai catalogue at Gulfood this year.

He said that the catalogue includes a selection of styles designed to cover all departments within the hospitality industries - ranging from kitchens, workware, spas, accessories and so on.

In an interview with Caterer Middle East, Sprakes said: "One of the things we’ve done in the catalogue is that, as well as standard styles, we have what we call our garment builders. That allows the customer to design their own garment so there is a menu, if you will, of styles and details they can choose from."

In additon, there is a selection of fabrics and colours, so firms can have a hand in making a bespoke garment for their hotel or restaurant or business. Sprakes added: "We obviously do a lot of bespoke work with customers but this is a more fast-tracked service, so people don’t have to wait for designs when we’re busy."

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As an advantage to its customers, the turnaround time is very quick and minimum orders are very low.

The Uniforms by Ronai catalogue is now expanded to reflect the kind of work A.Ronai carries out in the hospitality industry. "We’ve had, for the last couple of years, a more limited chefs and kitchen catalogue, so this is really born out of everything we do across the whole board in uniforms. We’ve expanded our kitchen collection, still includes Oliver Harvey, but we’ve expanded our kitchen and chef’s section so we now have four standards of chefs jackets to choose from.

"And we have new choices in fabrics and colours for trousers and aprons. The the suiting is all brand new, and there’s no minimum orders, so it lets people have stylish, durable uniforms."

He added that due to the no minimum order rule, customers can come back for new products at any point of time. Sprakes explained: "So if a member of the team leaves in six months’ time, and they need three more jackets and three skirts, they’ll have them and they’ll look the same. Because it’s a big issue within uniforms in the hospitality industry; it’s all very well coming up with something but what happens in six months’ time? Can you still get that fabric? And as a supplier, we are very aware that people need continuity."