Local business man joins P

Local business man joins P THE GAZETTE The founders of Panda Express, whose more than 1,400 restaurants nationwide have annual sales exceeding $1. "He's the most critical piece of the puzzle," Tarzian said of LaVelle's role. One Summit service not yet provided by Tide: a free, twice-weekly home and business pick-up and delivery system. That service will be monitored by Pmble and deliver orders to customers; kiosks that allow clients with debit or credit cards on file to pick up their clothing at any time of the day; a drive-through concierge service; and same day customer pick-up for orders dropped off by 9 a. Tide stores operated by Panda Dry Cleaners will employ many of the same services. They've now split up the locations, with LaVelle owning and operating the Centennial store. Of many of the dry cleaning professionals available, how did Panda Dry Cleaners happen to tap LaVelle? The answer starts with Procter pened in 2008 as part of a test run before a national expansion was launched two years later, said Ross Holthouse a spokesman for Pand dry cleaning techniques got him noticed in the industry. "What's attractive about this is, we each do several of the same things," LaVelle said of Summit, Panda and Per learning of LaVelle's background and his success, Tarzian said he met with LaVelle last year, came to the Springs to inspect the Summit operation and then brought LaVelle on board four to five months later as a consultant. Local business man joins P Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 04/03/2012