Wash With Wally: Color-Safe Bleach Alternatives & Washing Silk Shirts

Wash With Wally I offer a wash-dry-fold service at my laundromat, and I was wondering if there is any product we could use in place of chlorine bleach. The problem we occasionally run into is that my attendants will mistakenly use the chlorine bleach on colored...

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...

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September Magazine Issue

This Month's Issue

 

  • Tech on the Rise: How Operators Are Using Innovation to Run Smarter, Faster Laundromats: From AI phone systems to real-time data tracking, operators and suppliers share how technology is reshaping the modern laundry business and what’s coming next.
  • Business Profile: Delivering a Superior
    Laundry Experience
  • Member Spotlight: Rick Rome –
    Innovating Laundry, One Customer at a Time
  • Guest Column: How AI Changed Google Reviews (What Laundromat Owners Need to Know)
  • And More…

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Industry News

WashClub to Expand Service to Major U.S. Cities

WashClub - an on-demand laundry, drycleaning and tailoring service - has announced it will be expanding its service offering to reach more businesses and households in select cities across the United States. In less than three months, the company has expanded to Long...

Firestone Financial Announces Clean Show Contest Winner

Florida Laundry Owners Receive 0% APR Loan Firestone Financial has announced that Beverly and Rich Fleischer – owners of 24 Hour Laundry Zone in Amelia Island, Fla. – are the winners of the company's Clean Show contest, which awarded them a 36-month 0% APR interest...

Firestone Financial Announces Clean Show Contest

Winner Will Receive a 36-Month, Interest-Free Loan Firestone Financial Corp. recently announced it will hold a drawing to award a 36-month 0% interest loan up to $50,000 to one lucky winner at Clean 2015, which will be held April 16-19 in Atlanta. The winner will be...

Whirlpool Completes Purchase of American Dryer Corporation

Whirlpool Corp. recently announced that it has completed its purchase of American Dryer Corp. The acquisition gives Whirlpool's commercial laundry business a platform to reach new countries and channels, according to the Michigan-based manufacturer. "Acquiring ADC...

Huebsch Adds Loomis Bros. to Distributor Network

Huebsch recently added Loomis Bros. Equipment Co. to its distributor network. Headquartered in Fenton, Mo., Loomis Bros. is now an authorized distributor of Huebsch vended laundry equipment in eastern Missouri, southern Illinois and northern Indiana. Founded in 1949,...

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