SEFA focuses on personnel, routes for
October seminars
The South Eastern Fabricare Association will present three different seminars in
South Carolina during the month of October, including two
specifically designed to train plant personnel.
On Thursday, October 14, the featured
topic will be “Quality Customer Service” at the
Clarion Hotel, located at 7401 Northwoods Blvd. near the N.
Charleston Airport. Former IFI instructor Fran Sadler will lead
the class.
A second-generation cleaner, she is a
graduate of IFI’s six-week General Drycleaning and
Management Course and the former owner of a successful
drycleaning operation in Massachusetts.
Also coming up are two seminars on
Saturday, October 16. The first will also be taught by Sadler
and will cover “Drycleaning Finishing.” It will be
at Dixie Cleaners, located at 407 Gardner Blvd. in Holly Hill,
SC.
On the same day, Rex Carrigan will help
plant owners and managers learn more about “Route Sales
& Computers” at the Holly Hill Depot Community
Center, 8603 Old State Rd. in Holly Hill, SC.
Carrigan brings over 40 years of sales
experience to the session, including 14 years in route sales
and plant management for White Way Cleaners in Nashville,
Tennessee.
For more information, contact SEFA, (912)
355-3364 or visit www.sefa.org.
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Biz Builder plans Fla. seminar on routes
Al Robson of Biz
Builder Services will
reveal the secrets of “Building Profitable Routes”
on Saturday, October 16 at the Hilton Garden Inn Airport in
Orlando, FL.
Robson and routes sales specialist James
Peuster will cover all aspects of route building: how and where
to start a route; route mapping; commercial versus residential;
compensating drivers; to calculating profitability. In addition
to discussing how to start or expand residential pickup and
delivery routes, he will examine how to hire and train sales
representatives, and how to find and sign up customers.
The cost is $399 per attendee; for two or
more from the same plant, the cost is $349 per person.
For more information or to register, visit
on-line at www.bizbuilderonline.com.
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Tri-State hosts live equipment show in NC
North Carolina cleaners seeking to narrow
down their new equipment options should mark October 9-10 on
their calendars. On that date, Tri-State Laundry Equipment will
present its second annual Live Equipment Show at 1031 E.
Mountain St.
Featuring live operation by trained
personnel, some of the latest industry equipment will be on
display, including: Columbia drycleaning; Unipress shirt and
wearing apparel units; Wascomat wetcleaning and washers and
dryers; Forenta drycleaning presses; Fulton boilers; and
Westgate’s SPOT computer software.
For more information, call Tri-State
Laundry Equipment at (866) 885-5218.
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