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...

Metrics That Matter

Profit, Performance, and Planning in Vended Laundry The laundromat business is like most businesses in that you need to do a lot of things right to be successful. But how do you know if it’s working? According to successful owners, you just need to look at the...

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An Ounce of Prevention

May 27, 2015

How to Safeguard Your Laundry Business from Theft It's 4 a.m., a brick just crashed through your store window… and you're out of town. Do you really feel comfortable having your spouse go to the store alone? This is the type of question many people ask themselves...

Making a Statement

May 27, 2015

The ‘What,' ‘Why' and ‘How' of Mission Statements In a long history of looking at mission statements, researchers and practitioners have almost universally acknowledged the value of a singular mission as a driving force for companies – and yet have been inconsistent...

Dirty Bird Laundry

May 27, 2015

Ryan and Bernadette Hansen Dirty Bird Laundry Fresno, Calif. www.DirtyBirdLaundry.com Before Getting into the Laundry Business… Ryan was the operations manager for a produce distributor, and Bernadette worked at Costco. Store Openings Store 1: November 2009 - Fresno...

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Wanna Do Something Different for Christmas?

Laundry Owner Serves Holiday Dinner to Area Homeless“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others” – Mahatma GandhiFor the last five years, we’ve done laundry for the homeless at our store every week.Here’s...

Dirty Laundry Never Takes a Vacation

Summer Camps May Provide the Perfect Opportunity to Grow Your Laundry Business’ Wash-Dry-Fold Revenue Summer is just around the corner – which means that, for many kids, so is summer camp. And, while going to camp has been a rite of passage for so many...

Lessons Learned From Life’s Superstars

Here’s How to Apply Examples Set by Extraordinary Individuals to the Successful Operation of Your Laundry Business Over the decades during which I’ve been curiously roaming this planet, I have been indeed fortunate to have encountered and known some truly...

Potential Sales Tax Threatens Nebraska Owners

Imagine having to hand over 7.5 percent of your gross sales to your state government – without being able to recoup this tax from your customers. That’s the dire possibility self-service laundry owners in Nebraska are currently facing. Like most states,...

Statewide Laundry Bolsters Management Team

Statewide Laundry Equipment’s Miami branch, based in Hialeah, Fla., has announced the addition of Elia Garcia to its management team. Garcia, a laundry industry veteran of nearly 15 years, joins the company as office manager.She is responsible for daily...

Census Bureau: South, West Lead U.S. Population Growth

Utah’s population crossed the 3 million mark as it became the nation’s fastest-growing state over the last year. Its population increased 2 percent to 3.1 million from July 1, 2015, to July 1, 2016, according to recent U.S. Census Bureau national and state...

Dexter Announces Organizational Changes

Dexter Laundry Inc. and its parent company, Dexter Apache Holdings Inc., recently announced the following organizational changes. Pat Albregts – the current chairman and CEO of Dexter Apache Holdings – will retire as CEO on February 28, 2017. Albregts, who...

CG West Announces Vended Laundry, OPL Service Schools

Continental Girbau West will hold a vended laundry service school on February 27 at the company’s headquarters in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. This free educational session will run from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Open to Southern California self-service laundry...

HK Laundry Celebrates 50 Years in Business

This year marks HK Laundry Equipment’s 50th year of serving the commercial laundry industry. “Fifty years in business starts to become a legacy,” said HK President Karl Hinrichs. “HK was founded on April 1, 1967, by my father, Reed Hinrichs,...

LaundryCares Announces Free Laundry Day in Las Vegas

Once again, the Coin Laundry Association’s LaundryCares Foundation team is planning a fantastic Free Laundry Day event on the eve of The Clean Show. LaundryCares has marked Sunday, June 4, on its calendar for a Free Laundry Day at a local Las Vegas laundromat....

Why Should Self-Service Laundries Remain Exempt From Sales Tax

The Coin Laundry Association (CLA) is committed to ensuring that all self-service laundries remain exempt from sales tax based on several fundamental principles of tax policy: Sales Tax on Self-Service Laundry Hurts Working Families: Self-service laundries serve low...

LaundryCares to Host Free Laundry Day in Virginia

The Coin Laundry Association’s LaundryCares Foundation will host a free laundry day on March 15 at Laundry Land in Norfolk, Va. This event is scheduled to take place from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. “Free laundry days are the highlight of what LaundryCares...

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Laundry Industry Veteran Retires

Laundry industry veteran Herald Birchfield recently announced his retirement after nearly 50 years in the business. Birchfield began his laundry career selling washers and dryers in the 1970s. He and his wife, Nancy, ran the Maytag Commercial Laundry Division of...

CLA Offers Digital Marketing for Laundromats

The Coin Laundry Association has introduced a new membership benefit for digital marketing services, provided by American Marketing & Publishing, LLC. The CLA is collaborating with American Marketing & Publishing to bring store owners a new opportunity to...

CLA Launches Garment Care White Paper with Upcoming Webinar

The Coin Laundry Association will release a new white paper outlining proper garment care and stain removal for laundry professionals on October 16. “Garment Care and Stain Removal Basics for Laundry Owners” is part of the CLA’s Gold Book Research Series of resources...

CLA Connect LIVE Announces Upcoming Events

Register now to attend the following CLA Connect LIVE events planned for the next two weeks. These upcoming events are open to current and potential laundry owners, as well as distributors and manufacturers. CLA Connect LIVE – North Carolina October 2 in Raleigh, N.C....

PWS Adds Payment Systems Specialist

In a move to solidify its place as a complete, full-service commercial laundry distributor, PWS has hired long-time industry veteran Alfredo Duque of AMD Card Solutions. AMD specializes in the installation and service of payment systems in the vended laundry and...