My sister and brother-in-law just opened a Subway in our town. New building with a fair number of windows. Of course I told her I was starting with window washing in spring…she says do them! No price was given, but I’m a newbe so it’s gonna be fair to her I’m thinking.
Just wondering if there are any washers doing Subways?
We do a few of them, I noticed most of the owners own more than 1 or 2 of them… Is this your sisters first?
Yes it is Chris. It’s been a dream of hers for years so she just went for it. It’s been a year in the making so she feels real good that the doors are finally open. She spent a few weeks on NY for training, she had alot of fun getting it going.
I had a few when I was still storefronting. Theyre good jobs, just make sure you keep up with them because those windows get VERY greasy VERY quickly!
Used to do one outsides only. I think they’re mostly privately owned stores with super-tight budgets.
I’m sure she has a little left in her budget to help her brother out…
I’m sure every owner does!
It’s just a matter of how important clean windows are to them. Thankfully your sister seems to care.
At this point Dan, with the amount of money they spent building a Subway from the ground up she wants it to look and perform to it’s full potential. Clean windows are a must for her.
I clean a few of them they can be good accounts. Make sure you tell them not to spray their degreaser on their windows. When they are cleaning the tables they should spray on the rag then wipe tables. The degreaser they use leaves spots when it dries on the windows and it is very hard to get off. I believe it is butyl based.
We do 5 of them. They are consistently done every two weeks… However as was mentioned, it seems all have super tight budgets. And as Chris C. said they have some of the toughest grease on the planet lol
What is the best way to get it off?
We clean 7 Subways windows here in South Carolina. They are a franchised restuarant. We charge $1.25 per window inside and outside. Subway charges the owner 12.5% in fees and they have to purchase ALL of their products from Subway. So their profit margin is very low. We clean these windows every 2 weeks. Once you get 1 Subway it becomes easier to pick up more through word of mouth. Reading the other responses we have not come across grease on windows from doing Subways. Subway owners have a owners meeting once or twice a year. Have you sister place you business cards on the display table at that meeting and refer you to the other Subway owners.
About 4 years ago I gave a proposal to the local owner of 6 stores here. One of the managers saw me working and stopped me to tell me the details and ask for a bid. They were paying a local low-ball company $25 per store but hate his service. My price was $55 or $60 per store - I can’t remember exactly. It would have taken me about 30 minutes per store. Since I don’t covet restaurant work, it didn’t matter to me if I got them or not so I bid them at a healthy rate. I think they were shocked and they never called back. I honestly don’t think they would have even paid $40 though. It was a situation where the store managers wanted a change but the owner didn’t want to spend extra money. Four years later their windows still look terrible.
When she’s passing out your biz cards, tell her to throw in a couple of foot long subs for lunch after you finish cleaning her store.
Wow, that seems really low. How do you afford to pay employees and/or gas and drive time? Isn’t that less than $30/store? I really want to get into commercial in AZ but couldn’t afford to have an employee work under those conditions. Am I wrong about those numbers?
Thanks
Scott
We do a few also.
That grease is HORRIBLE !!!
AND all the managers around here pay out of pocket to get em cleaned .
Hard to believe my brother worked in the FIRST subway in Milford ct, MANY MANY MOONS ago (before they franchised…)
[QUOTE=ABetterView;221708] “…We charge $1.25 per window inside and outside…”
Wow, that is your inside/outside price? That is 63¢ per side? Maybe they are throwing in a sandwich, cookie, and drink?
[QUOTE=Garry;221963]"…We charge $1.25 per window inside and outside…"
63 cents per side?
Wow, you wash for that low a price per pane? How can you make any money at that rate?
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Actually dnefox, that was a quote from the OP.
We clean 2 Subways and the greasy prints come off easier with a little soap and bronze wool.
