Sonic Booms, Con Artists, World's Fastest Laundry Service | Laundromat News Today March 6, 2026 — Transcript

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1. 0:01Welcome to Laundromat News. Today I am
2. 0:04America's very favorite laundromat news
3. 0:07anchor. I think because I'm the only
4. 0:09one. If there's another one, then I
5. 0:11might lose my title. Jordan Barry here
6. 0:14bringing you news from around the world
7. 0:16all things laundromat related. Let's
8. 0:18start out with a story of redemption out
9. 0:20of the great city of Philadelphia where
10. 0:23a former con artist is using a mobile
11. 0:28laundromat that he put together to help
12. 0:30unhoused or homeless people get clean
13. 0:32clothes. This was born out of tragedy
14. 0:35after working in his family's laundromat
15. 0:37after getting out of prison and then
16. 0:38losing his brother uh due to a shooting
17. 0:41as a on the job as a tow truck driver.
18. 0:45uh he decided he wanted to do something
19. 0:46more with his life and is doing
20. 0:47something great with his mobile
21. 0:50laundromat, helping people get clean
22. 0:52clothes. So, shout out to him. Uh Joe
23. 0:54Richardson out there in Philly. Keep
24. 0:56doing the good stuff out there. And uh
25. 0:59listen, man, if there's anything we can
26. 1:00do and you catch catch wind of this, let
27. 1:03us know what we can do. Um okay, let's
28. 1:07uh we got to talk franchise. There's a
29. 1:10lot going on franchising right now.
30. 1:13uh Tide Services, who uh it's got to be
31. 1:19the fastest growing franchise in our
32. 1:21industry right now, is uh is looking to
33. 1:24expand in 2026. And it's going to be
34. 1:27conversion-ledd growth mostly in 2026,
35. 1:31or at least they're putting more focus
36. 1:32on that as opposed to building out new
37. 1:34locations. They're looking at picking up
38. 1:36existing locations and converting them
39. 1:38into Tide franchises and uh Tide Tide
40. 1:41laundromats and Tide Cleaners um going
41. 1:44around and they've got some big growth
42. 1:46plans for 2026. So, if you want to read
43. 1:48more about that, make sure you're signed
44. 1:50up for the laundromat resource
45. 1:52newsletter over there atresource.com.
46. 1:55Uh and you'll get links to all of these
47. 1:57articles uh that we talk about today.
48. 2:00Um,
49. 2:02listen, uh, I just want to read one
50. 2:04quote from the president CEO of Tide
51. 2:05Services, which is the Tide the P and
52. 2:08Proctor and Gamble franchise, uh, wing
53. 2:11of Proctor and Gamble. Uh, his name is
54. 2:13Andy Gibson. He says, "In 2025, we
55. 2:15leaned into that reality by backing
56. 2:19strong operators and modernizing legacy
57. 2:22businesses without disrupting
58. 2:23communities they serve." So, that's what
59. 2:24they're trying to do right now. And uh
60. 2:27listen man, they're coming strong both
61. 2:30through building and through acquiring
62. 2:33existing locations and converting them
63. 2:35to Fran uh to Tide franchises there.
