TSA RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS RELENTLESS INCREASES TO LAUNDERERS’ DIRECT COSTS
Laundry Cost Index

Please find attached the latest LCI which shows an annual figure of 3.12% and a rolling 5 year average of 6.46%, based on an index figure of 132.28.


Summary of Cost Increases to 30 December 2007

  Increase Weighted
Labour 3.20% 1.28%
other Costs 4.10% 1.56%
     
Transport 20.00% 0.84%
Energy -16.80% -0.84%
Water 10.40% 0.28%
    3.12%
 
  CPI LCI Index
2003/2004 1.60% 6.40% 100
2004/2005 2.00% 7.17% 106.4
2005/2006 2.00% 7.70% 114.02
2006/2007 2.40% 4.45% 122.8
2007/2008 2.20% 3.12% 128.27
      132.28
       

Weighted average calculated by assigning total cost increases according to economic model ratios

Laundry Cost Ratios Laundry costs far outstrip inflation

Laundry Price Index and Consumer Price Index compared
Source: TSA and the Office of National Statistics  

 

Retail Price Index and Consumer Price Index
Source: Office of National Statistics  
 


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