by Editor | Feb 26, 2015 | Industry News
During early summer, Continental Girbau West will hold vended and on-premise laundry service schools at its headquarters in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. • The EH020 Service School – which will be held May 30 (9 a.m. to noon) – will overview the 20-pound capacity...
by Robert Maes | Feb 26, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
A Payroll Service Can Help You Manage Your Laundry – And Save You a Bundle in the Process If you are a laundry owner like me and your laundry is attended, you are inevitably faced with the task of managing payroll for your employees. And options abound. These choices...
by Editor | Feb 25, 2015 | Industry News
Justin Oriel, president of Garment Machinery Co. in Needham, Mass., has been named to the Board of Directors for Laundrydealer.com. “Justin has been a big champion of our commercial laundry world and the technology behind it,” said Laundrydealer.com...
by PlanetLaundry Staff | Feb 20, 2015 | Industry News
Continental Girbau West will host its 3rd annual Conference of Champions Profit Symposium on May 13-14 at the company’s headquarters in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. This event – which will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days – will focus on growing...
by Wally Makowsky | Feb 19, 2015 | Wash With Wally
Also, Identifying Stains, Replacing Water Heaters and More… I own two self-service laundries, and the utility costs are killing me. To save money, I’m thinking about decreasing the water levels and perhaps eliminating one of the rinses on my washers. Is...
by Jeff Gardner | Feb 18, 2015 | The Laundry Doctor
Here are Three Ways to Develop a Rapport with Business Owners Who Can Help Grow Your Commercial Accounts Service Once you’ve decided to commit to breaking into the commercial accounts segment of the laundry business, the most important factor to realize this...
by Stephen Bean | Feb 12, 2015 | The Business Mind
Like all businesses, self-service laundries succeed or fail for a myriad of reasons. Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to interview scores of laundry owners – and, when I do, I always ask them why they think they either have succeeded or perhaps not...
by Editor | Feb 12, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Previously Published Nov 21, 2013 Two years prior to opening Beverly’s Laundromat in Los Angeles, I visited more than 400 laundries throughout the U.S. and Canada to assess how I could exceed customer expectations in a very competitive market. With pen and...
by Editor | Feb 11, 2015 | Industry News
Continental Creative Services, a subsidiary of Continental Girbau, will celebrate its 10-year anniversary in 2015. CCS is a marketing communications company that provides marketing, advertising and public relations services to Continental distributors and their...
by Editor | Feb 9, 2015 | Industry News
During March and April, Continental Girbau West will hold several vended and on-premise laundry service schools at its headquarters in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. These service schools are free. The schedule is: • March 21 (9 a.m. to noon): The EH020 Service School will...