64. 2:38Tide Laundromats, Tide Cleaners. Um and
65. 2:41uh speaking of franchises, out there in
66. 2:43Dallas, there's a new Laundry Lab
67. 2:45putting a new spin on the laundromat
68. 2:47experience there in the Dallas Fort
69. 2:49Worth area. So go check that out. Um,
70. 2:52Laundry Lab, uh, Laundry Lab,
71. 2:55Laundro Lab, uh, Grand Prairie is also,
72. 2:59uh, there and Laundry Lab Mosquite. Uh,
73. 3:02so, you know, the franchises making some
74. 3:06moves these day. And speaking of
75. 3:09franchises, Laundry Heap is which has
76. 3:13been built as the world's largest
77. 3:15ondemand laundry company announced uh
78. 3:18it's launching into Quoala Lumpur which
79. 3:20I was just there not too long ago as
80. 3:21part of the wider international
81. 3:23expansion drive. They are in
82. 3:26the dog is excited about this. They're
83. 3:28in I believe 26 cities and yeah six uh
84. 3:3328 cities in 16 countries including the
85. 3:36US, Singapore, the Netherlands, the UK,
86. 3:38United Arab Emirates, France and now
87. 3:41Koala Lumpur uh Malaysia. So they are
88. 3:45making big runs, making big headway
89. 3:48worldwide. So keep an eye on Laundry
90. 3:50Heap uh as they do their thing. Um,
91. 3:54listen, weird little bit of news that's
92. 3:56kind of laundromat related, but in
93. 3:58Seaford, Delaware, there were reports of
94. 4:01explosions happening all over the city,
95. 4:04including at a local laundromat that
96. 4:06turned out to be sonic booms from
97. 4:09military jets flying close to the
98. 4:12ground. Uh, and there was lots of uh
99. 4:15lots of people freaking out about that,
100. 4:16thinking explosions were happening all
101. 4:18over the city. Craziness. Craziness. Um,
102. 4:23okay. Just out. I bet you've been
103. 4:27wondering what is the the most beloved
104. 4:32movie in uh in laundromats in the
105. 4:37laundromat industry. I know that's
106. 4:39something that you were wondering. Well,
107. 4:40it turns out survey says the most
108. 4:43beloved movie in laundromats is A
109. 4:46Wrinkle in Time. [music]
110. 4:48I'm just kidding. That is the joke for
111. 4:50today. And I listen, I like my laundry,
112. 4:54like I like my jokes, a little dry. All
113. 4:57right. Okay. Not funny, but that was my
114. 4:59attempted joke for today. Wrinkle in
115. 5:01time. Favorite laundry movie ever. Um,
116. 5:04all right. We got to give a shout out to
117. 5:06the city that brought us Disneyland.
118. 5:09Anaheim school district is now offering
119. 5:12free laundry services for students. So,
120. 5:14this is really interesting uh because
121. 5:16they're partnering with local
122. 5:18laundromats to offer these free laundry
123. 5:20services for students. Obviously, an
124. 5:22amazing service. Um I've definitely
125. 5:24heard stories, maybe you've heard them
126. 5:26too, of kids who don't go to school
127. 5:28because they don't have clean clothes.
128. 5:30Uh this Anaheim's partnering with local
129. 5:33laundromats to do something about it.
130. 5:34So, very cool there. Um, and again, just
131. 5:37one reason I wanted to highlight this is
132. 5:39because I think it's a very cool story,
133. 5:40but also for us as laundromat owners, be
134. 5:43looking for opportunities to partner
135. 5:46with the community, to partner with
136. 5:48larger organizations, partner with
137. 5:49government organizations. Um, not only
138. 5:52is it something good for the communities
139. 5:54and you know, things like that, which is
140. 5:56incredible and a huge and unique
141. 5:59opportunity we have as laundromat
142. 6:01owners, but also
143. 6:03these can be uh very profitable for us
144. 6:06as well. So, doing good while making
145. 6:08making some dough along the way. Um, so
146. 6:10shout out to Anaheim School District for
147. 6:13offering free laundry services for
148. 6:15students. Okay, that's going to wrap us
149. 6:18up for news from around the world. We
150. 6:21hit from the west coast to the east
151. 6:23coast. Franchises all the way out to
152. 6:25Malaysia today and uh and back. So, it's
153. 6:30news from around the world, all things
154. 6:31laundromat related. We'll see you next
155. 6:33week with the latest and greatest
156. 6:35stories. Here's a challenge to you while
157. 6:38you're out there. If you're a laundromat
158. 6:40owner, hey, go make some headlines today
159. 6:43and shoot them over to me because I'd
160. 6:44love to feature them next week. Go do
161. 6:46something awesome with your laundromat.