Work Uniform Blog

Celebrating Decades of Teamwork and Commitment

Wednesday December 4, 2019

If you are a Roscoe customer, chances are good that you know the employees who pick up the phone when you call, who deliver your uniforms and who manage your account. That’s because Roscoe team members tend to stick around.

So many Roscoe team members make their careers here that we had to form a special club just to celebrate them.

Our 20-Year Club represents a big part of who we are at Roscoe and we are proud to be a company where so many people choose not just to work here, but to build a career that spans …

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Leadership Planning for Family-Owned Success

Wednesday August 28, 2019

Succession planning is a core part of any strong business strategy. For a family-owned business, it’s not just important – it’s central to the process of growing and sustaining a thriving company.

A recent report from PricewaterhouseCoopers found that nearly 44% of family owned businesses consider succession planning a challenge they will face over the next five years, yet just 23% of these companies have a “…robust, documented succession plan in place.”

At Roscoe, succession planning is woven into our business strategy and plays a key role in the efforts by which we’ve been able to grow our business and …

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A Century of Pride Shows in Our Work Uniform Service

Friday May 24, 2019

Motivated Successful Business Team Giving High Five, Happy Young

When you read about companies on one of those “Best Places to Work” lists, you begin to see a common theme: employees who are engaged and passionate about their work. A culture that leaves employees feeling valued is a culture that instills not only a sense of purpose, but also a sense of pride in their work.

A Uniform Company Built on the Pride of a Job Done Well

“Take Pride” is the Roscoe motto, as well as the backbone of Roscoe’s company culture, going back four generations, to when CEO Jim Buik’s grandfather, a Scottish immigrant, founded the company …

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Does Your Work Uniform Service Work as Hard as You Do?

Monday April 8, 2019

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At Roscoe, we help some of the hardest working people in the Chicago area do a better job. Our clients are food manufacturers, wholesalers, agricultural suppliers, automotive workers, printers, wholesalers, distributors, contractors and a whole lot of other businesses where a high-quality work uniform is an essential part of on-the-job safety and professionalism.

It’s one part of a culture in which quality is never taken for granted, reinforced with training and a commitment to continuous improvement.

We wouldn’t be doing our job if our commitment was any less than that of our customers. That’s why our team members participate in …

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A Culture of Excellent Customer Service Starts on the Inside

Monday March 25, 2019

A Culture of Excellent Customer Service Starts on the Inside

One bitter cold day earlier this year, wind chill temperatures dropped to 50 below in Chicago. Rather than send the route service representatives out on their own to deliver work uniforms and supplies, Roscoe CEO Jim Buik and other senior managers jumped on the trucks in the early morning hours to help speed the deliveries and get everyone out of the cold a little sooner.

It was so cold in the trucks that some workers put hand warmers in their boots.

It was no ordinary winter day, even for Chicago, but it was an illustration of the kind of teamwork …

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