Sides of A Coin

摘要

American Drycleaner goes inside the coin-op business this month with a pair of articles that will shatter any myths drycleaners might have about the self-service side of fabri-care. Perhaps the biggest myth of all? That it's easy money. Drycleaners know that operating in an environment defined by skyrocketing utility costs, stiff competition and fickle employees isn't easy. And guess what? These are among the many frustrations coin-op laundries share with drycleaners. But also like drycleaning, the coin- op trade offers hard workers and progressive operators great rewards. The two locations of the Laundry Lounge in upstate New York, for example, began as a coin-op and a dry store. But when both clothing-care options were advertised simultaneously, they began to feed each other's profits.