Institutional Money is Here, Pac Man, and a Big Laundromat Event| Laundromat News Today, May 29 2026 — Transcript

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1. 0:01Welcome to Laundromat News today. I am
2. 0:04your news anchor Jordan Berry bringing
3. 0:06you news all things Laundromat related
4. 0:09from around the world and let's kick it
5. 0:11off where we've been kicking it off.
6. 0:12Checking in on Alliance Laundry Holdings
7. 0:15Inc. and their stock ticker price.
8. 0:18They've made a little bit of a rebound
9. 0:19over the last 30 days and as of uh the
10. 0:23recording of this, they're at $25.54
11. 0:27a share and that's about $0.77 up over
12. 0:30the past month. So, uh had a little dip
13. 0:33there in the middle of the month but
14. 0:34have rebounded quite nicely. So, overall
15. 0:38uh this year they are up almost 20% 19
16. 0:43and 1/2
17. 0:44uh almost percent uh year-to-date.
18. 0:46And from its initial
19. 0:49uh
20. 0:51its initial IPO, um you know, it's up
21. 0:54about $0.55. So, uh doing pretty good
22. 0:57right now, holding strong, more or less
23. 0:59level. It had dipped down uh at the end
24. 1:02of 2025
25. 1:04and hit a low point in April of '26 and
26. 1:07now has rebounded quite nicely. It's
27. 1:08almost about level from its from its
28. 1:10high. So, Alliance Laundry Holdings
29. 1:12holding steady. Keep in mind, we are the
30. 1:15ones who are driving that share price uh
31. 1:18whether we like it or not. So,
32. 1:20uh okay.
33. 1:21Uh
34. 1:22big news. I mean, this is something that
35. 1:24you are probably aware of and if you're
36. 1:25not, you need to be aware of it ASAP. Um
37. 1:28but we got an article here from a friend
38. 1:30of mine Cody Milch who works with
39. 1:32Electrolux talking about the big shift
40. 1:35in this in the retail space as
41. 1:37Laundromats are attracting more and more
42. 1:40institutional capital
43. 1:42uh into our industry and he really
44. 1:44breaks it down really nicely in this
45. 1:45article. Again, you can read this and uh
46. 1:48check out all these news stories as long
47. 1:50as you're subscribed to our newsletter.
48. 1:52So, head over to laundromatresource.com
49. 1:54and get subscribed over there and we'll
50. 1:55send you links to all of these uh
51. 1:57articles so you can check them out
52. 1:58yourself.
53. 1:59But listen, we got to be aware of the
54. 2:01capital that's coming in, the
55. 2:02institutional capital that's coming into
56. 2:04our industry because that will affect us
57. 2:08as independent owner-operators. And as
58. 2:11of right now, last last number that I've
59. 2:13seen,
60. 2:14this industry is still about 80%
61. 2:16independent operators, but that number
62. 2:18is going to shift quickly. So,
63. 2:21up your game if you haven't started up
64. 2:22in your game yet. And speaking of which,
65. 2:26just a little article about
66. 2:29a small portfolio of three laundromats
67. 2:31selling for $4.6 million
68. 2:34in Buffalo.
69. 2:35Right, so we're starting to see some
70. 2:37bigger money, some higher price points
71. 2:40coming in to our industry. And again, be
72. 2:42aware of what's happening that
73. 2:45you know, set it and forget it model,
74. 2:47it's been gone for a while, but it's
75. 2:48going to continue to get further and
76. 2:50further away. And I wanted to highlight
77. 2:54E Wash Laundry in Atlanta who is I I
78. 2:59read this little article and I was
79. 3:00really impressed. Their focus is time.
80. 3:04That's their focus for their customer.
81. 3:07Uh you know, there's a quote in there,
82. 3:08"Every hour someone spends doing laundry
83. 3:11is an hour they could spend doing
84. 3:12something they actually care about."
85. 3:14which is I thought a great. But they're
86. 3:16really trying to get as efficient as
87. 3:18possible with their customers' time,
88. 3:21obviously their employees' time, but
89. 3:23they're highly highly focused on their
90. 3:25customers' time.
