Part 10: Clean Today Once garments enter the Clean Service Center, “On-Trak” follows and scans each separate garment travelling through each process. We know when it comes in, it will go back to you. Clean is the only uniform [ Continue reading. ]

Part 9: Clean Keeps Growing In 1979, Al's son Mark joined Clean to head up operations and Al's daughter Ann, joined her brother nearly 20 years later. Ann & Mark take great pride in helping their customers achieve a high-level of [ Continue reading. ]

Part 8: Wash-Rite Work Clothes Rental Service Becomes Clean Uniforms and More! There was no doubt in anybody's mind what services the company provided, but it sure was difficult being the receptionist. The name of the company needed to be simplified and [ Continue reading. ]

Part 7: The Business Is Expanded Al expanded Wash-Rite in the mid 1950's by opening Wash-Rite Launderamas. Self-service coin operated laundries were a new idea in the region and the public quickly got to enjoy this new [ Continue reading. ]

Part 6: A New Wash-Rite Emerges in 1955 In 1955, John stepped back and appointed his son, Al Bodzioch, to oversee and take charge of the business. Al, an armed forces veteran, had served both in the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy. Eager to take the lead of the [ Continue reading. ]

Part 5: Continued As Brooklawn Laundry's first day of business consisted of one customer. The customer was John's wife. He processed all her home laundry. Reality Sets In... As John worked the laundry, he found having a loan was a struggle. Cash flow [ Continue reading. ]

Part 5: The Founding of a Home Laundry Home washing machines as we know them today were not in very many homes during those years. Home dryers had not even been invented. Everyone's home laundry was done by hand and dried on outdoor clothes lines...if the sun [ Continue reading. ]

Part 4: A New Venture John returned to the United States after the war and opened a grocery store with a partner. To service his patrons with the best service possible, he opened early and closed late, every day... 7 days a week. Needless to say, the days [ Continue reading. ]

Part 3: Early Training as a Weaver Pays Off New Bedford Cotton mills employed thousands of employees. Buyers in New York City would send sketches and ideas of what type of cloth they were interested in purchasing. It was through the efforts and experience [ Continue reading. ]

Part 2: A Very Resourceful Young Man [ Continue reading. ]

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