Alliance at it Again, Tech Leap Forward, and the Dixie Chicks | Laundromat News Today, Dec 19, 2025 — Transcript

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1. 0:01Welcome to Launderbat News. Today I am
2. 0:04America's number one favorite laundromat
3. 0:08news anchor and the only one, Jordan
4. 0:11Barry, bringing you news from around the
5. 0:14world, all things laundromat related.
6. 0:16Let's start with where we've been
7. 0:18starting lately with the Alliance
8. 0:21Laundry Holdings stock ticker. It is
9. 0:23down over the last month or so. As I'm
10. 0:27recording this, the stock price for uh
11. 0:31Alliance Laundry Holding Inc. is $20.98.
12. 0:35So, about a month ago, month and a week
13. 0:37ago or so. Uh it was up around the 26
14. 0:40and change mark. And uh it's it's down
15. 0:44from there right now. So, we'll keep an
16. 0:45eye on that. The reason, by the way,
17. 0:48that I want to keep an eye on that is
18. 0:50because, and we've talked about this on
19. 0:52here, but listen, when a company goes
20. 0:54public, their primary responsibility is
21. 0:57to their investors, which means they
22. 0:59have to drive profit. And that profit
23. 1:03can only come from a few different
24. 1:05sources. That is raising their prices.
25. 1:09That is selling us more stuff. and that
26. 1:14is introducing new parts of the business
27. 1:18uh to drive more revenue sources. So, uh
28. 1:24all of those things rely on us spending
29. 1:26more money. So, that's why I'm keeping
30. 1:27an eye on it. That's why I think it's
31. 1:28important. Um and you know, being one of
32. 1:31the big dogs in the industry, other
33. 1:34companies are likely to follow suit with
34. 1:37whatever they do. So, let's keep an eye
35. 1:38on that. uh stock holdings $20.98 today.
36. 1:43And while we're on the topic of Alliance
37. 1:47Laundry
38. 1:49driving more profits, a brand new Speed
39. 1:52Queen laundromat franchise is set to
40. 1:55open in Santa Ana, California, beginning
41. 1:57of January, around January 9th. Uh
42. 2:00listen, I've made my stance on this
43. 2:02pretty clear. I think us as laundromat
44. 2:05owners should make our stance very clear
45. 2:07on this. This is not okay for the
46. 2:09manufacturer that we are purchasing
47. 2:11equipment from to be putting in
48. 2:14franchises down the street from our
49. 2:16stores, especially when we buy Speed
50. 2:19Queen or Hip Equipment uh to put in our
51. 2:22stores. And that has happened on
52. 2:23multiple occasions. Uh and yet again,
53. 2:27another Speed Queen franchise opening up
54. 2:29in Santa Ana. So, just, you know, again,
55. 2:32I'm just kind of keeping an eye on
56. 2:33what's going on in the industry right
57. 2:34now. And uh I've got my eyeball on the
58. 2:37manufacturers uh pretty uh pretty big
59. 2:40right now. Um okay, so I want to jump
60. 2:42into another company making some
61. 2:44positive waves in the industry right
62. 2:46now. Not to say that alliance isn't
63. 2:47doing anything positive because they
64. 2:49are. Um, but Wash Drive Trifold POS sent
65. 2:52over a press release announcing the new
66. 2:55uh machine start integration which is
67. 2:57designed to help laundromat owners
68. 3:00reduce
69. 3:01theft and streamline operations for wash
70. 3:04dry fold and pickup and delivery
71. 3:05services. The integrations connect
72. 3:07directly with major systems including
73. 3:10speed queen insights, hips command
74. 3:12[clears throat]
75. 3:13alliance, laundro links, fast card, flex
76. 3:16card, and more allowing attendants to
77. 3:18start washers and dryers directly from
78. 3:21the POSOS system. No coins, no cards, no
79. 3:25manual workarounds. And according to
80. 3:27Wash Drive full poss,
81. 3:32it's uncontrolled machine access.
82. 3:35And when attendants have unlimited start
83. 3:37capability, abuse can and does happen.
84. 3:40Some of you guys have been there and
85. 3:42seen it. I know I have. Uh the new
86. 3:45system ties every machine start directly
87. 3:48to a paid order, logging vend values and
88. 3:51tracking them as a percentage of the
89. 3:53total revenue. Uh for Alliance Laundry
90. 3:56Systems equipment, attendants can start
91. 3:57machines by tapping the unit inside the
92. 4:00POS order tracker. Other integrations
93. 4:03allow attendants to start machines from
94. 4:06their phones, adding biometric security
95. 4:08like Face ID uh or Android verification.
