by Bob Nieman | Jan 29, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Originally posted – Jun 20, 2014 [This is the second in a two-part series on fine-tuning the wash-dry-fold process.] In my previous article, our focus was three-fold: consistency, sorting and washing. This time, we will complete the wash-dry-fold process by...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 29, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Originally posted – Apr 11, 2014 Written By: Mustafa Oluwa If your business is located in an area where energy has been deregulated, identifying and locking in the lowest electricity and natural gas rates is, of course, the prudent thing to do. The benefits of...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 29, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
[ Originally posted – Apr 11, 2012 All dryers require regular attention to keep them operating at their peak performance level. Failure to address routine maintenance issues on dryers can significantly increase operating costs and, in the case of coin laundries,...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 29, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Orignally posted – May 01, 2014 Roseville, Calif., November 2012 – The phone rings at 11:30 p.m. Caller: Hello, Ms. Dower? Me: Yes? Caller: This is Roseville Police Department. Me: How may I help you? Roseville Dispatcher: You have a customer who has called 911...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 29, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Originally posted – Jul 26, 2013 Many business books talk about how entrepreneurs often find themselves caught up in the day-to-day struggle for survival, putting out fires here and there just to stay in business. He (the entrepreneur) didn’t realize the...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 29, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Orignally posted – May 01, 2014 Roseville, Calif., November 2012 – The phone rings at 11:30 p.m. Caller: Hello, Ms. Dower? Me: Yes? Caller: This is Roseville Police Department. Me: How may I help you? Roseville Dispatcher: You have a customer who has called 911...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 29, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Originally posted – Sept issue/2012 “I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.” – Walt Disney Next to vend price, there isn’t a more combustible topic of conversation among laundry...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 29, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Orignally posted – Dec 01, 2014 For the most part, our industry is the same throughout from store to store. Each laundromat features basically the same setup: washers and dryers for a set price, folding tables, carts, maybe some vending machines and possibly an...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 29, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Originally posted – Oct 04, 2012 All five of my laundromats are strictly self-service operations – no wash-dry-fold service, no commercial accounts, no coffee shop. I do just one thing… and strive to do it very well. As small-business owners, we get offered all...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 29, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Originally posted – Feb 26, 2014 An energy-efficient retrofit from T8 fluorescent lighting to state-of-the-art LED tubes at Holmen Coin Laundry in Holmen, Wis., will deliver savings on the owner’s electric bill of more than 60 percent. Owner Karl Maas...