Redesigned dry cleaning website coming soon!

For those that know us and our shop, you know we are committed to quality, convenience, and service.  With this in mind, we are always examining our procedures, looking for new and better ways to serve our customers.  So it greatly excites us to tell you we have been working hard with Technology Solutions by Woodruff Enterprises to redesign our website, and have a fantastic new feature coming soon.  We can't wait to share it with you!

     Hiring new employees can be a difficult task.  They have to be able to do the job, but there is so much more you have to take into account.  They need to present themselves in a way that is compatible with your company image.  They need to work well with existing staff and fit into the culture of the company.  Most importantly they need to respect and serve your customers and give them a stellar level of service. 

     Recently one of our employees told us that she was going to need to leave her job because she has other obligations that will not allow her to work her current hours.  After talking with her my wife and I were able to come to a solution that allowed her to stay with us.  We cut her days back to only Monday and Wednesday.  This required us to start looking for a new person to fill the other days.  Our search was short and an applicant fell right into our shop.

     She had never worked in Dry Cleaning before and had never really used and Dry Cleaners in the past.  This gave us concern about how quickly she would be able to learn the job.  Before we had a chance to setup an interview she arranged with our store manager to come in on her own time a few days to observe how the magic happens in a cleaners.  Needless to say this level of drive and initiative impressed all of us, a lot.  She has been with us now for a week and is learning the ins and outs very quickly.  Our concerns about her learning the job have been put to rest.

     Our new team member has worked in customer service her entire life and has learned and lived the best practices of the service industry.  These lessons are harder to teach than almost any other job skill.  She is patient and friendly, courteous and respectful.  She loves helping people and it shows in all of her interactions, both with customers and with the rest of us here at Nita's All Washed Up Dry Cleaning.

   Finding a new employee on short notice can be very hard to do.  But sometimes, and this has happened for us more than once, the universe will put the right person in the right place just when you need them.  Our new employee doesn't even live in Florida, she crossed state lines for her other job here in Jacksonville and that is how we found her.  Talk about luck!

We Dry Cleaners help make special events happen!

Whether it’s your favorite suit, cleaned, pressed and ready to go, renting a tuxedo for your big day, or cleaning and preserving your wedding dress after saying “I Do,” Dry Cleaners are a part of many special events.

This week we fitted a nice young man for a rental suit to wear for his First Communion this weekend.   We hope he has a great time and always remembers this special day.  It’s kind of fun knowing that years from now when he and his family look back on the pictures, they will see the suit, and just maybe, will remember standing in the back room of our shop, laughing and having fun as we measured him to make sure the fit is just perfect.

We also just finished a batch of table cloths and chair covers for one of our favorite event planners, Southern Charm Weddings & Events.  While scrubbing at stains on the table cloths, we couldn’t help but wonder where they were last used. Was it a romantic wedding, or a festive birthday party?

Nita’s loves working on weddings and other special occasions.  We want to help you look your best, whether that is pressing your favorite pants, helping you find the perfect suit or tuxedo, or making sure your priceless dress is boxed and preserved for future generations.

Went to see the Dinos found this too.

That's our name on the business partner wall at the Zoo.  So cool to see it up there.

Zoo Tickets

At Nita's we love the Jacksonville Zoo!  We want to share that love with everyone.  To that end we are giving away a family four pack of tickets to the Zoo.

Want to win?  Join us on Facebook for details on how to enter.  Good luck!

https://www.facebook.com/NitasAllWashedUp

Who we are!

In our excitement in starting a new blog we forgot to introduce ourselves.

We are a Jacksonville Dry Cleaner located on the Northside near the Jacksonville International Airport.  When the cleaner where my mother Nita worked for 12 years closed my wife Lea and I opened Nita’s All Washed Up Dry Cleaning to give her a place to work where she could put her many years of experience to use.  We pride ourselves on great service and high quality. 

We have partnered with many expert vendors to bring our clients a full selection of quality services including alterations, shoe repair, leather cleaning and repair, rug cleaning, wedding gown cleaning and preservation, and tuxedo rentals.  In addition to our laundry and dry cleaning services these specialty services make us a one stop shop for all of your garment care needs.  We also serve many wedding and event professionals in and around the Jacksonville area.  This gives us a wide range of contacts in the wedding industry if you have a need for your special day. 

We provide service to many large clients including the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, BP, Wal-Mart, and many others.  Servicing these clients has given us great experience in working large projects on short deadlines.  From a single pair of boots to a van full of costumes we are prepared to handle any of your dry cleaning needs, whatever they may be.

Stop by and meet us.  We are friendly and ready to clean up whatever stains you have to bring us.

Visit us online:

http://nitasallwashedup.blogspot.com/

http://www.nitasallwashedup.com

https://www.facebook.com/NitasAllWashedUp

http://pinterest.com/allwashedup/

https://twitter.com/NitasAllWashed

BK and Pizza Hut

I was at the shop this afternoon to meet with someone about continuing our sponsorship of San Mateo Little League.  The meeting went well and fast.  As I was leaving I was surrounded by the awesome aromas of our neighbors,  Burger King and Pizza Hut.  What great smells to have around all day.  However, this makes sticking to any sort of diet impossible.  Opening on Saturdays we are treated to a parking lot filled with the smell of BK's grill.  What is a dry cleaner to do?  If those aren't enough temptations we also have Seafood Express and Casa Maria.  So stop by to drop off your clothes with us and stay for a bite to eat with one of our delicious neighbours.  We have such a great location in the new Oceanway!

Wedding contest!

Looking forward to seeing the winners of the Annual Wedding Contest.  Good luck to everyone who entered!

Days at the shop

I think the thing we love most about our business is the people we get to know.  Some customers choose to keep there interactions in our shop very impersonal, and that is perfectly fine.  Some on the other hand are more like friends and family.  We talk and laugh.  Jokes are told and local events are discussed.  This makes working weekends seem less like work and more like spending time entertaining guests.  That is what makes dry cleaning such a great industry.  You help people save time and look good for work and special occasions.  You also make so many new friends.