91. 3:27And
92. 3:28one little thing they didn't really
93. 3:30state their source on this, but I wanted
94. 3:31to just point it out cuz I've been
95. 3:32saying how barely scratching the surface
96. 3:35of pick up and delivery. I know a lot of
97. 3:36you guys already know that. There's a
98. 3:38little line in this article about this
99. 3:40couple in Atlanta
100. 3:42that says the laundry pick up and
101. 3:43delivery market
102. 3:44alone is projected to nearly quadruple
103. 3:47by 2035. So, Uh, still on the front end
104. 3:51of that wave, keep rolling if that's a
105. 3:54direction you want to go
106. 3:56with your business or if you're trying
107. 3:58to get into the industry, still a great
108. 4:00way to go.
109. 4:01Listen, you got to do it right and I
110. 4:03think there's people right now doing it
111. 4:04who are losing money doing it and don't
112. 4:05even realize it, but
113. 4:08it is going to be a continued growing
114. 4:10segment of our industry.
115. 4:12Um, and let's head over to, you know,
116. 4:15we're still spotlighting some laundromat
117. 4:17stuff here. There is a very cool
118. 4:20laundromat in New Zealand that did
119. 4:23something super cool. They took some old
120. 4:24washers and they turned them basically
121. 4:26into jukeboxes,
122. 4:28which is cool in and of itself. Love
123. 4:30that idea. I'd love to have a washing
124. 4:32machine jukebox at my house.
125. 4:34So, I might have to go find me a broken
126. 4:36down washing machine and somebody with
127. 4:39some tech knowledge.
128. 4:40But,
129. 4:41the other cool thing that they paired
130. 4:43with it is they went around to the
131. 4:45community and said, "Hey, who has, you
132. 4:48know, community artists in their in
133. 4:50their neighborhood?" And said, "Hey, who
134. 4:52has some music that you've created over
135. 4:55the years that's just sitting there,
136. 4:56it's not getting any plays or anything
137. 4:57like that?" So, they're actually
138. 4:58featuring music by local community
139. 5:01artists in their washing machine
140. 5:03jukeboxes. Super duper cool. Again, I
141. 5:06love seeing creative ways that people
142. 5:09are
143. 5:11you know, they're they're using their
144. 5:12laundromats to, you know, bring
145. 5:14something positive to the community.
146. 5:16And listen, if you're out there and
147. 5:18you're doing something like that, we'd
148. 5:19love to hear about it and feature it
149. 5:20here on the news. Shoot me an email
150. 5:22[email protected]
151. 5:24and we'd love to hear what cool,
152. 5:25creative, fun, helpful, beneficial
153. 5:28things you're doing in and for your
154. 5:30community. And speaking of which,
155. 5:33The Morning Grind here in Hawaii
156. 5:36has paired up with a laundromat
157. 5:39um, and I'm going to go check it out
158. 5:42and maybe grab some coffee there for my
159. 5:44wife.
160. 5:46But, the owner of
161. 5:49um, of the
162. 5:51uh, to Morning Grind is Aubrey Asue.
163. 5:55Sorry for butchering your name. Um, and
164. 5:57hopefully I'll meet you when I go over
165. 5:58there, but she opened a coffee shop in
166. 6:02in her parents' laundromat, uh, here in
167. 6:04Hawaii. So,
168. 6:05uh, very cool. Again, we've we've seen
169. 6:07that before. I think a JR who's been on
170. 6:09the podcast who uh,
171. 6:11opened Lottery and Lattes there in New
172. 6:13York. And, uh, more and more cool stuff
173. 6:15like that is happening and I love love
174. 6:18love it. And I love that it's a family
175. 6:20affair as well. So, I'm going to go
176. 6:21check that one out since I'm out that
177. 6:23way.
178. 6:25Uh,
179. 6:26All right, let's head over to Baker
180. 6:28City. And, you know, this is not
181. 6:30something unique to this particular
182. 6:32laundromat, but it's a growing trend.
183. 6:33I've been seeing more and more of this
184. 6:35and things like this where they're um,
185. 6:38having automated dog wash stations in
186. 6:41their laundromat. I know a lot of times
187. 6:43we're looking for revenue drivers in our
188. 6:47businesses and this is a pretty cool
189. 6:50uh, little automated
190. 6:52dog washing station that they've got
191. 6:54going in the laundromat. So, if you're
192. 6:55in a pet-friendly city, might be
193. 6:58something to look at.
194. 7:01Okay. Uh, found a fun video story, uh,
195. 7:05about a man who basically had an
196. 7:08addiction to Pac-Man and that turned
197. 7:12into his laundromat empire. And, uh, he
198. 7:16tells his story. This is a short video.
