Peters’ Cleaners was established in Peterborough in February 1963 by Peter Grist and his sons Peter and Paul.
It has been providing dry cleaning and laundry services in Peterborough and Stamford for over 60 years. With its pioneering ‘on the spot’ cleaning it quickly earned a reputation for innovation. One it maintains today along with exceptional cleaning and multi award-winning customer care.
In June 2016 Vicky Whiter saved it from closure> The business had incredibly loyal clients, skilled and dedicated staff and a great reputation, but a lack of marketing, and changing consumer behaviour was driving down revenue whilst costs continued to increase- it was losing money.
Peterborough had evolved and the shops were no longer located where our busy customers needed us to be. Having spent 8 years commuting to London, Vicky was aware how challenging it was to get to the dry cleaner and thought there must be a better answer.
It became her mission to deliver a dry cleaning solution for how we live now. No queues, no outdated opening hours, no high prices for low quality, just great service and convenience.
With that in mind, in 2019 after two years of development, Vicky launched the first fully automated 24/7 dry cleaning pod at Peterborough station, targeted at commuters. Whilst the idea was good, the timing was not and with lockdown in early 2020, demand disappeared.
A change of direction was needed so the pod was moved to Serpentine Green shopping centre and a new customer journey as developed enabling customers to order their dry cleaning directly online.
2025 presents new opportunities for Peters’ Cleaners as they launch their locker concept.
Thank you to everyone who continues to support us whilst we launch the dry cleaning model of the future.
Where will we go next? Well that’s all coming soon…
MEET VICKY
Vicky is our CEO and is from the Peterborough and Stamford area.
She runs on a challenge, has a passion for life and gets excited by something reaching its potential, whether it’s a person, a garden or a business.
OUR MISSION
Every item cleaned is returned to our customers in the best possible condition it can be, on time, every time.
Change cleaning… one pod and locker at a time.
RECLEAN POLICY
We clean thousands of items a month and every item passes through a 2-stage quality check. We aim to get it right first time and achieve this 99.5% of the time. If we don’t think we can get the stain out we put a ‘Best results’ card on your item to let you know.
If you’re not happy with your clean, press or repair let us know. Please bring it back, call or email us. We always offer a free reclean. It is important to us that you are happy!
MEDIA
For any media and PR queries please contact enquiries@peterscleaners.co.uk
