{"id":2404,"date":"2016-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bob-nieman\/2016\/11\/30\/business-bio-laundry-clinic"},"modified":"2019-01-22T00:58:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T06:58:57","slug":"business-bio-laundry-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/business-bio-laundry-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Bio: Laundry Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Nick Ogunmola<\/strong>
\nLaundry Clinic<\/strong>
\nHaltom City, Texas<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"1.JPG\"Before Getting into the Laundry Business…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Ogunmola is currently a pediatric gastroenterologist at Cook Children’s Hospital in Ft. Worth, Texas.<\/p>\n

Store Opening<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Laundry Clinic opened on August 20, 2016.<\/p>\n

Business Hours<\/strong><\/p>\n

7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily<\/p>\n

Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n

Four part-time attendants<\/p>\n

Total Square Footage<\/strong><\/p>\n

4,600 square feet<\/p>\n

Parking Availability<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Laundry Clinic is located in a retail strip center that has a total of 46 parking spaces.<\/p>\n

Lease or Own?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Ogunmola owns the building.<\/p>\n

\"2.JPG\"The Building<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Laundry Clinic was built from the ground up. The construction process took about one year and cost approximately $850,000 to build, including the price of the laundry equipment.<\/p>\n

Turns per Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

The washers do about two turns per day, and the business has steadily increased on a monthly basis since the store opened.<\/p>\n

Utility Costs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Ogunmola’s utility costs represent 10 percent of his gross sales, which is lower than he had originally expected.<\/p>\n

Marketplace Demographics<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Laundry Clinic services a wide variety of customers of multiple ethnicities.<\/p>\n

Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are four other established self-service laundries within the marketplace.<\/p>\n

Payment Options<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Laundry Clinic accepts coins, as well as debit cards, credit cards, EBT cards, EMV smart-chip cards, Apple Pay and Samsung Pay.<\/p>\n

\"3.JPG\"Washers and Dryers<\/strong><\/p>\n

14 Huebsch 20-pound frontloaders, $2.50
\n6 Huebsch 30-pound frontloaders, $3.50
\n14 Huebsch 40-pound frontloaders, $4.50
\n9 Huebsch 60-pound frontloaders, $6.50
\n2 Huebsch 80-pound frontloaders, $8.50
\n1 Huebsch 100-pound frontloader, $10.50
\n6 Huebsch 30-pound stack dryers, 25 cents for nine minutes
\n16 Huebsch 45-pound stack dryers, 25 cents for six minutes<\/p>\n

Water Heating System<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 100-gallon Bradford White water heaters, each 199,000 BTU<\/p>\n

Card System<\/strong><\/p>\n

ESD Synergy card system<\/p>\n

Bill Changers<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Rowe BC 1600 bill changer
\n1 Rowe BC 2500 bill buster<\/p>\n

Laundry Carts<\/strong><\/p>\n

24 R&B Wire Products laundry carts<\/p>\n

Folding Tables<\/strong><\/p>\n

14 Production Automation Corp. stainless steel tables<\/p>\n

Flooring<\/strong><\/p>\n

Porcelain tile<\/p>\n

Lighting<\/strong><\/p>\n

LED lighting<\/p>\n

\"4.JPG\"Soap Vending<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Vend-Rite Vision soap vending machine<\/p>\n

Beverage Vending<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 BevMax Media beverage vending machine<\/p>\n

Snack Vending<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Merchant Media by Crane snack vending machine<\/p>\n

Televisions<\/strong><\/p>\n

6 60-inch televisions
\n3 42-inch televisions<\/p>\n

Children’s Play Area<\/strong><\/p>\n

The store features a 10- by 12-foot play area, which includes a flat-screen TV with children’s programs, seating and children’s books.<\/p>\n

Additional Amenities<\/strong><\/p>\n

• Free WiFi
\n• Free phone\/mobile device charging stations
\n• A three-story seating area, including a “quiet” lounge area
\n• Restrooms
\n• An illuminated, six- by five-foot clock on the exterior of the building<\/p>\n

Wash-Dry-Fold Service and Commercial Accounts<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Laundry Clinic doesn’t currently offer a wash-dry-fold or a commercial laundry service, but Dr. Ogunmola plans to implement these services in the near future.<\/p>\n

Distributor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ed Brown Distributors, Dallas, Texas, (214) 352-9494<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Nick Ogunmola Laundry Clinic Haltom City, Texas Before Getting into the Laundry Business… Dr. Ogunmola is currently a pediatric gastroenterologist at Cook Children’s Hospital in Ft. Worth, Texas. Store Opening The Laundry Clinic opened on August 20, 2016. Business Hours 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily Staff Four part-time attendants Total Square Footage 4,600 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1230,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-spotlights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5109,"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404\/revisions\/5109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}