Longtime Laundromat Owner on 23 Years of Service, Challenges, Community Impact

For more than two decades, Lee Ann Geurts has been a steady force in her Brooklyn Park community in Minnesota, running three laundromats that have become known not just for clean clothes, but for connection, comfort, and care. What began as a business venture for her...

Green is Good Business 

Green Operations Increasingly Important to Feed Consumer Demand  When Green Laundry Lounge co-owners Pulin and Krishna Dasai got into the vended laundry industry, they wanted to change a narrative: laundromats are water and energy-intensive businesses.   “The...

Leveling the Playing Field

John Um wanted to make sure small business owners could get fair pricing and access to reliable suppliers without needing to have significant buying power. As a leader whose career spanned several major retail and e-commerce companies, he had seen firsthand how hard...

Staying Fierce: Haley Gould Finds Perfect Fit in Vended Laundry

Haley Gould is the Director of Partner Success for HappyNest. She manages an internal team while leading more than 100 partners across the United States building a successful pickup and delivery operation in addition to running their laundromat business. A consummate...

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The Changing Face of the Laundry Business

Now More Than Ever, Women Laundry Owners are Being Heard and Making a Difference Pat Cunningham was in junior high school when Title IX passed. The groundbreaking statute essentially ended gender inequity for every educational initiative that receives federal funding,...

Image is Everything

An Interview with Michigan Laundry Owner Mark Murray Mark Murray is president of the Adrian Image Center, which features a 4,000-square-foot self-service laundry – along with a tanning salon, fitness center and car wash business – based in Adrian, Mich. Mark has been...

Against the Grain

Running a Self-Service Laundry in Rural America Rural laundromat. At first glance, it's almost an oxymoron. Just like "jumbo shrimp," "deafening silence," "virtual reality" and "random order," the term "rural" simply should not be used to describe a self-service...

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Wash with Wally: Using Ozone, Removing Blood Stains and More…

I own a store in a town that has a total of eight self-service laundries, and every one of them offers free dry. I'm tired of raising prices on my washers every time expenses go up, while my drying remains free. My customers are overloading the washers and...

Aaxon Hosts Free Service School

Aaxon Laundry Systems wrapped up its first service school of the year at the company's Fort Lauderdale headquarters on May 3. This event focused mainly on Huebsch washer-extractors. Laundry owners and service technicians in the south Florida area were invited to...

Statewide Laundry in Orlando Expands Service Team

Statewide Laundry Equipment – with offices in Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando and Miami, Fla. – has added Virgil Davis to its central Florida service technician team. At Statewide, he is involved in all phases of field service calls and equipment installations, while...

Vend Pricing: Philosophies and Fallacies

Laundry Owners Discuss Their Pricing Strategies for Success [This is the first of a two-part series on vend price strategies for today’s self-service laundry businesses.] Pricing is perhaps the most exciting, talked-about and gut-wrenching aspect of owning and...

Woven into the Fabric of the Community

The Author Discusses His Business’s Brand – And the Promises He’s Made to His Laundry Customers [This is the first in a two-part series on successfully branding a vended laundry business.] Branding in the laundry industry is not a new topic, nor would I consider...

Let’s Start a Riot! (OK… Not Really)

How to Draw an Enthusiastic Crowd to Your Laundry Business With Smart, Impactful Digital Campaigns Ever think about how a riot starts? Out of nowhere, large crowds of people rise up and strike out at someone or something that’s invoked a collective rage. It may even...

Can’t-Miss Education Opportunities at Clean 2017

Are you ready for the laundry industry’s premier event, The Clean Show? You may already have heard that, for the first time in 20 years, the exhibits have been sold out. This year’s event has in Las Vegas has already proven to be popular based on attendance numbers....

LaundryCares to Kick Off Clean 2017 with Free Laundry Day

On June 4, the day before the opening of Clean 2017, the Coin Laundry Association’s LaundryCares Foundation will host a free laundry day in Las Vegas. This event will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Las Vegas Coin Laundry #6, located at 1200 W. Owens Ave. Free...

Alco Washer Hosts Laundry Owners at Renovated Showroom

Alco Washer Center, headquartered in New Castle, Pa., recently welcomed nearly 50 laundry owners, along with several industry experts, to its newly remodeled showroom for “a day of savings, service and seminars,” according to the company. Those who attended this Alco...

Southern Automatic Grows Sales Team

Southern Automatic Machinery Co. recently added Lane Young to its sales team. Young has more than 20 years of experience in outside sales - nine of which were spent at EcoLab. When asked to describe his sales approach, Young quotes Douglas Adams: "To give real...

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September Magazine Issue

This Month's Issue

 

  • Connecting, Learning, Advocating: CLA Maximizes Impact at Clean Show 2025

  • Member Spotlight: Finding a Niche in the Laundromat Industry

  • PlanetLaundry Podcast: Turning Setbacks into Success: Saichelle McNeill’s Journey

  • A Laundromat With Heart: Inside Cherry Drive’s Customer-First Approach

  • And More…

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Industry News

HappyNest Launches Detroit Location

Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest recently expanded into the Detroit market. “We are starting to build our brand in middle America, and Detroit is at the heart of it all,” said HappyNest founder John MacKrell. “Aaron McLean is a great business owner, very...

Aaxon Celebrates Five Years with Toys for Tots Program

Aaxon Laundry Systems recently wrapped up its fifth year of participating in the Toys for Tots program in Florida’s Miami-Dade region. In true holiday spirit, the Aaxon staff selflessly collected toys, which were then distributed on December 17 to children in need...

Industry Veteran Jim Rogers Retires

Long-time industry veteran Jim Rogers has announced his retirement. Rogers retires after 20 years as vice president of sales for Statewide Laundry Equipment – with locations in Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville and Georgia – and after helping the company build up...

HappyNest Opens St. Louis Location

Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest recently announced its expansion into the St. Louis market. “We have been interested in expansion into middle America since we launched HappyNest, and we feel Graylin Slater and his team will be a great partner for us...

[Video] The New CLA

“Change is inevitable; growth is optional.” – John C. Maxwell Happy New Year! As we enter a new year and a new decade, the Coin Laundry Association is looking forward to celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2020. Video Of course, we’re understandably proud of this long...

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