Company History
1920's
- M.C. Sprinkle purchased Canton Laundry & Ice Company from the bank.
- The company delivered ice house-to-house before refrigeration became popular.
- Main product was delivering coal for people to heat their homes.
- Ran house-to-house routes for laundry service. In those days, some laundry was washed and delivered back wet. The homemaker was then responsible for ironing the garments.
1950's
- Home heating oil was added to the product line.
- M.C. Sprinkle died in 1954.
- M.C.’s sons, W.A. Sprinkle, J.L. Sprinkle, and Carl Sprinkle assumed responsibility for the business.
1960's
- The laundry company became aggressive in the commercial laundry business mainly doing work for motels and some hospitals.
1970's
- Ron Sprinkle became the General Manager and began to lead the company into the textile rental business. Initially, bed linen was the main focus. Later, restaurant linen and uniform rental were added to the product line.
- The fuel and ice business was sold in 1978.
1980's
- Ron Sprinkle purchased the laundry in 1982 and changed the operating name to PLUS.
1990's
- PLUS was predominantly in the Linen Supply and Uniform Rental Business.
- PLUS employed approximately 70 partners and serves customers in 11 Western North Carolina counties and 2 counties in upstate South Carolina.
2000's
- Ron Sprinkle purchased land at the Beaverdam Industrial Park in Canton, NC and built a new 48,000 square foot industrial laundry facility in 2006.
- Today, PLUS is predominantly in the Linen Supply and Uniform Rental Business.
- PLUS employs approximately 75 partners and serves customers throughout Western North Carolina, the Piedmont region of North Carolina, and the Upstate of South Carolina.