199. 7:18Again, we'll have links to it in
200. 7:20in the newsletter, but, uh, short story
201. 7:23of how his Pac-Man addiction turned into
202. 7:26a laundromat empire and how his
203. 7:28laundromats now have games like Pac-Man
204. 7:31in them when so many of us
205. 7:34have been taking video games out as they
206. 7:36haven't driven revenue.
207. 7:37>> The idea really for me, the opportunity
208. 7:39was trying to solve my own problem.
209. 7:43Well, I mean, at the end of the day, my
210. 7:45video game moment was really an
211. 7:46addiction I had to a game called
212. 7:48Pac-Man, which pretty much every
213. 7:50>> So, again,
214. 7:52you know,
215. 7:53using your head and being aware of the
216. 7:56community and what's,
217. 7:57you know, what's
218. 7:59important to your community or having a
219. 8:01brand. We've been talking a lot about
220. 8:02having a brand on the podcast lately. Um
221. 8:04having a brand that means something to
222. 8:06your community. This is a great uh
223. 8:08example of that. Took his own obsession
224. 8:11with video games and he's converting
225. 8:12that into
226. 8:14uh
227. 8:15an obsession in his community, video
228. 8:17games. So, pretty cool. Um okay, let's
229. 8:19head to overseas. We're going to go to
230. 8:22international news today where Alliance
231. 8:25Laundry System eyes
232. 8:27expansion in the Philippines and they
233. 8:29showcase a world-class hub, laundry hub
234. 8:33there in the Philippines. So, uh going
235. 8:36international, not going, they've
236. 8:37already been international, but they're
237. 8:39really trying to hit some of those
238. 8:41emerging markets in Southeast Asia, it
239. 8:43seems like, and putting a lot of money
240. 8:46and time and effort into growing
241. 8:50that segment of their market
242. 8:52aggressively. Um so, Al- Alliance
243. 8:55Laundry worldwide growth right now. So,
244. 8:58keep an eye on that and keep an eye on
245. 9:00that stock ticker.
246. 9:02And lastly for today, I want to
247. 9:03highlight
248. 9:05a laundromat event uh that's happening.
249. 9:09And again, if you have an event, you're
250. 9:11hosting one, or if you know of one that
251. 9:14you're going to go to, or you just heard
252. 9:15about one, and you want to make sure you
253. 9:17get the word out about that event, shoot
254. 9:19me an email,
255. 9:20[email protected],
256. 9:22and we will let people know about your
257. 9:24event. We love it when people get
258. 9:25together, and we want more of that
259. 9:28happening in this industry, cuz good
260. 9:29things happen when we get together. Am I
261. 9:31right?
262. 9:33I'm just going to assume I'm right.
263. 9:34Okay, so Now that said, I want to
264. 9:36highlight Curbside Conference 2026.
265. 9:40It's coming up in Long Beach,
266. 9:42California, June 24th to 26th. Being
267. 9:44hosted by Curbside Laundries. Matt
268. 9:46Simmons been on the podcast quite a few
269. 9:48times. He's on pretty recently. And uh
270. 9:50super good dude. And Curbside Laundries
271. 9:53is uh still cranking out an amazing
272. 9:55amazing pick up and delivery drop off
273. 9:57laundry
274. 9:58um software product. So make sure you
275. 10:00check that out. But more importantly,
276. 10:02check out their stacked lineup in June
277. 10:05for Curbside 2026.
278. 10:08Uh it's going to be good. And already
279. 10:10there's quite a few people signed up for
280. 10:12this. So there's going to be a who's who
281. 10:13of people
282. 10:15um at this
283. 10:17uh event. I'm actually scrolling through
284. 10:20speakers right now. And there's only a
285. 10:22few who haven't been on the podcast. So
286. 10:25um many many many of these speakers and
287. 10:28some big names in our industry going to
288. 10:29be there. So go check it out. Again,
289. 10:31we'll have the link. But you can go to
290. 10:32curbsidelaundries.com/conference
291. 10:35to check that out. And that is it for my
292. 10:37roundup all things laundromat news
293. 10:40related or related news for the
294. 10:43industry. I don't know. The bar is low
295. 10:46on the quality of news anchors in our
296. 10:48industry. So
297. 10:50still at the top until somebody else
298. 10:51decides to do it. All right, man. That
299. 10:53is the news today. And we'll see you at
300. 10:56the next one.