Clean up

Robert Lyons' dry cleaning business, centered around the iconic brand Tide, is a on a roll.

Lyons operates Naples-based Consolidated Cleaners, a Tide Dry Cleaners franchisee. Consolidated Cleaners, in a partnership with Agile Pursuits Franchising, a subsidiary of Procter & Gamble, recently opened its fifth Tide Dry Cleaners, this one in Fort Myers. The franchisee has two more locations under construction, one in Naples and one in Parkland, Broward County. And it has four more locations in development, including another spot in Naples and a market debut in Sarasota.

“We are changing the culture of dry cleaning,” Lyons tells Coffee Talk. “This was an industry ripe for change and growth.”