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July 23, 2012
Hallak Cleaners Launches New Linen Services Company

HACKENSACK, N.J. — Well-known couture cleaner expands into linen services

HACKENSACK, N.J. — Hallak Couture Cleaners says it has launched Bergen Linen, a new service for the restaurant, airline, hospitality, country club and spa industries in a newly acquired 10,000-square-foot facility.

A full range of laundry, dry cleaning, tailoring and embroidery services are now available, along with comprehensive care for interiors, including carpets, upholstery, walls, lampshades, locker-room tile and grout cleaning, Hallak says. Rentals, including but not limited to table and bed linens, aprons, chef apparel and uniforms, will also be offered.

Bergen Linen offers complimentary pickup and delivery six days a week in the Bergen County area and provides customized billing to work within any business infrastructure.

In addition, with state-of-the-art technology, unexpected emergencies such as water extraction, smoke or fire damage, and mold remediation can be mitigated, Hallak says.

Hallak Cleaners is a family-owned company that has been providing quality fabricare for discerning clientele in the New York metro area for nearly 50 years.

February 14, 2012
Survey: 40% of Dry Cleaners Plan to Add Commercial Service or Expand Capacity

CHICAGO — It’s not unusual for a retail dry cleaner to also offer a commercial service, and hotel/motel guest dry cleaning is the most common one offered among the operators polled in this month’s AmericanDrycleaner.com Wire survey.

Sixty percent of operators that responded to the anonymous survey provide dry cleaning for hotel/motel guests. Next most popular is uniform/workwear services at 40%, followed closely by “other” at 33.3%. Services listed as “other” included police uniforms, table linen and chef jackets for catering companies, and spa linens.

Roughly 27% of respondents process healthcare linens, 20% clean restaurant/food service linens, and 13.3% process hotel/motel linens and napery.

Forty percent of respondents say they plan to add a commercial service or expand their existing commercial capacity in the next 12 months. The remainder is not planning additions or expansion.

Respondents that offer commercial services say this work accounts for, on average, 4.9% of their gross sales and 4.4% of their profits.

April 21, 2011
Only Vegas

LAS VEGAS — Here are just a few of the options open to those hitting Glitter Gulch for Clean ’11 in June. It’s impossible to list everything, but this should give showgoers a taste of what lies beyond the show floor that can help blend business and pleasure.

LAS VEGAS — Here are just a few of the options open to those hitting Glitter Gulch for Clean ’11 in June. It’s impossible to list everything, but this should give showgoers a taste of what lies beyond the show floor that can help blend business and pleasure.

January 11, 2010
Rachael Ray Cooks Up TV 'Trouble' at Drycleaning Plant

EDGEWATER, N.J. — The CBS reality special I Get That A Lot showcased drycleaning last week, with celebrity chef and talk-show host Rachael Ray working the counter of a small New Jersey plant.

The show puts famous people in everyday jobs, where they are inevitably recognized by patrons. The celebrities attempt to trick customers into believing that they are not famous — often doing a poor job on purpose — until they reveal the truth for the hidden cameras.