Planet Laundry Nov 2020

LAUNDRY BUS INESS

| GNA Partners with Commercial Laundries of West Florida

Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has expanded its operation into the greater Boston market. “HappyNest has been growing rapidly along the East Coast, but we have been pretty methodical in our search close to our home base in Rhode Island,” said HappyNest founder John MacKrell. “Beatriz Patzan and Jose Piedra worked for HappyNest in the very beginning – so bringing themback into the foldwill be a real treat. They both understand the business model, the software and the importance of repeating the processes necessary to make this business successful. Having this much experience and a great staff in the laundromat will help them grow very quickly.” Patzan and Piedra have been in the laundry industry for the better part of 15 years and have specialized in the pickup-and- delivery business in the Boston/Rhode Island area for the last six years. In addition, they plan on making it a family affair, as the couple’s two daughters will be assisting with production in the laundromat. “Beatriz and I have dreamed of owning our own business for 20 years and, because of HappyNest, we are living the American dream of business ownership,” Piedra explained. “It’s in the industry we have basically grown up with, so it should be a very comfortable transition.” “Having worked for John, supervising his pickup-and-delivery business, I learned so much about the daily operations that it should be second nature starting this adventure,” Patzan added. “I can’t thank HappyNest enough for the opportunity to own and operate my own business.” | HappyNest Launches New Location in Greater Boston Area Superior Laundry Equipment Co., headquartered in NewYork City, recently named Justin Tucci regional sales manager for the company’s newly acquired territory of southern New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and select northern counties of Maryland. Tucci boasts more than 10 years of experience in commercial laundry equipment sales, developing new laundry locations and retooling existing stores. His professional background includes serving coin- and card-operated laundries, as well as the on-premises laundry and multi-housing sectors. Among Tucci’s new responsibilities will be supporting the new Maytag multi-load product line. Tucci is based in South Jersey and will work closely with Superior’s home office in Brooklyn to help expand the company’s footprint within the East Coast market. | Superior Laundry Names Regional Sales Manager

Girbau North America has partnered with Commercial Laundries ofWest Florida Inc., a full- service laundry equipment distributor inTampa, Fla. As a result, Commercial Laundries now

provides Continental Girbau vended laundry equipment and Express Laundry Center turnkey stores to customers throughout most of central Florida. “Commercial Laundries is a company with an outstanding reputation in the vended laundry market,” said Ed Ziegler, GNA sales manager – Eastern U.S. “Their team delivers topnotch expertise and service to customers before, during and after every sale.We’re eager to see them represent the Continental and Express Laundry Center brands.” Commercial Laundries provides the complete package to laundromat customers, including assistance with site selection, construction, equipment mix, store layout and design, equipment installation and service, and factory warranties. In addition, factory- trained technicians, located throughout Florida, offer customers timely, expert service, according to owner Mike Albanese. “We believe we stand apart from other distributors because of our outstanding customer service,” Albanese explained. “We provide each client with a level of consistency and longevity that few others in the coin-operated laundry business can offer. We are excited to put Continental to work within our territory.” STATEMENTOFOWNERSHIP,MANAGEMENTANDCIRCULATION 1.TitleofPublication: PlanetLaundry . 2.PublicationNo: 0008-254. 3.DateofFiling: 9/22/2020. 4.Frequencyof Issue: Monthly. 5.No.of IssuesPublishedAnnually: 12. 6.Annualsubscriptionprice: $36.00. 7.CompleteMailingAddressof knownofficeofpublication: 1S660MidwestRd.,Ste.205,OakbrookTerrace, IL60181-9920. 8.CompleteMailingAddressofHeadquartersorGeneralBusinessOffices: 1S660MidwestRd.,Ste.205,OakbrookTerrace, IL 60181-9920. 9.Nameandaddressofpublisher: CoinLaundryAssociation,1S660MidwestRd.,Ste.205,OakbrookTerrace, IL 60181-9920; Editor ,BobNieman,1S660MidwestRd.,Ste.205,OakbrookTerrace, IL60181-9920. 10.Owner: CoinLaundry Association,1S660MidwestRd.,Ste.205,OakbrookTerrace, IL60181-9920. 11.Othersholding1percentormoreoftotal amountofbonds,mortgages,orothersecurities: None. 12.Nonprofitorganizations; HasnotChangedDuringPreceding12 Months. 13.PublicationTitle: PlanetLaundry . 14. IssueDate forCirculationDataBelow: September2020. 15.Extentandnatureofcirculation:.............................12mo.Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LatestMonth A. TotalofCopies............................................................................10,190 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9,309 B. Paidand/orRequestedCirculation. 1. Paid/RequestedOutsideCounty................................................7,700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7,565 2. Paid inCountySubscriptions...........................................................0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 3. SalesThroughDealersandCarriers ................................................23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 4. OtherClassesMailed throughUSPS.................................................0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 C. Totalpaidor requested..................................................................7,723 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7,578 D. FreeDistributionbyMail 1. Outside-County.......................................................................1,984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,404 2. In-County.....................................................................................0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 3. OtherClasses ................................................................................0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 4. TotaldistributionOutside theMail.................................................36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 E. TotalFreeDistribution...................................................................2,020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,368 F. TotalDistribution..........................................................................9,743 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8,982 G. CopiesNotDistributed.....................................................................447 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327 H. Total (sumof15gandh) .............................................................10,190 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9,309 I. Percentpaidand/orRequestedCirculation...................................79.03% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84.37% 17. ThisStatementofOwnershipwasprinted in theNovember2020 issueof thispublication. 18. Icertify that thestatementsmadebymeabovearecorrectandcomplete. BobNieman,Editor

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