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Is your washing machine washed up? Is your dryer burning out? If so, it’s time to consider an upgrade. But before you dish out money on brand-new laundry equipment, you first have to figure out what you need your machines to accomplish.

Looking for a reliable investment opportunity that’s easy to start, flexible, and cash-generating? Starting a laundromat business might be for you.

Improving your laundromat not only makes customers happier, but it may mean more money to your bottom line.

For a long time, coin-operated laundromats were just that – strictly coin-operated. Customers either brought in bags of quarters to a store to use the washers and dryers, or they used the change machine inside the store. There was no confusion or difference of opinion on the currency used to pay for laundry services.

Improved laundry attendant or employee hiring, training and compensation may help grow your laundry businesses

If you’re looking for a reliable business investment that’s easy to start, flexible and cash-generating, opening a laundromat might be for you. Laundromats have minted successful entrepreneurs for generations, and Lakeside Laundry Equipment will help you through every step of the design, construction and operation of your laundry business. Here are five reasons why you should […]

“Anyone who’s ever walked into your laundry has a story behind how they got there—and you’d do well to listen to them whenever you get the chance,” says Dennis Diaz in the latest issue of Planet Laundry from the Coin Laundry Association.

Are you looking for ways to improve your hotel laundry? Whether you own a small boutique inn or manage a large hotel, there is always room for improvements in efficiency, sustainability, and costs. Lakeside Laundry is experienced in hotel laundry management and can work closely with you to realize improvements like the following:

“Automation is seen in the production of cars and trucks, food and beverage processing, even in flying an airplane. The laundry industry has turned to automation as well. A main objective of laundry automation is to reduce labor costs by reducing the ‘number of physical touches’ that employees have with the linen, which results in increasing PPOH (pounds per operator hour).”

To successfully run a laundry facility, whether a coin laundry or a multi-housing laundry, takes a certain skill set. You must be committed to customer service and engagement, have a solid grasp on the ways in which the laundry industry is changing, and an understanding of every job within the laundry service industry. But what skills will be most important for the next […]