96. 4:12Listen, this is another example of where
97. 4:13the industry is heading. Less friction
98. 4:16for attendance, but more control and
99. 4:18visibility for owners. This is another
100. 4:21step in this progression we've been
101. 4:22systematically taking in this industry
102. 4:24to make it easier to own more locations
103. 4:28to make it easier to own them in diverse
104. 4:30locations uh and remotely. Um again
105. 4:35another example of us kind of making
106. 4:37steps towards that. And these steps all
107. 4:40again I just bringing stuff up that I'm
108. 4:42thinking about over here. These steps
109. 4:44all are um precursors or potential
110. 4:47precursors at least to bigger money
111. 4:50coming in people buying up multiple
112. 4:52multiple locations. So again this is not
113. 4:55a negative thing in my view. This is
114. 4:56definitely a positive thing for
115. 4:57independent owners operators. So kudos
116. 5:00to Wash Driveold POS uh for this and
117. 5:03make sure you're utilizing these things.
118. 5:05Stay on top of the technology. However,
119. 5:07we also need to look macro big picture
120. 5:09what's going on in the industry. And you
121. 5:11know, there's some stuff being uh
122. 5:14introduced right now that allow more
123. 5:17players, big players to get into this
124. 5:19laundromat game. So, this means we got
125. 5:21to up our games as owners and operators.
126. 5:24So, wanted to uh wanted to include that
127. 5:26in there. I will make sure to include
128. 5:29the full press release in uh our email
129. 5:32newsletter. So, if you're not subscribed
130. 5:33to that, go to lawmresource.com and
131. 5:35subscribe to the email newsletter. We'll
132. 5:37have that press release and all the
133. 5:39other links that we're talking about
134. 5:40today. Um, and speaking of technology
135. 5:44trends in the industry, uh, now there
136. 5:48are more and more uh, people utilizing
137. 5:53the latest technology and solar and wind
138. 5:55power in uh, specifically in the dry
139. 5:58side of the uh, of the industry here.
140. 6:01And uh you may have seen people using
141. 6:04this by hanging up their laundry outside
142. 6:07in the sun in the wind. All right, that
143. 6:09was our joke for today. Uh but you know,
144. 6:12genuinely solar, wind power, all that
145. 6:14stuff is happening. But you know,
146. 6:17whatever. Okay, that [laughter] was my
147. 6:19attempt at a joke. All right, let's keep
148. 6:21it moving because this is not a joke.
149. 6:25Singer Emily Strayer of the Chicks,
150. 6:27formerly of the Dixie Chicks, has opened
151. 6:30a laundromat and coffee bar in San
152. 6:34Antonio, Texas, uh called the Soap
153. 6:36Laundry Lounge. So, if you're in the
154. 6:39area, go check it out. That's Emily
155. 6:42Strayer of the Chicks, formerly known as
156. 6:44the Dixie Chicks, uh has gotten into the
157. 6:47game. Listen, we know we've hit it big
158. 6:50when,
159. 6:51you know, country stars are entering the
160. 6:55chat here. All right. Uh, pretty cool.
161. 6:57Um, you know, there's an article about
162. 6:59it. You can read it. Uh, I thought just
163. 7:01thought it was really interesting. And
164. 7:03along those lines, um, in Manchester,
165. 7:06New Hampshire, we had congrats by the
166. 7:09way to Tina, I'm going to butcher your
167. 7:11name. Sorry. Mulus and Jordanis
168. 7:16who opened uh who opened up their
169. 7:18laundromat this last week uh again in
170. 7:21Manchester, New Hampshire. Uh and uh
171. 7:25trying to see what the name of it is to
172. 7:27give them a shout out. Central Suds.
