Entry Mat Cleaning

[EDS]

So Cintas has a lock on this service where I am located. They also a host of other services which are compatible which I am not instructed in (e.g.. linen service, bathroom cleaning, janitorial supplies).

From what I understand, they rent the mats out and then service them. Anyone know prices as a stand alone service and has anybody ventured into this are? If so what were the results?

 

[hogjowl]

I know a local guy who has. He drives a beat up old pos Chevy and looks like he sleeps down by the river.
But he lives in a really nice house.
His wife has a good job.

He could be another carpet cleaner.

 

[Sierra Clean Care]

So Cintas has a lock on this service where I am located. They also a host of other services which are compatible which I am not instructed in (e.g.. linen service, bathroom cleaning, janitorial supplies).

From what I understand, they rent the mats out and then service them. Anyone know prices as a stand alone service and has anybody ventured into this are? If so what were the results?

I was asked to clean them for 3.50 each....... The company phoned me, and asked if I could beat this price......(that was P/U, clean, delivery, place them back on location.... Rotational)..... Yeah, no thank you......

 

[Cleanworks]

All the other linen companies do the same thing and I think Coastal mats is still in business. They have a route established where they are picking up many mats per day, usually renting them out by the month and often offering other services as well such as linens and uniforms. You can never compete with their price point unless you are doing the same type of business as them.

 

[Sierra Clean Care]

All the other linen companies do the same thing and I think Coastal mats is still in business. They have a route established where they are picking up many mats per day, usually renting them out by the month and often offering other services as well such as linens and uniforms. You can never compete with their price point unless you are doing the same type of business as them.

I have no desire to be the Wallyworld of the cleaning industry.....(volume, volume, volume).....

 

[Desk Jockey]

We did a fire loss at Ameripride a few years ago. They had a huge machine the mats go into with boiling hot water. I can't see anyway you can compete with the cleaning or the price.

 

[Nate The Great]

I do my friend's mats for his pizza joint.. $10 per mat plus free food whenever.. I thought the $10 was high too...

Custom mats with there logo on them.. rotate the 4 mats.. Easy when it just tumbled dusted, Flex with citrus and extract.. or if I'm lazy, encap it...

 

[Cleanworks]

He's probably losing money on that free food deal.

 

[Old Coastie]

LOL

 

[Nomad74]

I walked into an assisted living facility I service today. They had painters there working away. One guy spilled paint and was cleaning the floor with a bissell. It was comical. I offered to help them out if they couldn't remove the paint.

 

[Nate The Great]

He's probably losing money on that free food deal.

Yea, you never seen me eat before... I'm not just hung like a horse, I eat like one too..

 

[hogjowl]

Shouldn't 13 year olds be better supervised?

 

[Nate The Great]

Isn't it past your bedtime pops....?