Sunday, September 12, 2010

Jesse's BeveragesBar Rags & Washouse
Celebrates it's first 3 months of business
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Hard to believe, but it's already been 3 months for Jesse's business, and things are off to a pretty good start. So far, gross sales total $1,755. (Click
here to see Jesse's grand opening blog post.) In June and July his Gourmet Frozen Beverage service was his sole
revenue stream. In August two more revenue streams came on
line, Jesse's Bar Rag rental and the coin operated Washouse.


Commercial quality 100% Cotton Terry Cloth Bar Towels (Rags)
are packed in a sanitized bucket for delivery. When a customer
needs more all they have to do is call Jesse and order another bucket. The dirty ones are returned in the same durable plastic bucket and are replaced with a bucket of freshly laundered bar rags.


Jesse also started up his coin operated Washouse, which is his own laundromat within a laundromat. His first macine is a commercial grade 50 lb. gas dryer. After it's first week in use Jesse emptied out all the quarters and counted $62 worth. The host business owner isn't worried about Jesse competing with his laundromat, because the xtra-large dryer adds capacity and helps draw in more customers so both business benefit.

Eventually Jesse will have a bank of washers and dryers which will significanely increase the overall capacity of the combined laundromats. It will also free up investment capital for the host business owner to explore expanding the operation into new and different services as well as the size of the business location.

Jesse and the host business owner will reap the benefits of a commercial/financial synergy between the two business. Jesse
already has four local business that are renting his bar rags, as well
as a restaurant that switched from a large commercial laundry service to have Jesse come and pick up all their kitchen laundry so they can have it done locally.