Reap tax benefits by upgrading your laundry before the end of the year

Upgrading your laundromat isn’t just a good business decision. It’s also a timely one, due to current tax benefits.  Bonus depreciation, an accounting method that encourage businesses to invest in new equipment, gives businesses a tax break on the purchase

Let’s talk washer-extractors

They are the backbone of your laundromat business – washer-extractors. While it may be easy to view washers, much like consumers buying the machines for home, as merely a commodity, the reality is quite different. All washer-extractors are not created

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‘My customers aren’t ready for apps’ …think again, they’re already using them

Still dragging your feet on going cashless and leveraging app-based payment systems because your customers, “aren’t ready for that technology”? Perhaps it is time for a different perspective. So, let’s look at just a few examples of how technology has

Let’s talk tumble dryers

Here’s a classic question: what’s more important to laundromat customers – washer-extractors or tumble dryers? OK, it’s really a trick question. They are both important to leaving a good impression with customers.    So, how come many owners answer washer-extractors? True,

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Why you can’t afford long lead times

Laundromat owners must consider missed-opportunity costs  In the business world, few things can be more expensive than missed-opportunity costs. Nowhere is that more accurate than in the laundry business. Laundromat owners putting off upgrading dated equipment will suffer a heavy

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It’s one of the key components to keeping your laundromat’s equipment from earning the dreaded out-of-order sign. Yet, preventative maintenance can often slip on the long list of priorities that owners and their managers have.    American Coin-Op magazine recently tackled

Bigger the capacity, the bigger the profits?

In the old days, top load washers were the standard feature of laundromats. Then came multi-load capacity washers. Fast forward to today. The trend is definitely big…real big. At many stores, 60-pound capacity washer-extractors have become workhorses, turning nonstop from

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Install flexibility opens location options

To say the laundromat industry has changed in major ways through the years is an absolute understatement. From the efficiency of equipment and focus on customer experience, to the additional revenue streams and management systems, operating and visiting a laundromat