PlanetLaundry Podcast
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A New Look for Local CLA Meetings
Reinvented CLA Affiliate Program Aims for More Meetings in More Places, Less Burden on Volunteers Over the past several months, you've seen a couple of columns from recent CLA Board Chairs Jim Whitmore and Ron Kelley, talking about the strategic planning being done at...
Business Bio: Speed Wash
Kurt and Ashley Schroeder Speed Wash Tampa, Fla.Before Getting into the Laundry Business…The Schroeders were involved with the leasing and sales of medical equipment.Store OpeningDecember 8, 2017Business HoursSpeed Wash is open 24 hours a day.Staff6 attendantsTotal...
Industry Roundtable: What’s Next for the Laundry Business?
Leading Manufacturers Weigh In on the Current State of the Vended Laundry Industry – And Where They See It HeadedWhat's ahead for the vended laundry industry?The resurgent U.S. economy of recent years has strengthened and grown the laundromat business in nearly every...
Headlines
Are You Covered?
What Laundry Owners Need to Know About Their Business Insurance During These Difficult Times According to the Small Business Administration, small businesses in the U.S. “are facing an unprecedented economic disruption due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.”...
Fowler to Offer Touchless Mobile Payment
Fowler Laundry Solutions, headquartered in Union, N.J., has chosen mobile payment provider PayRange to upgrade the distributorship’s equipment with touchless payment via PayRange’s mobile app. Fowler is mobilizing to adapt to the new realities of doing business during...
HappyNest Launches Location in Daytona Beach
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded into the Daytona Beach, Fla., market. “We have made a concerted effort to find the best partners on the east coast of Florida, and we continue that trend with our new partner, Mykal Tairu,” said HappyNest...
States Expand Worker Protection in the Wake of COVID-19 Outbreak
As legislatures return to governing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the focus of their work will clearly change in response to a changing world. In terms of employment and labor policy, all levels of government have begun considering expansion of worker benefits...
CLEC Names Director of Operations for Dallas Location
Commercial and Coin Laundry Equipment Co., a factory-direct distributor of Alliance Laundry Systems equipment, has promoted Sam Husain to director of operations for its Dallas facility. Husain, who joined the CLEC team in 2018 as a regional sales manager, has since...
Wash with Wally: Best Practices for Operating Safely and Effectively During COVID-19 Pandemic
We have a lot of customers who use our drop-off wash-dry-fold service, including some doctors’ offices. Should I continue this service during the COVID-19 crisis? I want to protect my employees, but I also want to help serve our community. What should I do? You can...
Serving in Uncertain Times
The Laundry Doctor Shares His Plan of Attack During the COVID-19 Outbreak What we’re all going through right now with the COVID-19 pandemic is truly a once-in-a-lifetime event. It’s a test of who we are as people – and what we are as a civilization. As laundry owners,...
BCC Payments Offers Free ‘Wash-Dry-Go’ App in Response to Pandemic
BCC Payments, a laundry-focused payment and control systems company, has created a free Wash-Dry-Go application platform for laundromat owners to use during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The app can help laundry owners manage the flow of customers and maintain safe...
Jetz Service to Accept Mobile Payment Across All Compatible Machines
Laundry service and equipment provider Jetz Service Co. – which operates in 18 states throughout the Midwest – and PayRange Inc. recently reached an agreement for Jetz to provide PayRange mobile payment acceptance to all of its PayRange-compatible machines. Currently,...
Marketing During Times of Crisis
Some Promotional Do’s, Don’ts and Considerations as We All Try to Navigate the COVID-19 Crisis It’s easy to get downhearted about the state of the world in the middle of COVID-19’s madness. With social distancing measures, self-quarantines in place and a heightened...
What’s Next for the Economy?
An Interview with Alan Beaulieu of ITR Economics Alan Beaulieu is the president of ITR Economics, the oldest privately held, continuously operating economic research and consulting firm in the U.S. With a reputation as an accurate and straightforward economist, Mr....
Stomping on the Front Lines
Many of us got into the laundromat business due to its simple nature and consistent characteristics. For most people, doing their laundry is a weekly demand. For all, it’s a basic necessity – not a luxury. And, for store owners, this provides a smooth and reliable...
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This Month's Issue
- Metrics That Matter: Profit, Performance, and Planning in Vended Laundry
- Women In Laundry: Haley Gould Finds Perfect Fit
- Company Close-Up: Company Founded to Help Small Businesses Shines
- New Member Spotlight: How Robotics Could Change Laundromat Industry
- And More…
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Industry News
Whirlpool Named to Forbes’ List of Best Employers
Whirlpool Corp. has been named to Forbes’ list of the “America’s Best Employers 2022.” The final list ranks 500 large and 500 mid-sized U.S. companies that are admired by employees for their dedication to their workforce and their unparalleled company culture. “There...
Minnesota Laundromat Launches New Literacy Space
Laundromat owners Taylor and Jessica Witt recently held an open house at their Nokomis Laundry in Alexandria, Minn., to help launch the grand opening of the store’s new LaundryCares’ Family Read, Play & Learn Center. The dedicated kids’ reading and learning space...
EVI Industries Completes Recent Distributor Acquisitions
EVI Industries Inc., headquartered in Miami, has announced that it has completed the company’s mergers with Consolidated Laundry Equipment, Raleigh, N.C., and Central Equipment Company, Columbia, S.C. Known collectively as CLE, both of the acquired companies are...
LaundryCares, North Shore Bank and the City of Milwaukee Launch Family Read, Play & Learn Center
The LaundryCares Foundation, along with North Shore Bank and the City of Milwaukee’s Office of Early Childhood Initiatives, recently unveiled a new Family Read, Play & Learn Center at Blue Kangaroo laundromat in South Milwaukee. The early childhood reading and...
CLA Announces 2022 Board of Directors
The Coin Laundry Association recently welcomed two highly respected industry leaders to its Board of Directors for 2022. Those new directors are Brian Henderson, founder and director of operations for Wash-Dry-Fold POS in Broken Arrow, Okla.; and Amanda Konczal,...
FROM YOUR FAVORITE INDUSTRY EXPERTS
Columns
The Laundry Doctor
Control Your Own Destiny
Originally posted - Oct 08, 2013 In last month's column, I wrote about the five biggest mistakes you can make when running your drop-off laundry business. One of the pitfalls I warned against was letting your employees work for themselves – essentially allowing your...
The Business Mind
The 7 Qualities of a Profitable Marketer
Boost Your Laundry Business by Developing These Critical Skills Marketing is every laundry owner's link to the outside world. It's how you persuasively encourage people to repeatedly purchase your products and services. Conceptually, it's just that simple. However, it...
Wash With Wally
Wash with Wally: Cleaning Leather Gloves, Keeping Stainless Steel Washers Shiny and More…
I've landed a commercial account with the local sewer and water department, washing their leather gloves. But I am having trouble getting the gloves soft and pliable. I also could use some tips on how to remove all of the dirt, grime and grease on them. I would...
Viewpoint
A New Beginning
Originally posted - Jan 27, 2014 After years of unclogging other people's pipes as a licensed master plumber, Florida's Willy Gibson turned his attention to a completely different type of pipe, as the co-owner - along with his wife Margie - of a Pensacola-based smoke...
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