Brian Beere’s biggest challenge is one that many independent laundry operators would envy—Single Source Plus, the business he bought in 2013 following its founding two years earlier, has already outgrown its 18,000-square-foot plant in Bellmawr, NJ.

“We have three (ironer lines),” says Beere, a longtime industry colleague and friend of TRSA Chairman Jim Buik, of The Roscoe Co., Chicago. “When I first took over the business, it had one single roll and a two roll (ironer). We changed out some ironing lines. We added ironing lines. We put automatic towel-folding machines in. From where we are currently, we’re looking at ...