Bruce Beggs
December 27, 2011
CHICAGO — The general structure of chairs and tables typically found in coin laundries today really hasn’t changed much in recent years, but the palette of...
Howard Scott
November 8, 2011
MARFA, Texas — A well-known business strategy is to run two businesses under one roof, share the overhead, and mingle the clientele. Perhaps the best example of this...
Howard Scott
November 7, 2011
MARFA, Texas — A well-known business strategy is to run two businesses under one roof, share the overhead, and mingle the clientele. Perhaps the best example of this...
Paul Partyka
May 22, 2011
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Randy and Tami Fett own four self-service laundries in the St. Paul, Minn., area. Like others, Randy was involved in a variety of businesses before...
Paul Partyka
May 17, 2011
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Randy and Tami Fett own four self-service laundries in the St. Paul, Minn., area. Like others, Randy was involved in a variety of businesses before...
Paul Partyka
November 12, 2010
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — Enticed by a growing economy, tourism and unlimited business possibilities, Pete Hartwick left Canada and headed for Florida, looking to make a...
Paul Partyka
June 24, 2010
WANTAGH, N.Y. — Time may or may not heal all wounds as some suggest, but time can certainly impact one’s perspective. About eight years ago, Marc Weiboldt’s son suggested...
Paul Partyka
June 24, 2010
WANTAGH, N.Y. — Time may or may not heal all wounds as some suggest, but time can certainly impact one’s perspective. About eight years ago, Marc Weiboldt’s son suggested...
Gail Horowitz
May 13, 2010
Jose Almonte learned a lot about hard work, long hours and drive from his older brother, Felo, who came to the United States from the Dominican Republic a few years before...
Paul Partyka
May 6, 2010
Did you ever have one of those ideas that wouldn’t go away? Fred Greenway did.
Greenway started Wash City, a car wash business in Exmore, Va., about nine years ago. The...
Paul Partyka
May 4, 2010
Did you ever have one of those ideas that wouldn’t go away? Fred Greenway did.
Greenway started Wash City, a car wash business in Exmore, Va., about nine years ago. The wash...
Paul Partyka
March 10, 2010
Keith Griffin has opened 10 stores across Arkansas, and the newest store, which opened in late 2008, is the largest at 4,400 square feet. How do you enter an industry and...
Paul Partyka
February 26, 2010
Ten laundries in 10 years. It has a simple ring to it, but for most of you, the feat would be anything but simple. For Keith Griffin, it’s been a natural fit. He’s opened...
Paul Partyka
January 21, 2010
Darrel Stadel recently opened the West Plaza Green Laundry in his shopping center in Wickenburg, Ariz. As he did his initial research on the industry, he started thinking...
Paul Partyka
January 20, 2010
When Darrel Stadel commits to something, he believes in taking it to the limit. There’s no better evidence of this than his recently opened self-service laundry in...
Randy F. Radtke
December 18, 2009
Converting any building into a self-service laundry carries a variety of challenges. Taking a 100-year-old downtown storefront and turning it into a modern, customer-...
Randy F. Radtke
November 4, 2009
Converting any building into a self-service laundry carries a variety of challenges. Taking a 100-year-old, downtown storefront, and turning it into a modern, customer-...
Paul Partyka
August 25, 2009
When you built your first self-service coin laundry, how far was it from your home? Elhadi Abbas came more than 7,000 miles in search of a new home and a new business...
Paul Partyka
April 30, 2009
OSSINING, N.Y. — The legendary Sing Sing Correctional Facility, which opened in Ossining, N.Y., in 1825, has been home to such infamous prisoners as Ethel and Julius...
Paul Partyka
April 28, 2009
Unless you’re from Pennsylvania, you might not be aware that Titusville is just slightly east of Pittsburgh. However, if you’re a history buff, you might know that in 1859...
Paul Partyka
March 26, 2009
It’s not uncommon for children to be asked about what they want to be when they grow up, but it’s rare for a seventh-grade student to actually get hands-on experience in a...
Paul Partyka
January 7, 2009
CHICAGO — While the Grand Prize Winner of American Coin-Op’s 2009 Coin-Op Beautiful competition is Highway Laundromat in Long Beach, Calif., (see last week’s story here),...
Paul Partyka
January 2, 2009
CHICAGO — The Grand Prize Winner of American Coin-Op’s 2009 Coin-Op Beautiful competition is Highway Laundromat in Long Beach, Calif.
Whether you associate Long Beach with...
Paul Partyka
December 10, 2008
Gene Mueller has been offering drop-off service for about 21 years at his Lakeland Square Laundromat in Belleville, Ill., and he believes that customers should be able to...
Paul Partyka
November 21, 2008
In 1993, Deborah Miller was a partner in a California hair salon. After just a year in business, she bought out her partner. After five years, she moved the business to a...
