by PlanetLaundry Staff | Mar 22, 2018 | Industry News
The last federal minimum wage increase – to $7.25 per hour, from $6.55 per hour – occurred on July 24, 2009. In the years since Congress last increased the minimum wage, state and local leaders across the country have introduced countless minimum wage...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Mar 13, 2018 | Industry News
Clean 2017 has been named one of Trade Show Executive magazine’s 50 Fastest-Growing Shows of 2017. The biennial Clean Show, held in Las Vegas last June, was included in all three categories of the publication’s awards competition – net square feet of...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Mar 13, 2018 | Industry News
Huebsch has named Glen Sheeley the latest recipient of its Store Owner of the Quarter Award. The Sheeley family has been involved in the car wash business in Orange County, N.Y., for decades and had already owned two combination car wash/laundromats before deciding to...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Mar 2, 2018 | Industry News
Continental Girbau West, based in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., has launched a newly redesigned website – www.cg-west.com – which is focused on simple navigation and quality content, according to the company. “CG West serves Southern California with much...
by Stephen Bean | Feb 26, 2018 | The Business Mind
Remove the Unrealistic Limits on Your Business and Professional Goals”Everything you want is just outside of your comfort zone.” – Robert Allen, American authorNearly all of the hundreds of laundry owners I have consulted with over the years have expressed...
by Wally Makowsky | Feb 26, 2018 | Wash With Wally
Is there some formula or rule of thumb that would guide me as far as how much folding space I should provide for my customers? According to most vended laundry industry data, three square feet of folding space for every dryer pocket in your facility is considered to...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Feb 26, 2018 | Industry News
Dexter Laundry recently announced that LaundryOne – a new commercial laundry distributor based in Columbus, Ohio – has been added to the manufacturer’s Midwest distribution network for vended laundry equipment.The newly launched LaundryOne serves the vended,...
by Bob Nieman | Feb 26, 2018 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Primus Brings More Than 100 Years of Success in Europe to the North American Commercial Laundry MarketFounded in 1911, Primus began its journey in Europe as a manufacturer of residential washing machines and household dishwashers.During the 1960s, the company realized...
by Bob Nieman | Feb 26, 2018 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
An Interview with State Tax Expert Joe Crosby Joe Crosby serves as the chief executive officer of MultiState Associates, the nation’s leading state and local government relations services firm. He is involved in all aspects of the firm’s efforts to help...
by Bob Nieman | Feb 26, 2018 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
How Laundry Owners Can Maximize Their Profits Despite Today’s Ever-Changing Economic LandscapeSouthern California laundry owner Art Jaeger recently was scheduled to have state officials visit his laundries to conduct a workers’ compensation classification...