October 30, 2024 // Franchising.com // WEST SPRINGFIELD, Va. – ZIPS Cleaners announced today that it has opened a new location in West Springfield, Va. The new garment care site is open 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. Saturday. A 24/7 EZ Drop box allows customers to skip the line during business hours or drop off their items at their leisure, and DoorDash® delivery makes getting garments back as convenient as a few phone taps.
ZIPS Cleaners is a value brand that meets the needs of price-sensitive, high-volume dry cleaning customers seeking to look and feel great every day without breaking the bank. The brand has long been popularized by its single, transparent low price and quick- turnaround service to dry clean any garment as well as fast, convenient and affordable options for pressed laundry, Wash N Fold laundry, alterations, household item (comforters, blankets, etc.) cleaning and commercial cleaning of uniforms, linens and more.
The new store will offer alterations on-site, while dry cleaning, Wash N Fold laundry and pressed laundry will be carried out at a nearby ZIPS plant and returned to West Springfield for timely retrieval.
Co-owners Jeff Levine and Carlos Cadenas were thrilled when their new space became available. “We drove by the shopping center and fell in love with the location,” Levine recalled. “We liked the vibe of it. The intersection of Rolling Road and Old Keene Mill Road where we’re situated is one of the busiest in West Springfield. There are no other discount cleaners in sight. It’s close to West Springfield High School, which could bring sponsorship opportunities and the chance to handle sports uniforms, band uniforms and other items from local companies and organizations. There was a lot to love.”
Both Levine and Cadenas are multi-unit ZIPS franchisees. Levine operates a ZIPS Cleaners in Alexandria, Va., and recently acquired another store in Mt. Vernon. Cadenas operates ZIPS sites in Falls Church, Va., and York, Pa., is a partner in a Sterling, Va., location with two other ZIPS franchisees, Brett Vago and Kyo Kim, and with those same partners will soon open three locations of Mulberrys Garment Care, a sibling brand to ZIPS, in Northern Virginia.
“Carlos has known my dad for more than 30 years, so he and I have known each other since I was a teenager,” said Levine. “When I told him I was thinking of opening a ZIPS in West Springfield, he said ‘Let’s open it together.’ Falls Church and Alexandria make up an area and if you add West Springfield to it, it closes the gap. We thought it would be great to have the whole area and decided to enter a partnership.”
“We’re delighted to be adding another store to our system and to increase our coverage in Virginia,” said Michael Waintraub, Director of Business Development for ZIPS. “It’s great when we can help existing operators who see the value of our franchise program and brand grow with us. Jeff and Carlos have many combined years of experience and expertise as ZIPS operators, and we wish them great success with this store and all their locations.”
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Founded in 1996 and franchising since 2006, ZIPS Cleaners is a dry cleaning franchise known for its same-day, one-price business.