# Plant versus drop store

A term used when buying dry cleaner.

A plant cleans on site; a drop store takes garments in and sends them to a plant.

The two halves of a dry-cleaning operation carry different risks: the plant holds the equipment, the environmental history, and the compliance burden, while drop stores are retail leases feeding it volume. A network's value depends on which you are buying. One plant serving several stores is an efficient hub, but the plant's soil and machines are where diligence money goes. A drop store buying cleaning from someone else's plant is a margin question, not an environmental one.

Part of: Buying a Dry Cleaner (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-dry-cleaner)

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-dry-cleaner/terms/plant-versus-drop-store
Not dated: The same editorial definitions as the glossary, inside a trade.

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