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I don’t know… I feel like slightly pivoting - tablecloth rental, rag rental, napkin rental to restaurants / labs / etc might still be profitable. Know of two b

by yial 4y ago

I don’t know… I feel like slightly pivoting - tablecloth rental, rag rental, napkin rental to restaurants / labs / etc might still be profitable. Know of two businesses that use those services. (One a restaurant, one a lab ). Or even just doing regular laundry… Worst case turn the business into a laundromat in the right area…. (Though it might not be possible with that location).

pessimizer 4y ago
Sounds like investing another $400K worth of washers and dryers into a failing business. Is there much reason to think that running a dry cleaner is similar to running a laundromat? If not, why laundry instead of anything else?
makeitdouble 4y ago
Laundromats look like rented parking space to me: a way to utilize a space that would otherwise be lost, but won’t be anywhere near the revenue of actually having a full business/tenant in that spot. In some areas laundromat are basically cost/revenue neutral and inly make sense as a service to the community and keeping the light on.
- mschuster91 4y ago
  Laundromats usually only exist and survive in areas with lots of old and/or small apartments without enough place for an own washing machine. It's not just a "service", it's vital for the community.
  - kwhitefoot 4y ago
    An apartment too small for a washing machine? It occupies less than a square metre of floor space; how small is your apartment?
- mcv 4y ago
  Maybe businesses that provide an essential service to a community, like the logistics company from the article that many farmers depend on, should be donated the that community. Make it a coop of some sort, run not for profit, but for the needs of the community that uses it.
- wink 4y ago
  IIRC I've never used one, but I've also never owned a washing machine. By sheer luck both apartments I've been living in since 2006 have had a communal washer/dryer/drying room - but at least I would have the space to get my own washing machine here. I do know of a few, but as someone said, I think they're in neighborhoods with old buildings where not everyone might have their own.
- BjoernKW 4y ago
  > Laundromats look like rented parking space to me [...] In some areas laundromat are basically cost/revenue neutral and inly make sense as a service to the community and keeping the light on. Which is why laundromats / launderettes (as they're sometimes still called in the UK) are the stereotypical example of a type of business providing a very different kind of laundering service.

by yial 4y ago

pessimizer 4y ago

Sounds like investing another $400K worth of washers and dryers into a failing business. Is there much reason to think that running a dry cleaner is similar to running a laundromat? If not, why laundry instead of anything else?

makeitdouble 4y ago

Laundromats look like rented parking space to me: a way to utilize a space that would otherwise be lost, but won’t be anywhere near the revenue of actually having a full business/tenant in that spot. In some areas laundromat are basically cost/revenue neutral and inly make sense as a service to the community and keeping the light on.

mschuster91 4y ago
Laundromats usually only exist and survive in areas with lots of old and/or small apartments without enough place for an own washing machine. It's not just a "service", it's vital for the community.
- kwhitefoot 4y ago
  An apartment too small for a washing machine? It occupies less than a square metre of floor space; how small is your apartment?
mcv 4y ago
Maybe businesses that provide an essential service to a community, like the logistics company from the article that many farmers depend on, should be donated the that community. Make it a coop of some sort, run not for profit, but for the needs of the community that uses it.
wink 4y ago
IIRC I've never used one, but I've also never owned a washing machine. By sheer luck both apartments I've been living in since 2006 have had a communal washer/dryer/drying room - but at least I would have the space to get my own washing machine here. I do know of a few, but as someone said, I think they're in neighborhoods with old buildings where not everyone might have their own.
BjoernKW 4y ago
> Laundromats look like rented parking space to me [...] In some areas laundromat are basically cost/revenue neutral and inly make sense as a service to the community and keeping the light on. Which is why laundromats / launderettes (as they're sometimes still called in the UK) are the stereotypical example of a type of business providing a very different kind of laundering service.