If you’re going to build and run a chain of local laundromats, you may as well make them as appealing, efficient, and customer-friendly as you possibly can, because, otherwise, what’s the point? Clearly, that’s the mindset of the Grande Laundry Places’ owner, and area native, Ross G. Rose, along with his Vice President-Sales, Dave Beguelin, whose Escondido-area stores consistently receive high praise from the customers who patronize them. Judging from the customer comments on their website, each Grande Laundry Place is an inviting, well-equipped laundromat featuring helpful staff, state-of-the-art Dexter Laundry equipment, as well as other useful amenities.
Commercial laundry equipment expert, Steve Erlinger, from Western State Design, has been working closely with the Grande Laundry Place management for the past several years. WSD published a blog post in 2014 about the popular chain, when it was comprised of six laundromats. Since then, the Grande Laundry Place chain has gotten bigger and even better, and now includes all these convenient locations:
1110 E. Valley Parkway
Escondido, CA 92025
760-745-1971
Hours: 5am – 10pm
670 N. Broadway
Escondido, CA 92025
760-745-3671
Hours: 5am – 11pm
610 W. 9th Avenue
Escondido, CA 92025
760-745-2282
Hours: 5am – 10pm
431 W. 13th Avenue
Escondido, CA 92025
760-745-0067
Hours: 5am – 10pm
1706 E. Valley Parkway
Escondido, CA 92025
760-739-9747
Hours: 5am – 10pm
2062 E. Valley Parkway
Escondido, CA 92025
760-781-1481
Hours: 5am – 10pm
1113 S. Main Street
Fallbrook, CA 92028
760-728-0542
Hours: 5am – 9pm
317 S. Rancho Santa Fe Road
San Marcos, CA 92078
760-510-2038
Hours: 6am – 10pm
The spacious stores range in size from 3200–4500 square feet. And, there’s another on its way…stay tuned!
The first four stores listed above, originally built in 2007-2008, were recently upgraded with brand new Dexter Laundry equipment, replacing 10-year-old machines from another manufacturer that didn’t hold up over time. Grande Laundry Place’s owner switched over to Dexter front-loading washers and 50 lb. Dexter Stack dryers based on his positive experience with the Dexter Laundry equipment in his other stores. (There were some other new top loaders installed as well.)
“I love that the Dexter machines hold up and are beautiful pieces of art to look at,” said Ross. “And they enhance my bottom line since they’re not only popular with customers, they’re efficient and reliable, reducing utility and repair costs,” he continued.
The efficient, modern Dexter commercial washers and dryers in each store not only enable customers to do their laundry—even bulky loads—quickly and painlessly, they are all card-operated which means customers don’t have to worry about having coins on hand. Each store also has a friendly full-time attendant to help with any questions about the card machines or anything else. And, an added benefit of having familiar, user-friendly Dexter Laundry machines in all the laundromats is that customers can easily do their laundry in any of the locations without wasting time figuring out new controls and cycles.
Additional Grande Laundry Place laundromat amenities and specials include:
● 10% laundry card savings
● Almost Free Dry Wednesdays and Thursdays
● Free coffee every day until 11am.
● Free pizza and donuts occasionally.
● Flat screen TVs
● Free Wi-Fi
● Favorite laundry supplies along with snacks and drinks for sale
● Spacious, clean, modern facility
● Easy access and parking
Ross and Dave go to great lengths not only to serve their customers’ needs, but to serve the needs of their employees as well. Having grown up in the area, the owner cares deeply about the community and is involved in a number of local philanthropic organizations.
About Dexter Laundry
Dexter Laundry is an employee-owned American manufacturer located in Fairfield, Iowa. Dexter Laundry produces top-rated commercial, vended and coin-operated washers and dryers that are efficient, reliable and built to last.
For further information, or help upgrading your laundromat, please contact a WSD vended laundry equipment expert today.