Business View Magazine | April 2020

160 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE APRIL 2020 AT A GLANCE MEDICO HEALTHCARE LINEN SERVICE WHAT: A provider of laundry services to the healthcare sector WHERE: Headquarters in Los Angeles, California WEBSITE: www.medicolinen.com M edico Healthcare Linen Service, based in Los Angeles, California, is a leading provider of linen and garment laundry services to healthcare and wellness professionals in the Southern California region, including hospitals, clinics, dental offices, surgical centers, rehabilitation centers, examination facilities, laboratories, hospices, wellness spas, veterinarians, and according to the Director of Operations of this fourth- generation, family-owned company, Greg Shames, “anyone who needs hygienically- clean linen is a target of ours. We provide all of the linens they may need to keep their business running smoothly,” with items that include linens, patient gowns, sheets, scrubs, towels, lab coats, floor mats, and uniforms. “My great-grandfather, Sam Snookal, started the business in 1932, the same day, my grandmother, his daughter, was born,” Greg continues. “He started doing linen rentals for creameries in downtown Los Angeles. As time went on, he picked up other business – renting towels to doctors, or coats to chefs. Fast forward to 1970. My grandfather recognized that doctors demanded a different level of service than our food and beverage and hospitality customers, and that’s when we split the business in two and started treating HEALTHCARE L I N E N S E R V I C E Family-owned and managed