OWNER BRIEFING · JUNE 2026 LEGION EXPRESS LAUNDROMAT · HOPE MILLS, NC
Mission Brief

Getting
to $720K.

One mission. One strategy. Four lines of effort. The machines are already paid for — the only question is how we fill the time.

To: Jonathan Stone · Jason Stone
From: Ezra Drake
Briefed: June 18, 2026 — verbal approval received · FasCard revenue audit in progress
Data sources: FasCard daily income API (897 days, Jan 2024–Jun 2026) · FasCard Admin Machine Utilization (82 machines, lifetime) · FasCard hourly revenue (Jun 8–14, 2026) · WDFPOS trailing 12 months
§ 01

Situation
Report.

Legion Express is doing over $500,000 a year in revenue — more than anyone here realized. The self-service machines alone brought in $405K in 2024, $450K in 2025, and are on pace for $479K in 2026. Combined with WDF and pickup/delivery, the business crossed $502K last year. The growth has been 6–11% per year with no strategic push, no marketing campaigns, and no B2B accounts. That's the floor — not the ceiling.

REVENUE SUMMARY · CONFIRMED AS OF JUNE 2026
$450K
Self-service (FasCard) · 2025 actual
$47K
Wash-Dry-Fold · trailing 12 months
$5K
Pickup & Delivery · trailing 12 months
$502K
Total annual revenue · all streams
Most people here — and likely at the ownership level — assumed revenue was $150–200K. The actual number is more than three times that.

The Growth Line

2024
$405K
Self-service · confirmed
2025
$450K
+11.1% year-over-year
+$45K organic
2026 pace
$479K
Annualized from YTD
Best ever
$3,099
Nov 2, 2025 · Sunday
Top 10 days all Sundays

The Day-of-Week Pattern

Revenue isn't uniform. Here's what the data actually shows — averaged over 897 days of confirmed FasCard income.

Average daily revenue by day of week
$865
Wed
$894
Tue
$895
Thu
$1,031
Fri
$1,192
Mon
$1,436
Sat
$2,066
Sun
Sunday = 24.7% of weekly revenue
Finding
Sunday and Saturday together generate 42% of weekly revenue in 2 days. The Tuesday–Thursday average is $885/day — the same 81 machines, same overhead. The gap ($2,066 vs. $885) is the strategic opportunity. Sunday is at or near capacity; growth comes from filling the weekday dead zone.

The Machine Picture

Pulled directly from the FasCard Admin Machine Utilization report — 82 machines, lifetime starts since June 2021 installation.

44 Washers (20–90 lb) · 2.67 starts/machine/day · 214,511 lifetime starts ~10–17%
~13% utilized
The washers have 5–8× spare capacity. There are far more available washer starts every day than customers are using.
37 Dryers (45–75 lb) · 11.51 starts/machine/day · 777,756 lifetime starts ~54–65%
~60% utilized (Sunday likely 80–90%)
Dryers are the capacity constraint at peak times. Adding more Sunday customers doesn't work — the dryers can't keep up. The growth path is filling times when dryers are idle.

The Daily Operating Window

Revenue by hour · confirmed from API · full week June 8–14, 2026 · zero exceptions
11 PM → 8 AM · $0
Low
Noon → 11 PM · Active
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Revenue is zero from approximately 11 PM to 8 AM, every day of the week — a 9-hour window of completely idle machines. From 8 AM to noon, revenue is low. The full active window is noon through 11 PM. Weekend peak: 5–7 PM. Weekday peak: 7–10 PM.
Open Item
Jonathan Stone indicated that FasCard revenue ($450K+ annually) is not arriving in his bank account — he is seeing roughly $150–200K. He suspects either the previous owner is skimming revenue or money routing is misconfigured. Action: investigate how FasCard deposits route to Jonathan's bank account — confirm ACH routing settings, account destination, and whether any prior-ownership arrangements are still intercepting funds. The figures in this document come directly from the FasCard income API (897 days of confirmed daily totals). LOE 1 (B2B, zero capital) is not blocked pending this investigation.
§ 02

Mission &
Intent.

MISSION STATEMENTJUNE 2026
Make Legion Express the dominant laundry destination in Hope Mills, NC — generating lasting value for its owners, staff, customers, and community.
This is not an optimization play. It is a compounding business. Every dollar reinvested now buys future capacity at a fraction of what it would cost to build from scratch.

