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Formerly the PlanetLaundry Podcast, the new Full Cycle podcast brings you the great stories from inside the vended laundry industry and the perspective you need from outside the industry. A media offering from the Coin Laundry Association, Full Cycle aims to elevate the vended laundry industry through celebrating the success of the modern laundry entrepreneur.
Episodes
May 30, 2023
May 30, 2023
9 min
Welcome to the PlanetLaundry Podcast – brought to you by PlanetLaundry, the magazine of the Coin Laundry Association.
In this special episode, recorded in San Diego at CLA’s 2023 Excellence in Laundry Conference, PlanetLaundry Editor Bob Nieman chats with brothers Lee and Luke Williford, the third-generation operators of The Wash House laundromat chain, based in Raleigh, N.C.
We hope you enjoy this conversation. We invite you to listen to more PlanetLaundry Podcasts at https://planetlaundry.podbean.com
May 26, 2023
May 26, 2023
7 min
Welcome to the PlanetLaundry Podcast – brought to you by PlanetLaundry, the magazine of the Coin Laundry Association.
In this special episode, recorded in San Diego at CLA’s 2023 Excellence in Laundry Conference, PlanetLaundry Editor Bob Nieman chats with “The Laundromat Millionaire” Dave Menz – author, laundry coach, and the owner of Queen City Laundry, a chain of full-service stores in Cincinnati, Ohio.
We hope you enjoy this conversation. We invite you to listen to more PlanetLaundry Podcasts at https://planetlaundry.podbean.com
May 25, 2023
May 25, 2023
13 min
Welcome to the PlanetLaundry Podcast – brought to you by PlanetLaundry, the magazine of the Coin Laundry Association.
In this special episode, recorded in San Diego at CLA’s 2023 Excellence in Laundry Conference, PlanetLaundry Editor Bob Nieman chats with Brandon Schlichter, the founder and CEO of Investment Joy. Mr. Schlichter is an investor focused on small, traditional businesses – including laundromats.
We hope you enjoy this conversation. We invite you to listen to more PlanetLaundry Podcasts at https://planetlaundry.podbean.com
May 1, 2023
May 1, 2023
38 min
Welcome to the PlanetLaundry Podcast – brought to you by PlanetLaundry, the magazine of the Coin Laundry Association.
In this episode, PlanetLaundry Editor Bob Nieman chats with Alex Jekowsky, the CEO and co-founder of Cents, an all-in-one software platform created to help laundromat owners grow, manage, and better understand their businesses.
Alex shares his thoughts on the notions of customer support vs. customer success, how laundromat owners can strengthen their relationships with their customers, where the greatest opportunities lie for today’s laundry operators, and more.
We hope you enjoy this conversation. We invite you to listen to more PlanetLaundry Podcasts at https://planetlaundry.podbean.com/.
This edition of the PlanetLaundry Podcast has been made possible thanks to the generous sponsorship of Cents.
https://www.trycents.com/partner/planet-laundry
Apr 1, 2023
Apr 1, 2023
45 min
Welcome to the PlanetLaundry Podcast – brought to you by PlanetLaundry, the magazine of the Coin Laundry Association.
In this episode, PlanetLaundry Editor Bob Nieman chats with Matt Gabris, a chief safety and environmental executive for the food and beverage industries, as well as industry safety chair for the American Bakers Association.
In addition, he and his wife, Jennifer, are the long-time owners of The Wash Basket, a laundromat based in Central Lake, Mich.
Matt shares his thoughts on business record-keeping requirements, fire safety and prevention, and some of the key areas on which store owners should focus when safeguarding their operations – as well as explaining the critical steps laundry operators should take if an incident were to occur.
We hope you enjoy this conversation. We invite you to listen to more PlanetLaundry Podcasts at https://planetlaundry.podbean.com/.
This edition of the PlanetLaundry Podcast has been made possible thanks to the generous sponsorship of Speed Queen.
Mar 1, 2023
Mar 1, 2023
41 min
Welcome to the PlanetLaundry Podcast – brought to you by PlanetLaundry, the magazine of the Coin Laundry Association.
In this episode, PlanetLaundry Editor Bob Nieman chats with Waleed Cope, owner and operator of The Soap Box – which is a laundry, drycleaning and sneaker-cleaning enterprise, based in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Waleed shares his thoughts on the importance of customer support, texting to build business, and today’s evolving laundromat industry – as well as explaining how he got involved with cleaning sneakers and what it’s like to live life as a “laundry pirate.”
We hope you enjoy this conversation. We invite you to listen to more PlanetLaundry Podcasts at https://planetlaundry.podbean.com.
This edition of the PlanetLaundry Podcast has been made possible thanks to the generous sponsorship of Speed Queen: go.speedqueencommercial.com/routine.
Jan 25, 2023
Jan 25, 2023
20 min
Welcome to the PlanetLaundry Podcast – brought to you by PlanetLaundry, the magazine of the Coin Laundry Association.
In this episode, PlanetLaundry Editor Bob Nieman interviews Chris Ward, the president and founder of 4WARD Energy Solutions, a national energy consultancy based in Houston. 4WARD is part of the CLA Business Solutions program – with Chris and his team helping Coin Laundry Association members navigate the ever-changing landscape of the deregulated energy industry.
The two discuss the current state of the energy markets, which have seen some laundry owners reporting utility costs that have doubled and, in some cases, tripled in certain areas – while also sharing best practices for taking control of a laundromat’s energy costs.
We hope you enjoy this conversation. We invite you to listen to more PlanetLaundry Podcasts at https://planetlaundry.podbean.com
Jan 1, 2023
Jan 1, 2023
29 min
Welcome to the PlanetLaundry Podcast – brought to you by PlanetLaundry, the magazine of the Coin Laundry Association.
In this episode, PlanetLaundry Editor Bob Nieman interviews Coin Laundry Association President and CEO Brian Wallace, who has served laundry operators for more than 30 years through his work at the CLA. The two discuss some of the leading trends impacting and reshaping the laundromat industry in 2023 and beyond.
We hope you enjoy this conversation. We invite you to listen to more PlanetLaundry Podcasts at https://planetlaundry.podbean.com
Dec 1, 2022
Dec 1, 2022
40 min
Welcome to the PlanetLaundry Podcast – brought to you by PlanetLaundry, the magazine of the Coin Laundry Association.
In this episode, PlanetLaundry Editor Bob Nieman chats with 2022 CLA Member of the Year Colleen Unema of Brio Laundry in Bellingham, Wash. – who will be launching her new project, Brio Laundry University, for the laundromat industry early next year.
We hope you enjoy this conversation. We invite you to listen to more PlanetLaundry Podcasts at https://planetlaundry.podbean.com
Nov 1, 2022
Nov 1, 2022
47 min
Welcome to the PlanetLaundry Podcast – brought to you by PlanetLaundry, the magazine of the Coin Laundry Association.
In this episode, PlanetLaundry Editor Bob Nieman chats with Alex Smereczniak, co-founder and CEO at LaundroLab – a laundromat franchise concept – and 2ULaundry, which is the business’ pickup-and-delivery component.
We hope you enjoy this conversation. We invite you to listen to more PlanetLaundry Podcasts at https://planetlaundry.podbean.com.