173. 7:30Yeah. And they've been looking to uh own
174. 7:32a business. they bought the property and
175. 7:35were, you know, considering a few
176. 7:38different uh businesses to put in there
177. 7:39and they ended up with the laundromat
178. 7:40because let's face it, what's better
179. 7:43than a laundromat? Nothing is the answer
180. 7:45to that. So, congrats to those two for
181. 7:47doing that. Um, and let's head to
182. 7:49international because one of the
183. 7:50questions I get the most often is why do
184. 7:56I never bring laundromat news from
185. 7:58Nepal? Well, guess what? Today I am
186. 8:01doing just that. The first ever laundry
187. 8:03lounge has opened in Nepal powered by
188. 8:06LG. You heard it here first or you know
189. 8:09probably like top three places you've
190. 8:11heard it at least. Uh but congrats to
191. 8:13those guys. International news and to
192. 8:15everybody out there who's just been
193. 8:17non-stop giving me a hard time about no
194. 8:19laundry news in Nepal. You can rest easy
195. 8:22because here it is uh right there for
196. 8:25you. Congrats to the laundry lounge in
197. 8:27Nepal powered by LG.
198. 8:30Um, okay. Listen, we got a couple of
199. 8:33different businesses I wanted to
200. 8:34highlight uh right now because there are
201. 8:39two different businesses. One in uh in
202. 8:42Topeka. So, listen, if you're in if
203. 8:44you're in Topeka anywhere around the
204. 8:47time of December 27th, you've got to go
205. 8:50over to Louismat bar on 10th Street
206. 8:53because Sloppy But Lucky is gonna be
207. 8:55playing. They've got a laundromat and a
208. 8:59like a show venue happening over there.
209. 9:01There's some photos and stuff. Very
210. 9:03cool. Got to go check that out. And
211. 9:05along a similar vein, um there's a
212. 9:08another laundromat that's also a concert
213. 9:11venue in Oh, no. Uh Corvales. Yes, in
214. 9:16Corvalis. Sorry, I was looking for the
215. 9:19uh looking for the popup there. Yeah, in
216. 9:20Corvalis. So, again, just cool ideas of
217. 9:23people doing cool things with their
218. 9:24laundromats. We've got coffee bars with
219. 9:26the Dixie Chicks. We've got a couple of
220. 9:28concert venues. We've got Well, let's
221. 9:31see. I think we have another one here.
222. 9:33Uh oh, no, we don't. There was a There
223. 9:35was a bar one and I decided not to put
224. 9:37it in the news, but we've got bars.
225. 9:39We've got pizza joints. We got all kinds
226. 9:41of stuff happening with laundromats. Uh
227. 9:43very very fun. Make sure you're having
228. 9:45some fun with your laundromat.
229. 9:47Otherwise, you're not doing it right.
230. 9:50You're not doing it right. Uh okay. I
231. 9:52also wanted to shout out Burton's
232. 9:54Laundry uh because the owners of
233. 9:56Burton's Laundry donated two washers to
234. 10:00the Humane Society of St. Joseph County.
235. 10:03Uh so very cool. That's in uh Mishawaka,
236. 10:07Indiana uh over there. So very cool.
237. 10:11Appreciate you guys doing good in the
238. 10:13community, taking care of the animals,
239. 10:15especially right now as it's winter
240. 10:17time. keeping them warm, keeping them
241. 10:19fuzzy, keeping those sweaters clean, I
242. 10:22guess. And finally, uh listen, we need
243. 10:26to wrap it up with uh just, you know,
244. 10:29some camaraderie here. Uh there's a a De
245. 10:32Moat
246. 10:34days before its planned opening, a fire
247. 10:38broke out and uh has delayed that
248. 10:41opening. So, wanted to just listen,
249. 10:44we're community here. We feel the pain
250. 10:47of other owners. We know what they've
251. 10:49gone through. They were they've done all
252. 10:51the hard work of building their
253. 10:52laundromat uh and are that that
254. 10:56anticipation, that excitement of finally
255. 10:58being at the finish line and getting it
256. 11:00open and uh that was squashed. Uh so
257. 11:05listen, just a moment of camaraderie out
258. 11:08there uh for Jake Richardson who has put
259. 11:11in the work of building this laundry.
260. 11:13it's going to be delayed. Uh but best of
261. 11:15luck to you and if there's anything we
262. 11:17can do to help you as a community, reach
263. 11:19out um out there. Okay, that is it for
264. 11:22the news today. All things laundromat
265. 11:24related from around the world including
266. 11:26Nepal.
267. 11:29We will see you next time with the
268. 11:32latest and greatest. If you have news,
269. 11:35big or small, about your particular
270. 11:36laundromat or about your business that's
271. 11:39servicing the laundromat industry, send
272. 11:42us a press release or just an email with
273. 11:45what you got going on at
274. 11:46newslaundermatresource.com.
275. 11:48We'll get you featured in the news. All
276. 11:50right, we'll see you next week.