{"id":3862,"date":"2016-04-01T11:47:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T16:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bob-nieman\/2016\/04\/01\/business-bio-in-out-laundromat"},"modified":"2019-01-28T17:59:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T23:59:50","slug":"business-bio-in-out-laundromat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/business-bio-in-out-laundromat\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Bio: In & Out Laundromat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jack and Mary Lanning
\nIn & Out Laundromat
\nLowell, Mass.<\/p>\n

Before Getting into the Laundry Business\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jack was a manufacturer’s sales representative while also managing his parents’ tax services business. Mary is a stay-at-home mom.<\/p>\n

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

December 2015<\/p>\n

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

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Friday; and 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on the weekends<\/p>\n

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

One full-time manager and three part-time attendants<\/p>\n

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

2,200 square feet<\/p>\n

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

25 parking spaces<\/p>\n

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

The Lannings have a 10-year lease, with two back-to-back five-year lease options.<\/p>\n

The Building<\/strong><\/p>\n

In & Out Laundromat was built from the ground up. The construction process took approximately 10 months, from finding and securing the location to opening the doors. The cost of this project, including laundry equipment, was $500,000.<\/p>\n

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

The store is located in an extremely diverse section of the city, with a large number of Hispanic, Caucasian, African-American and Asian customers, according to Jack Lanning.<\/p>\n

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

Currently, there are three competing self-service laundries within In & Out’s marketplace.<\/p>\n

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

Customers can pay with either coins or tokens. In addition, the store features an ATM.<\/p>\n

Washers and Dryers<\/strong><\/p>\n

8 Electrolux 18-pound frontloaders, $2.75-$4.75
\n6 Electrolux 30-pound frontloaders, $4.00-$6.00
\n4 Electrolux 45-pound frontloaders, $4.50-$8.50
\n4 Electrolux 60-pound frontloaders, $6.00-$10.00
\n2 Electrolux 75-pound frontloaders, $7.50-$11.50
\n7 Electrolux 30-pound stack dryers, 25 cents for six minutes, or a
\n$1 token for 30 minutes
\n4 Electrolux 55-pound stack dryers, 25 cents for six minutes, or a
\n$1 token for 30 minutes
\n2 Electrolux 83-pound dryer, 50 cents for eight minutes, or a $1 token for 20 minutes<\/p>\n

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

NATCO instantaneous water heater<\/p>\n

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

2 American Changer bill changers<\/p>\n

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

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

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

7 Solomatic folding tables<\/p>\n

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

VCT tile flooring<\/p>\n

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

High-efficiency LED lights<\/p>\n

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

1 Vend-Rite Manufacturing eight-column soap vending machine, $1.00<\/p>\n

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

95 cents per pound; 10-pound minimum<\/p>\n

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

Garment Machinery Co., Needham Heights, Mass., (781) 559-4077<\/p>\n

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Jack and Mary Lanning In & Out Laundromat Lowell, Mass. Before Getting into the Laundry Business\u2026 Jack was a manufacturer’s sales representative while also managing his parents’ tax services business. Mary is a stay-at-home mom. Store Opening December 2015 Business Hours 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Friday; and 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. […]<\/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":[98,243,244,245],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-articles","category-feature-1","category-feature-2","category-feature-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3862"}],"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=3862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4241,"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3862\/revisions\/4241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetlaundry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}