Marketing a Rural Location
Originally posted – Sept issue/2012 Written By: Scott and Penny Williams Laundry Owners Share How They’ve Grown Their Business in a Small, Tourist Community Until recently, there was no laundromat in the town of Alton, N.H. If members of this 5,300-person...Taking a Systems Approach to Energy Efficiency
Originally posted – Mar 26, 2012 In recent years, energy efficiency has become a hot topic for the self-service laundry industry, and coin laundry owners now have more options than ever to reduce their energy consumption. What’s more, most industry experts...The Anatomy of a 504 Loan
Originally posted – Oct 01, 2013 Growing up, did you ever have someone make you toe the line in a certain way and all you could do was gripe about it, and it was only later that you realized they were doing you a huge favor? That’s how I feel about my...Keep the Change
Originally posted – Apr 27, 2012 Changer maintenance is extremely important for today’s self-service laundries. Unfortunately, many laundry owners simply dump in the quarters, pull out the bills and never give a second thought to any routine maintenance of...Team Building
Originally posted – Jan 29, 2014 As gloomy national headlines continue to herald the huge numbers of unemployed, laundry owners are provided with a large pool from which to obtain prospective workers. If you’re in need of an employee or two, there are many...Securing Financing
Originally posted – Apr 17, 2012 When starting a new business venture, the initial capital investment is one of the first preparatory measures an investor will need to research. Your research will lead you to a reputable equipment distributor who will want to...Put Your Energy Costs in ‘Reverse’
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...Staying on Schedule
[ 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,...From Average to awesome (Part 2)
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...
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