Marketer's Intent

The mission is to grow Legion Express into a dominant, multi-service laundry operation — not by adding machines or moving to a new location, but by fully deploying the capacity we already have.

The end state at 12 months is $720K in total annual revenue. The end state at 24 months is $1M+. These targets are achievable without new equipment or a new building — they require filling time the machines already have available.

Any line of effort that puts us closer to those targets, on a sustainable basis, is in bounds. Any action that trades long-term customer trust for short-term revenue is out of bounds.

Strategy

Grow attended services (WDF, PUD, B2B) to close the gap between current revenue and Legion's machine capacity. Self-service grows organically via marketing. Attended services grow by design.

The industry benchmark for a facility this size is WDF at 25–35% of total revenue. We are at 9%. Closing that gap — while adding B2B and PUD — is the entire strategy.

$502K
Current · all streams
$720K
Year 1 target
+$218K
$1M+
Year 2 target
§ 03

The
Opportunity.

The machines are already bought and paid for. The building is already leased. Every dollar of revenue generated in the idle windows is almost pure margin on top of fixed costs that are already covered. Here's what the math looks like as utilization increases.

UTILIZATION SCENARIOSSELF-SERVICE + ATTENDED SERVICES
Scenario Utilization Self-Service WDF + PUD + B2B Total
Current ~30% $450K $52K ~$502K
12-Month Target ~40% $490K $230K ~$720K
24-Month Target ~55% $650K $380K ~$1.03M
Full Potential ~70% $1,050K $210K ~$1.26M
WDF Gap
The industry benchmark for attended-service laundromats is WDF at 25–35% of total revenue. Legion Express is at 9%. Getting to the industry average ($150K WDF on a $600K base) = +$103K/year in additional revenue on a nearly fixed cost base. Trinity is already running the operation. The question is volume and capacity, not whether the service works.
§ 04

Campaign
Plan.

These are not alternatives. They are four Lines of Effort (LOEs) — coordinated operations that together execute the strategy. LOE 1 starts immediately with zero capital. LOE 1 cash funds LOE 2. LOE 2 capacity enables LOE 3. LOE 4 runs continuously in the background. All four converge on the same end state: $720K by month 12.

LOE 2
2
WDF Night Shift + Dedicated Station
Convert idle overnight capacity into revenue
The machines are idle from 11 PM to 8 AM every day, and lightly used through noon. A small overnight team processes next-day WDF orders during that window. A dedicated station — shelving, carts, labeling, folding area — in the back corner makes the operation professional and scalable. WDF grows from ~23 orders/week to 50–70 orders/week. Machine utilization data confirms the idle window is real. Trinity trains and manages the overnight team. WDFPOS tracks all orders. LOE 1 revenue funds the buildout.
$15–30K
Capital (buildout)
$28–37K
Annual labor cost
$47K→$120K
WDF revenue target
+$73K
Net new revenue/yr
LOE 3
3
Pickup & Delivery Launch
Remove the last barrier for customers who won't come in
A significant share of WDF customers won't come to the shop — too busy, no car, prefer convenience. PUD captures them. Currently doing ~$5K/year with no dedicated effort. A real PUD operation with a dedicated vehicle and route coverage of Hope Mills and Fayetteville could do $40–60K in year 1. Integrates naturally with LOE 2: once overnight is running, adding a route is incremental. Fort Liberty PCS season (May–August) is the highest-demand window.
$18–30K
Capital (vehicle)
$15–25K
Driver cost/yr
$40–60K
Year 1 revenue
$60–90K
Year 2 revenue
LOE 4 · Continuous
4
Self-Service Volume Growth
Fill the idle weekday windows with more retail customers
The Tuesday–Thursday dead zone averages $885/day. If those three days improved by 35% (to ~$1,200/day), that's +$48K/year with zero capital investment. The lever is consistent marketing: Google Business Profile (blocked until login transfer), Google Ads, and review velocity. GBP login transfer is the first and only prerequisite. This runs as a background initiative — low capital, continuous, never competes with LOEs 1–3 for attention.
$0
Capital required
$800–2,300
Monthly marketing spend
$45–65K
Revenue target/yr
2–4 mo
Break-even

90-Day Execution Plan

Month 1 · July
  • B2B outreach — medical/hospice first accounts
  • Design WDF station layout
  • Post overnight hiring listings
  • Get GBP login transferred
  • 2–3 additional B2B outreach calls
Month 2 · August
  • WDF night shift operational
  • Station built out ($15–30K)
  • PUD soft launch (2 routes)
  • First 30-day B2B account review
  • GBP + Google Ads live
Month 3 · September
  • WDF at $8–10K/month run rate
  • PUD at $4–5K/month
  • 3–5 B2B accounts active
  • Review and adjust all LOEs
  • Monthly owner briefing #2
§ 05

The
Investment.

