Growing your laundromat business through acquisition has remained popular. The decision to grow this way is often paired with the decision to retool immediately or wait.<\/p>\n
There are a couple of schools of thought on this topic. Financially, it may make sense to retool immediately as some acquisition finance programs make it quite attractive to roll the complete retool into the package.<\/p>\n
From a marketing standpoint, retooling immediately creates a dramatic effect from the start. Retooling and adding larger capacities and other cutting-edge controls are tangible representations that ownership has changed and customers will be well-served. Plus, new equipment enables you to increase prices and offer better, faster service.<\/p>\n
New and more efficient equipment can significantly lower water and electricity costs, which turns to more money for opportunities such as starting a wash and fold service. You can also choose machines that allow different vending prices for a specific cycle type. For example, some owners might charge more for hot or warm cycles, or an extra wash, rinse and spin cycle.<\/p>\n
However, the flip side is by waiting to retool, you can listen to customers and let those conversations drive equipment capacities and more. From there, you can decide the timeline for work and budget you\u2019d like to make your new laundromat the showstopper you want it to be.<\/p>\n
Staggering the retool \u2013 a bank of washers at a time \u2013 is the middle ground, but it also puts the store in a seemingly continued state of disruption, which can annoy customers. This is the last thing you want to happen. If you do stagger the retool, it\u2019s important to regularly communicate progress, goals and deadlines so customers know an end is in sight.<\/p>\n
Certainly, if the store is utilizing newer equipment, five to seven years old, retooling isn\u2019t high on the list of immediate needs. Focus should be on ensuring equipment is well maintained to avoid the business-killing \u201cout-of-order\u201d signs.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Growing your laundromat business through acquisition has remained popular. The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":10762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-laundromats"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n