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PlanetLaundry Podcast, Episode 46: A Decade of Dirty Laundry: Celebrating 10 Years of Laundromat Ownership with Sharon Brinks

41m · PlanetLaundry Podcast · 01 Feb 13:05

Welcome to the PlanetLaundry Podcast – brought to you by PlanetLaundry, the magazine of the Coin Laundry Association.

In this episode, PlanetLaundry Editor Bob Nieman chats with Sharon Brinks, the owner of The Laundry Station, a laundromat based in Wichita, Kan. – as well as Laundry Express, which is her company’s separate pickup-and-delivery operation.

In 2024, Sharon is celebrating 10 years in the laundromat industry – prior to which she spent more than 20 years as an IT professional, and then later became a real estate salesperson and broker.

Sharon shares her thoughts on building The Laundry Station from the ground up, launching her pickup-and-delivery service during the height of the pandemic, developing a winning team of laundry employees, and much more.

We hope you enjoy this conversation. We invite you to listen to more PlanetLaundry Podcasts at https://planetlaundry.podbean.com/.

This edition of the PlanetLaundry Podcast has been made possible thanks to the generous sponsorship of Cents.

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