The capital required is modest relative to the return. The biggest cost is the WDF station buildout and a vehicle for PUD — both one-time purchases. The ongoing cost is labor, which is directly funded by the new revenue.

Capital Required

InitiativeCapitalTimeline
WDF station buildout$15–25KMonth 1–2
PUD vehicle$15–25KMonth 2–3
Marketing (6 months)$5–10KOngoing
B2B sales materials$2–3KMonth 1
Total$37–63K

Annual Operating Cost Increase

ItemAnnual Cost
Overnight WDF staff (2 × part-time)$28–37K
PUD driver$15–25K
Marketing (ongoing)$10–20K
Total additional labor$53–82K

Revenue Projection — 12 Months

StreamCurrentTarget+/-
Self-service~$450K~$490K+$40K
WDF~$47K~$120K+$73K
PUD~$5K~$50K+$45K
B2B$0~$60K+$60K
Total~$502K~$720K+$218K
NET YEAR 1 ECONOMICS
$218K
New revenue
−$82K
Max new operating cost
$136–165K
Net new profit · Year 1
That's a 2–4× return on the $37–63K capital investment within the first year.

How to Fund It

Option 1
Owner Investment
Jonathan/Jason fund the capital ($40–65K) from business retained earnings or personal capital. Return is substantial — greater than 3:1 in year 1.
Option 2
SBA 7(a) Loan
SBA 7(a) covers equipment and working capital. Current $502K revenue supports the debt service easily. Interest rates and terms are favorable for established small businesses.
Option 3 · Recommended
B2B First, Self-Funded
Launch B2B immediately with zero capital — my time only. Use the first 60 days of B2B revenue ($10–20K) to fund the WDF station buildout. No owner capital required until the buildout phase. This is the lowest-risk path: validate demand first, then invest.
§ 06

Roles & What
Has to Change.

The new structure isn't about reorganizing anyone. Jon continues to own the floor. The change is that strategic growth now has an owner — and a monthly accountability loop that didn't exist before.

Daily & Weekly Ops
Jon Drake
Owns the floor. Pre-shift, shift, post-shift. Staff management. Quality. Binder system. Machine maintenance coordination with T&L.
Gets clear weekly numbers to track against. Stops carrying the strategic planning burden alone.
Strategic Growth
Ezra Drake
Owns B2B outreach, WDF expansion, PUD launch, marketing. Reports to owners monthly with real data. Designs systems that Jon can operate.
Needs clear decision-making authority and capital approval on growth initiatives within defined scope.
Ownership
Jonathan & Jason Stone
Monthly briefing, capital decisions, final call on major changes. Not daily ops — strategic direction and resource allocation.
Gets a strategy function that didn't exist before. One briefing per month. Decisions made, not deferred.
Approved
Jonathan Stone gave verbal approval for all four Lines of Effort on June 18, 2026. One condition remains open: reconcile the FasCard revenue figures against ownership-level accounting before final capital commitments are made. LOE 1 (B2B, zero capital) is not blocked by this audit and begins immediately.
— NEXT ACTIONS —
1
FasCard Revenue Audit
I'll investigate how FasCard deposits route to Jonathan's bank account — confirming ACH routing settings, account destination, and any prior-ownership arrangements that may still be intercepting revenue. Target: within 1 week. This is a prerequisite for capital commitments on LOEs 2 and 3.
2
LOE 1 — B2B Outreach Begins
First contacts: hospice and home medical care facilities in Hope Mills and Fayetteville. First B2B revenue within 30–60 days. No capital required. This runs immediately and in parallel with the audit.
3
LOE 2 — WDF Station Design
Develop layout, equipment list, and capital estimate for the dedicated WDF station. Post overnight hiring listings. Capital commitment follows audit confirmation. Target operational: August 2026.
4
Owner Briefing #2 — July 18, 2026
30-day check-in. B2B pipeline update. Audit findings presented. Capital commitment decision for LOE 2 and 3. Monthly cadence established from here forward: data → decision → execution.
— END OF BRIEF —