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Building Your Dream Laundromat
What to Consider When Constructing Your First Laundry Business The key to getting through the buildout or construction phase of your vended laundry project can be quite simple. Just hire an experienced, licensed general contractor who already has a couple of...
Buyer Beware
Eight Best Practices to Follow When Buying a Property As the old saying goes, "Let the buyer beware." And never are those words more accurate then when purchasing a property to be used for a vended laundry business – whether you're looking to buy an existing store or...
Before Signing Your Laundry Lease…
Sitting Down to the Negotiation Table for the First Time? Here’s What You Need to Know First things first… with respect to your laundry lease, the best advice I can offer is be sure you have an experienced commercial real estate attorney by your side to help navigate...
Headlines
HappyNest Launches New Maryland Location
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded its footprint within Maryland, with a new launch in the Montgomery County market. “Overall, HappyNest has had great success in Maryland,” said HappyNest founder John MacKrell. “However, we had a gaping hole in...
You’ve Never Been More Essential
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” – Frederick Douglass You’ve likely had a few pressing issues on your mind these last several months. Namely, the health and well-being of your family, employees and customers – not to mention, quite possibly, that of...
All Systems Go
How to Keep Your Laundromat’s HVAC Units Running as Smoothly and Efficiently as Possible Hopefully, by now any lingering heat from summer has passed and the cooler weather of fall is upon us. I say “hopefully,” because the summer heat can create a number of challenges...
Eastern Funding Hires Industry Veteran
Eastern Funding, LLC recently announced that industry veteran Matt Westphal has joined the company as a loan officer. Westphal, with more than 12 years of experience in commercial laundry equipment lease and loan originations, is skilled in cultivating new distributor...
Hercules Merges with Birchwood Coin-Op Laundries
Hercules Corp., headquartered in Hicksville, N.Y., has announced that it has merged with Birchwood Coin-Op Laundries Inc., based in Whitestone, N.Y. The combined companies will go forward together under the Hercules Corp. banner. A family-owned business since 1979,...
Who’s Servicing Your Wash-Dry-Fold Customers?
A Look at the Pros and Cons of Utilizing Independent Contractors vs. Laundromat Employees With the outbreak of COVID-19, I’ve recently received quite a few questions from laundry owners about wash-dry-fold services. The wash-dry-fold business has not fallen off during...
GNA Hires Sales Manager Trainee
Girbau North America recently added Tyler Willman to its staff as a regional sales manager in training. During his training, Willman will be immersed in all aspects of the company’s internal departments – including shipping and receiving, parts, technical services,...
HappyNest Opens New Atlanta Location
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest recently announced its further expansion into the Atlanta market. “We have seen early success in the Atlanta market, so this was the perfect time to bring in Miguel Beckles and his team to service the area north of...
ASAE Honors CLA, LaundryCares with 2020 ‘Power of A’ Award
ASAE has honored the Coin Laundry Association’s LaundryCares Foundation with a 2020 Summit Award, which is the highest recognition under The Power of A awards program. “On behalf of everyone at the Coin Laundry Association and the LaundryCares Foundation, I would like...
Aaxon Now Scheduling In-Store Visits
Aaxon Laundry Systems, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has announced that it will be visiting laundromats this fall by appointment. As an alternative to the company’s annual fall shows, Aaxon will go directly to the owners – visiting stores in Orlando in...
‘In the Middle of Every Difficulty Lies Opportunity’
How to Stay Wired to Successfully Deal with the COVID-19 Pandemic Can I be completely honest with you? I certainly don’t in any way mean to minimize the very real human toll that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacted. However, I’m finding this whole coronavirus mess to be...
CLA Releases 2020 Industry Survey
The Coin Laundry Association has announced the release of its annual Industry Survey. Each year, the CLA commissions Readex Inc. – a nationally recognized independent research company – to conduct an industrywide survey of laundromat owners. The data, in essence,...
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This Month's Issue
- The Business of Laundry: Models That Work
- PlanetLaundry Podcast: AI as a Business Partner – Changing the Game for Laundromat Owners
- Member Spotlight: Redefining Utility Access for the Modern Laundromat
- CLEAN SHOW 2025: Schedule of CLA Events
- And More…
THE LATEST ON LAUNDROMATS
Industry News
GNA Recognized for Exceptional Performance
Girbau North America recently received a 2021 exceptional performance award – a gold “G” – from parent company, Girbau Global Laundry Solutions, headquartered in Vic, Spain. Girbau President Serge Joris presented the award to GNA President Mike Floyd during GNA’s...
HappyNest Widens Reach in Northern California
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has widened its reach in northern California, with its offerings now available in San Francisco through new laundromat partner Launderland. Last year, the company expanded its availability to East Sacramento and West...
Bronx Laundry to Unveil Children’s Learning Space, Announce Educational Programming
Clean Rite Center, located in New York City, is encouraging children to take home a free book as part of a nationwide movement to bring learning to local laundries. On April 2, the Bronx laundromat will unveil a new reading and learning space for children – featuring...
HappyNest Expands into Idaho
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded into Idaho, through its new laundromat partner, Rave Laundry. The Boise-based facility is now providing PUD services to residents and businesses in Ada County, including Garden City. And, earlier this year,...
Clean Show Announces Upcoming Host Cities, Return to ‘Odd-Year’ Scheduling
The Clean Show has finalized the dates and locations for its next two upcoming editions. After Clean 2022 – which will run from July 30 through August 2 in Atlanta – the trade show and convention will return to its traditional schedule of being held during...
FROM YOUR FAVORITE INDUSTRY EXPERTS
Columns
The Laundry Doctor
The Doctor’s Diagnoses
Originally posted - Dec 27, 2013 I recently conducted a webinar for the Coin Laundry Association, dealing with commercial stain removal. After my presentation, I received a number of great questions from the attendees, so I thought I would share of few of them here...
The Business Mind
When You Look at Your Business, What Do You See?
Maximize Profits by Changing the Way You Personally View Your Self-Service Laundry Operation As the story goes, two young salmon were swimming along one day when they were passed by a much older and far wiser fish coming from the opposite direction. The older fish...
Wash With Wally
Wash with Wally: Cleaning a Wedding Gown, Offering Ironing Services, and More…
I own a laundromat in a small town without a drycleaner, and one of my customers recently brought in a white wedding gown for me to clean. It is made from a synthetic material, which I believe is polyester. How can I clean it? Before you do anything, be absolutely...
Viewpoint
Open for Business
Originally posted - Jan issue/2012 You've searched far and wide for that perfect laundry location or undervalued existing laundromat. You've met with every distributor and examined each manufacturer's spec sheets with a fine-toothed comb before selecting your new...
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