Carwash Operators


  • Upscale Florida Carwash Holds Grand Opening
    The Jupiter Inlet Car Wash and Island Boutique celebrated its grand opening June 6 in Jupiter, Fla., donating 20 percent of its proceeds to the Montel Williams MS Foundation. ...More
    June 16, 2009
    Posted in News, Marketing, Operations
  • N.Y. Couple Prepares to Open Second Carwash
    After nearly two years of negotiations with town officials in Perinton, N.Y., carwash owners Mark and Michelle Landers have broken ground on their second location. The couple has operated Rapid Laser Wash in Rochester, N.Y., for five years and is eyeing a fall opening for ...More
    June 5, 2009
    Posted in News, Operations
  • Sudsy’s Car Wash Event Raises $2,000 for Special Kids
    Sudsy’s Car Wash in Murfreesboro, Tenn., raised $2,000 for Special Kids during its grand opening celebration May 29-30. Special Kids is a therapeutic rehabilitation and skilled nursing care facility in middle Tennessee. ...More
    June 5, 2009
    Posted in News, Marketing, Operations
  • ICA Releases Details about Wash Week Program
    The International Carwash Association this week revealed new details regarding Wash Week, its traveling, week-long program (July 13-17) designed to provide carwash operators with ideas on how to grow their businesses. The program will consist of three in-person, regional ...More
    June 5, 2009
    Posted in News, Operations
  • Quick Quack Car Wash to Give Away Mustang
    This will be a memorable summer for one lucky Quick Quack Car Wash customer. The exterior-only, express carwash chain is running a summer-long sweepstakes promotion that will culminate with the giveaway of a 2009 Ford Mustang, the company announced. The promotion begins ...More
    June 1, 2009
    Posted in News, Marketing, Operations
  • IMO Car Wash Auction Set to Expire
    An auction was set to close today in an attempt to find a new owner for troubled IMO Car Wash Group, Reuters reported. Sources told the news agency that lenders were looking for a deal to help minimize financial losses. The European carwash giant has reportedly amassed ...More
    May 29, 2009
    Posted in News, Operations
  • What is a Carwash Supposed to Look Like?
    What is a carwash supposed to look like? If one were to travel across the nation, stopping at a random sampling of commercial carwashes, many of the locations would have a similar look and feel, largely dictated by ingress and egress logistics, lot size, tunnel length, ...More
    May 28, 2009 Tony Jones
    Posted in Articles, Operations
  • Construction Concepts: Elite Car Wash
    Our curb appeal is that we don’t look like a carwash; we are an office building with a carwash tunnel behind it. ...More
    May 28, 2009 Answers provided by Philip Toppino
    Posted in Articles, Operations
  • Family to Rebuild Carwash Ravaged by Fire
    A two-alarm fire May 21 that destroyed the Leesburg Station Auto Wash in Leesburg, Va., will not prevent its owners from rebuilding the carwash, according to a report by the Loudon Times-Mirror. When Tom Magazzine opened the carwash in 2004, it was designed to resemble a ...More
    May 27, 2009
    Posted in News, Operations
  • Pirians Reach Settlement on Carwash Safety Citation
    Embattled carwash owners Benny and Nissan Pirian have agreed to pay $20,000 of a $25,000 health-and-safety citation imposed last year by Cal/OSHA, as well as implement health-and-safety training programs at Vermont Car Wash and Hollywood Car Wash. ...More
    May 26, 2009
    Posted in News, Operations