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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Weathering the Storm

Weathering the Storm

Three Laundromat Owners Who Have Adapted – And Continue to Thrive – During the COVID-19 Pandemic Although the COVID-19 shutdown in March left many businesses out in the cold, laundromats – deemed as providing essential services – motored on, adapted to the changes and...

Marking a Milestone

Marking a Milestone

PlanetLaundry Celebrates 30 Years of Industry Service The inaugural issue of the Coin Laundry Association’s official publication hit laundry owners’ mailboxes for the very first time in October 1990. That’s right – exactly 30 years ago. Back then, the magazine was...

For Sale by Owner

For Sale by Owner

A Step-by-Step Primer for Selling Your Laundromat – On Your Own After years of steady growth and with still ample time remaining on your lease, you’ve decided the time is right to sell your vended laundry business. Although it’s tempting to simply hire a business...

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Delivering the Goods (Part 1)

Marketing and Growing Your Laundry Business’ Pickup-and-Delivery Service Three years ago, Peter Lowin was considering building a third laundromat in southern California. However, primarily due to the cost, he decided against opening that third store – instead opting...

Feeling Emotional (Part 2)

How to Use Emotional Intelligence to Better Manage Yourself and Your Laundry Business [This is the second of a two-part column. Part One can be read here.] While emotional skills may come more naturally to some due to their background and upbringing, there are ways...

LaundryCares Organizes Disaster-Relief Event in Tennessee

In the wake of the devastating tornadoes that recently swept through a large portion of Tennessee, the LaundryCares Foundation will hold a disaster-relief Free Laundry Day event from noon until 8:00 p.m. on January 4 at Martin Laundry in Martin, Tenn. During this...

CCI, Wash-Dry-Fold POS Announce Payment Integration

Laundromat point-of-sale systems provider Wash-Dry-Fold POS and Card Concepts Inc., a laundromat payment systems company, have teamed up to provide store owners with integration of wash-dry-fold and self-service payment. “CCI has always been known as a...

Maytag Announces Laundromat Contest Winners

Maytag Commercial Laundry has announced the winners of the Replace Today for $10K Maytag Commercial Laundry Contest. Laundromat owners who purchased replacement equipment from January 1 – July 31, 2021, were eligible to participate in the contest for a chance to win...

Speed Queen Opens New Laundromat in Berlin

Speed Queen has announced the opening of a new branded laundromat in Berlin, Germany. The store is located in Alexanderplatz, a large public square and transport hub in the central Mitte district of Berlin. “Speed Queen-branded laundromats bring a laundromat...

HappyNest Expands Further into California

Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has added a new laundromat partner, The GRID Laundry, which is located in Sacramento, Calif. The facility serves various local communities, including Folsom, Roseville, Rocklin and Granite Bay. “We were ready to expand our...

Housing Now Open for Clean ’22

Messe Frankfurt, owner and management company of the Clean Show, has announced that hotel reservations now can be made for Clean ’22, which will be held July 30 through August 2 in Atlanta. These housing arrangements can be secured through Connections Housing, the...

Feeling Emotional (Part 1)

How to Use Emotional Intelligence to Better Manage Yourself and Your Laundry Business “When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures of emotion.” – Dale Carnegie Until recently, psychologists defined a person’s...

Wash with Wally: Laundry Detergent, Drainage Systems and More…

I own a successful laundromat in a small Midwestern town. One of my promotions is giving my customers free detergent – all they need Monday through Friday. The problem I have is that some of the customers use too much of the detergent and over-suds the washers. I was...

Tricks of the Laundromat Trade

Industry Veteran Shares an Operational ‘Hack’ and a Rule of Thumb to Help You Better Run Your Laundry Business As we journey through our laundromat ownership experiences, we all tend to find innovative ways to make our business lives easier. Some of these innovations...

HappyNest Adds Dallas Laundromat Partner

Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has added Rapido Rabbit, its second laundromat partner in the Dallas market. The laundry business serves customers in Addison, Carrollton, Coppell, Farmers Branch, Irving and sections of Dallas, including Highland Park....

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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

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Industry News

HappyNest Expands PUD Service to Myrtle Beach

Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded its availability to Myrtle Beach, S.C., through new partner, Sam’s Laundromat. Based in Conway, Sam’s now provides HappyNest services to residents and businesses within the greater Myrtle Beach area. “Our...

Investor to Bring LaundroLab Concept to Nashville Market

Michael Meade is a CPA and real estate investor in Nashville – and now also a laundromat owner. Meade is currently working with laundromat franchise LaundroLab to solidify plans to purchase space for his first LaundroLab location. He initially identified LaundroLab...

Eastern Funding Promotes Robles to President

Eastern Funding, LLC has named Nancy Robles the company’s new president. She previously served as Eastern’s chief operating officer. “Nancy has distinguished herself in holding our teams accountable for performance,” said Eastern Funding CEO Michael Fanger. “She has...

Aaxon Honors Industry Veteran Luis Bello

Aaxon Laundry Systems recently recognized route collector Luis Bello for 25 years with the company. Bello, who joined Aaxon in 1997, was honored for his vast technical knowledge, dedication and hard work. “I have worked with Luis Bello since the day I joined the...

EVI Completes Two Distributor Acquisitions

EVI Industries Inc. has completed the previously announced acquisitions of K&B Laundry Service LLC, Roanoke Rapids, N.C., and Aldrich Clean-Tech Equipment Corp., Worcester, Mass. K&B is a provider of installation and maintenance services to the industrial and...

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The Three ‘P’s of Wash-Dry-Fold

Packaging, a Personal Touch and a POS System are Keys to Boosting Your Drop-Off Laundry Business In the next five years, you may not recognize the wash-dry-fold business. It very likely will be growing significantly in just about every market. Most of this growth will...

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The Business Mind

All in the Family

The Psychodynamics of the Family-Owned Laundry Business – And How to Keep Yours Running Smoothly and EfficientlyMy guess is that early on nearly all small businesses were family-run businesses, especially in smaller towns. Since then, we've evolved from there to...

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In the Service of Others

As we wind down the selection process for the Coin Laundry Association's 2017 Board of Directors, I'm reminded of the many directors who have donated their time and talents to this organization over the years. Our Board does so much more than just oversee the...

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