by Editor | Aug 19, 2015 | Industry News
Company Provides Washer and Dryer, Along with Clothing from Mudderella Speed Queen recently helped empower women and worked to end domestic abuse through a fundraising competition surrounding Mudderella’s Capital Region event, as well as a donation of clothing...
by Editor | Aug 19, 2015 | Industry News
Manufacturer Adds Industry Veteran Tim Seitz to Its PLUS Division Laundrylux has named industry veteran Tim Seitz the new business development manager of the company’s PLUS division for on-premises laundry. Seitz’s laundry industry expertise spans nearly...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Aug 13, 2015 | Industry News
Laundrylux Appoints Long-Time Distributor to Represent Both Brands in Georgia and Alabama Laundrylux has announced that Davis Commercial Laundry Solutions is now an authorized Electrolux and Wascomat distributor for Georgia and Alabama. Based in Marietta, Ga., Davis...
by Editor | Aug 11, 2015 | Industry News
CLA, Eastern Funding, LaundryCares and Laundry Depot Team Up to Provide Free Laundry Services to Those in Need On Aug. 31, Laundry Depot in Bay Shore, N.Y., will offer a free laundry event, sponsored by Eastern Funding, the Coin Laundry Association and the...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Aug 7, 2015 | Industry News
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. has completed the acquisition of Firestone Financial Corp. Firestone is now known as Firestone Financial, LLC and is operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Bank. “This partnership brings together two organizations with...
by Editor | Aug 7, 2015 | Industry News
Alliance Laundry Systems has announced that BDT Capital Partners, LLC, through its investment funds, has agreed to acquire a majority interest in the company from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. Teachers’ is expected to retain a minority interest in the...
by Editor | Aug 3, 2015 | Industry News
Continental Creative Services – a full-service marketing, advertising and public relations company – recently unveiled its new logo and mobile-friendly website (www.continentalccs.com). The site is “content rich, simple to navigate, graphically pleasing and...
by Wally Makowsky | Jul 28, 2015 | Wash With Wally
I own a self-service laundry and am interested in adding a drop-off drycleaning business. Can you give me any suggestions regarding things I might need to know and/or do before adding this to my current operation? First of all, you have to determine whether or not...
by Brian Wallace | Jul 28, 2015 | Viewpoint
“Is this heaven?” “It’s Iowa.” “Iowa? Could have sworn it was heaven…” – “Field of Dreams” (1989) While the specters of baseball players past may have confused Iowa for heaven in the movie, you wouldn’t blame...
by Editor | Jul 28, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
An Interview with Tennessee Laundry Owner Kenneth Cherry Kenneth Cherry opened his first self-service laundry in 1959 in Livingston, Tenn., back when the industry was still in its infancy. Today, he owns three stores. Over the years, Mr. Cherry has always been a price...