Where is he now?

[Jefflange]

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/198...ate-university

CLA should do a interview with this guy. I remember when there was alot talk about DUDs n Suds

[Adamski]

Jeff,

It seems that Duds & Sudds turned out to be more Dud than anything else.

[chad]

goggle search brings up some stores still open.

http://www.google.com/search?sugexp=...s+%60N%60+Suds

[CanCanCase]

Searching turns up quite a few still open... I wonder if the franchise is still alive as a going interest, or if all the named stores are simply independently owned and kept the franchise name. Either way, to look at the "duds" in the operation, I wonder if the chain model, the franchise model, or the individual store operation was the root cause of failure/closure/sale....?

Seems like multi-store ownership (be it franchise, corporate or ambitious single-owner) is on the up-swing... the days of the mom 'n pop small-time operation are gone... at least in my markets.

-Case

[bo]

The only one I remember was in Columbia ,SC. It was more of a bar with washing machines than a laundry with beer. All toploaders and small dryers and had that stale beer smell.

[Howard]

Would never fly here in NJ, why would anyone waste the cost of a liquor license on such a small operation.

[Adamski]

Originally Posted by Howard

Would never fly here in NJ, why would anyone waste the cost of a liquor license on such a small operation.

Howard,

That's right. I think it was just a passing fad. I doubt that any remaining Sudds & Duds even offer beer these days. I think it was a franchise without legs.

[couvsuds]

You can ask Phil yourself what happened. Looks like he has bounced around a number of executive jobs, and is here on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/#!/philakin62

[chad]

I did some reading up on him and he is doing very well.