Nearly any vended laundry can capture commercial wash/dry/fold business and significantly boost store revenue and profits, according to storeowners Mike “Stucky” Szczotka, Rob Maes and the “Laundry Doctor” Jeff Gardner. They advise laundry owners to start small; harness available labor and equipment; offer unsurpassed service to niche accounts; and make additional equipment investments at key moments.
“I started with small accounts, such as local hair salons, and then started knocking on doors,”