The Car Wash Life

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Better Today

Location D's car wash does better today than it did five years ago, when it reopened after renovations. However, Dad and I feel that the car wash is still not reaching its potential. I will deal first with how the car wash's business performance has changed for the better and then talk about its... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 10, 2014

"You Saved the Day"

Because business has been so awesome, I came in yesterday on my day off to empty out the businesses. Location D was my first stop in the morning. I noticed some major problems with the automatic touch free there. The filling station had a major leak. Also, the spray arch was going around an... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 9, 2014

Making the Most of Things

Dad could not do anything about Pennsylvania's gasoline tax being nine cents higher than Maryland's. He had two choices in how to price Location D. One would be to eat the tax. The other choice would be to instead aim for better mark ups. During the first three years of operation Location D, from... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 8, 2014

Busy and Surprised

February ended up being a very good month at the car washes. I was surprised because we received precipitation in the form of rain or snow every two, three days. Frequent precipitation makes it hard to build momentum. Road salt and melting, dirty snow were the reasons why. Monday's snow has made for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 6, 2014

Enter Ann

Dad bringing on my sister Ann at Location D in February 2010 is one of the reasons why Location D's business has been taken up multiple levels. Immediately upon arriving, Ann shared Dad's opinion that manager Michael Gellington was understocking the convenience store. She also came ready and willing... Sign in to see full entry.

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