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  I once asked the wisest man in coin-op pay to predict when quarters would disappear from laundromats. His response: When the cheapest wash tops $5.  It sure looks like we’re in for quite a [...]

  Laundromat pay kiosks have been around for decades.  What began with the simple push-pull of a coin slide spitting out wafer-thin wash tickets graduated to ones and fives being exchanged [...]

The curtain is getting pulled back on the mystery of how laundromat customers pay. A January snap poll found eight in ten operators receive most of their self-service machine revenue in the form [...]

Dryer pricing resembles limbo dancing: Lower the minutes and you might take a tumble. The bar sure isn’t set very high when it comes to minutes-per-quarter on a 30-pounder. So I’ll ask: How low [...]

The pandemic is helping us understand what’s truly essential in laundromat operations. Remaining open to the public is one thing. Giving them what they want and need is something else.  [...]

  If there were any lingering doubts as to how big a role coin plays in the laundromat business, then the pandemic surely put those to rest.  In June, just as self-service laundry traffic [...]

  Laundromats have finally cracked the code on getting more people to use them: Bring the store to their front door. That’s right, put the laundromat at the welcome mat. Picking up and [...]

  The laundromat industry’s long overdue move from quarter-only to dual coin pay appears to be taking hold. Dollar coin acceptance is up six percentage points and now ranks as the third most [...]

(This edited article originally appeared in the June 2019 issue of Coin Laundry News) Coin is the first name of the Coin Laundry Association and synonymous with our industry. Every year, CLA’s [...]

Coinless pay at every washer and dryer. Credit card friendly. Big bill bonuses. In-and-out collections. All topped by a sweet float. Sounds appealing? Get ready for the year 1984. That’s right, [...]