The Fruits of his Labor
Originally posted – Jan issue/2012 Southern California Laundry Owner Opens Fourth Store Joe Thompson wasn’t looking to expand his three-store laundromat chain in southern California when he came across a store for sale in Tustin. He was just helping out a...A New Beginning
Originally posted – Jan 27, 2014 After years of unclogging other people’s pipes as a licensed master plumber, Florida’s Willy Gibson turned his attention to a completely different type of pipe, as the co-owner – along with his wife Margie...Second Time Around
Originally posted – Sep 24, 2013 Avenue Coin Laundry in Libertyville, Ill., opened its doors for the first time this past July. However, store owner Ron Parsons is hardly new to the self-service laundry industry. “In 1979, I bought a place called the...A Sense of Community
Originally posted – Dec 20, 2013 When the Tasty Baking Company (makers of the popular Tastykake line of snack foods) decided to relocate its production facility, the move opened up a 30-acre parcel of prime real estate in northern Philadelphia, where the...‘Landlord and Tenant’
[ Originally posted – Feb 25, 2014 As the president of Alabama-based Joy Enterprises, Mark Joy is clearly one of the leaders within the franchised fast-food business in his state. With nearly 20 Subway restaurants, a half dozen Long John Silver’s locations...
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