![]() They had a fragrance in them that was unique and sort of a very sweet lemon, or lemon - bubblegum. ![]() Premium and Super Premium Shampoo, BTW, were actually "shampoo", in that they contained SLS. And the franchisees who had them, shelved them, either going back to rotary, or bucking the system entirely and going to truck mounts. It was touted to be faster and better, but was neither. Later, they tried a new design that used brushes that were on rollers, and it was a disaster aggravated by a design flaw that slung the solution up and into the drive motor. and the considered it to be a marketing advantage. Many of the ones I dealt with "tinted" on most jobs. And they had to scrub the rooms vertically as well as horizontally when dyeing. They had to do the corners of a room separately and by hand, which they really didn't like and wanted a better way to do. And it was essential that they overlapped precisely and consistently to get an even job. They used a shower- feed brush, connected to a rotary scrubber with a solution tank. the cone jet we taught, but it wasn't the predominant way it was done. It's true that some did spray, with a fan jet, vs. I know that over 100 customers didn't lie to me. (They'd become aware of the fact that over 10% of their franchisees were dealing with us at the time.) It was pretty funny. apparently to try to intimidate us into not selling to their people. ![]() In 1986, Waco sent Don Dweyer's son and a V.P. ![]() By then, he was more than ready and had enough inertia to keep on going and build Rainbow International Carpet Dyeing and Cleaning Company to over 1,200 franchisees at it's height. While there, he set up Rainbow and ran it from inside his office at Guarantee, until he got caught at it by Guarantee and terminated for it. who left Guarantee) was this:ĭon Dweyer, founder of Rainbow, was a V.P. And one of the more interesting stories I heard from several of our customers (including Don Ramsey, who was one of the original Rainbow franchisees. and had no issues with doing the corners of rooms.Īlong the way, I heard a lot about "Waco", as they called the home office. and the REALLY liked the "spray- dyeing" we taught, better than the shampoo- fed scrub- in dyeing Waco taught them, since it was as much as twice as fast as the way they were taught. (I sold the first truckmount to a Rainbow- Joey Phillips of Winston- Salem, NC., which opened the door to others doing the same.) Our dyes were more concentrated and they liked our dye chemicals better. In the 1980's, when I first got into this industry, one of the things I accomplished was gaining 125 Rainbows as customers, to the consternation of their home office. anyways does anyone know who they are going to feature from rainbow on the show. Most of the time all the techs would have lunch at one of the best places in town because we knew the area. when slow we had a giant bone yard of old equipment and I would go pimp out my equipment and modify other things for my uses. We got to take the vans home and use them for personal use. It still the funnest job I ever had, but that was because we were straight commission and the owner was really cool. I have a unique prospective on rainbow in particular because in '95 I started in this line of work, working for them at the home office franchise in waco texas. imagine if you just hired someone full time to pimp your business and paid them the 9% instead. The technical help could be had for free from your local supplier. What do you get for that 9%, very little if any name recognition, and some technical help. thats 9% off the top before any expenses are paid. The problem with rainbow, is they still want like 9% gross last I knew. I wonder how the other employees felt knowing they worked just as hard as the people in the episode if not harder and they got nothing. The idea of franchise branding is to build consistency, but statewide, the quality and pricing standards can vary greatly. The current guy is now seems to be making progress, but they all do till the lights get shut off. They offered to court me into a Mister Rooter Franchise while the last guy was circling the drain. Rainbow Inter'l dropped them and so did Air Serve. All eventually give up on how they're treated and drop from their group. ![]() Dwyer group franchises haven't stuck in this area. I wonder how this fairy tale of Dwyer Group will pan out. My friends who've worked for corporate owned RR franchises know that the corporate rule is to make the employees starve so they will turn more work. That show tries to portray a CEO struggle as the common grunt so he can see the first hand trials of those in the trenches, as if employees will be shown consideration and gratitude while the executives are supposed to be shown some "mile in his moccasins" humility. ![]()
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