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Cutting Energy Costs (Part 2 of 2)

CHICAGO — Best strategy for keeping things in check: audit energy use regularly CHICAGO — In today’s competitive business environment, it makes sense that every dry cleaning...

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Cutting Energy Costs (Part 1 of 2)

CHICAGO — Best strategy for keeping things in check: audit energy use regularly CHICAGO — In today’s competitive business environment, it makes sense that every dry cleaning...

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Fending Off Hack Attacks (Conclusion)

CHICAGO — Banks commonly refuse to indemnify companies for funds stolen from commercial accounts CHICAGO — Quick. Easy. Efficient. Who doesn’t love online banking? Be aware,...

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Fending Off Hack Attacks (Part 1)

CHICAGO — Banks commonly refuse to indemnify companies for funds stolen from commercial accounts CHICAGO — Quick. Easy. Efficient. Who doesn’t love online banking? Be aware,...

Restoration Services: When Disaster Strikes (Part 2)

CHICAGO — Long an offshoot, restoration has come into its own as add-on that can eclipse core dry cleaning business CHICAGO — A late-night fire scorches a two-story home, but...

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Restoration Services: When Disaster Strikes (Part 1)

CHICAGO — Long an offshoot, restoration has come into its own as add-on that can eclipse core dry cleaning business CHICAGO — A late-night fire scorches a two-story home, but...

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Over the Fiscal Cliff for Tax Savings (Part 2)

ARDMORE, Pa. — Package renews more than 50 temporary tax breaks through 2013 ARDMORE, Pa. — The so-called “fiscal cliff” tax package recently signed into law renewed more...

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Over the Fiscal Cliff for Tax Savings (Part 1)

ARDMORE, Pa. — Package renews more than 50 temporary tax breaks through 2013 ARDMORE, Pa. — The so-called “fiscal cliff” tax package recently signed into law renewed more...

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The Changing of the Tide

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Still lot of opportunity in what we do, says MW Cleaners’ Michael Nesbit LONG BEACH, Calif. — It was a Sunday morning, so it was fitting that dry...

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Plant Design Awards: Special Honors, Outstanding New Build: Comet Cleaners

LUBBOCK, Texas — Customers can see the plant from the front counter LUBBOCK, Texas — The newest location from Texas-based Comet Cleaners Franchise Group can be found in a...

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Plant Design Awards: Special Honors, Outstanding Strip Location: Lapels Dry Cleaning

GILBERT, Ariz. — Granite counters, custom cabinetry, chandeliers, pendant lighting and more GILBERT, Ariz. — The newest Lapels Dry Cleaning plant from Massachusetts-based...

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Plant Design Awards: Special Honors, Outstanding Plant-on-Premises: Skylark Dry Cleaning

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Route-focused cleaner buys freestanding building to add retail store front ST. PAUL, Minn. — Skylark Dry Cleaning, owned by Andrew Gaspard, started with...

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Plant Design Awards—Grand Prize: Rainbow Cleaners (Part 2 of 2)

OXFORD, Miss. — New plant invites customers to watch all of the activity inside OXFORD, Miss. — Herron Rowland really didn’t want to sell the corner location his Rainbow...

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Plant Design Awards—Grand Prize: Rainbow Cleaners (Part 1 of 2)

OXFORD, Miss. — New plant invites customers to watch all of the activity inside OXFORD, Miss. — Herron Rowland really didn’t want to sell the corner location his Rainbow...

Margaret's Cleaners

New-Plant or Renovation Project Entries Sought in 52nd Annual Plant Design Awards

CHICAGO — Deadline to enter the 2012 contest is Monday, Nov. 5 CHICAGO — Making dry cleaning customers look good sometimes isn't enough. The image a dry cleaning...

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65 Years of Dedicated Service

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Accountant Leland Bierbaum has known only one employer: Dison Cleaners ROCHESTER, Minn. — Rochester is probably best known for being the home of the world...

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All Night Long at Milt & Edie’s (Part 2 of 2)

BURBANK, Calif. — Business rewards those who interact via social network with free cleaning BURBANK, Calif. — When Milt Chortkoff retired from dry cleaning in 1983, he was an...

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All Night Long at Milt & Edie’s (Part 1 of 2)

BURBANK, Calif. — Single-story powerhouse always trying something new BURBANK, Calif. — When Milt Chortkoff retired from dry cleaning in 1983, he was an old hand at it....

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Rather Switch Than Fight? (Part 2 of 2)

CHICAGO — Recent EPA assessment, sluggish economy may grant perc reprieve from new regs CHICAGO — In February, after 14 years of study, the U.S. Environmental Protection...

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Rather Switch Than Fight? (Part 1 of 2)

CHICAGO — Recent EPA assessment, sluggish economy may grant perc reprieve from new regs CHICAGO — In February, after 14 years of study, the U.S. Environmental Protection...

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Perc Proclamation (Part 2 of 2)

WASHINGTON — What does the EPA’s classification of perc as a “likely human carcinogen” mean for the future of the solvent WASHINGTON — When the U.S. Environmental Protection...

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Perc Proclamation (Part 1 of 2)

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) deems tetrachloroethylene—also known as perchloroethylene, or perc—to be a “likely human carcinogen.” So what does...

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Plant Design Awards — Merit Award: Pride Cleaners & TIDE Dry Cleaners

GRANDVIEW, Mo. — Pride Cleaners turned the shell of a former ice skating rink into a bright, clean central processing plant that services its 37 stores throughout...

Yale Cleaners

Plant Design Awards — Special Honors, Outstanding New Build: Yale Cleaners

TULSA, Okla. — Abundant landscaping surrounds the upscale, contemporary exterior of Yale’s new neighborhood drycleaning plant. A dry stacked stone tower...