Memorial Day is a day for food, friends, and fun, but watch out for stains.  Your cookout menu may end up on your shirt.  Use these tips to conquer the five most common Memorial Day stains.

If on Tuesday, the stains persist, bring them into a Mulberrys Cleaners store or schedule a pickup and delivery.  Our stain removal experts will use our eco-friendly cleaning solutions to remove those pesky Memorial Day stains.

1. Ketchup: Whether it’s on a cheeseburger or a hot dog, globs of ketchup can drip and leave an unflattering stain on your clothes.  Remove as much as the stain as you can and blot with a cloth.  Mix a small about of detergent and cold water together and blog until the stain begins to disappear.

2. Beer: While Beer is a light colored liquid, it can certainly do damage to your clothes. Apply a mixture of cold water and eco-friendly laundry detergent. Let sit for at least five minutes.  Repeat until the stain disappears (and grab another beer while you wait!).

3. Red Wine: Cheers! A glass of red wine make any holiday more fun, but a spill on your shirt can quickly ruin your favorite outfit. Blot lightly, do not rub, with a damp cloth and sprinkle some salt on the stain. Wash in the washing machine.

4. Colored Cake Frosting: What’s a Memorial Day party without a red, white, and blue cake?  Cake frosting includes food coloring, which can be difficult to get out of any piece of clothing. Scrape away as much as the stain as possible.  Blot with cold water and eco-friendly laundry detergent.  If possible, apply an instant stain remover.  Wash the clothing item in the washer and bring it to your dry cleaner if the stain sets!

5. Cheeseburger: No cookout is complete without a giant, juicy cheeseburger. A cheeseburger is a combination stain, so you have to treat each ingredient separately. Cheeseburgers can include both plant-based and animal-based stains. Blot the spot with a cotton swab dipped in rubbing alcohol to break down the oils. Flush out the rubbing alcohol and pour on some vinegar to break down the plant-based elements. Dab hydrogen peroxide on the stain to remove the animal-based elements.

The best way to ensure a stain doesn’t ruin your clothes is to bring it to a professional.  At Mulberrys, we treat your clothes with the best eco-friendly detergents and stain removal processes.

Enjoy your Memorial Day this weekend and don’t worry about the stains. We’ll take care of them!

Wet cleaning? Dry cleaning? Do you know the difference? Why do you need one or the other?

As our CEO, Dan Miller said in an interview with Business Rockstars, “Dry cleaning is essentially cleaning your clothes in anything other than water.”

Does that mean a dry cleaner is washing your clothes in things like gasoline or glue? Probably not.

Well, we hope not. If they are, you should bring your clothes immediately to Mulberrys.

Here at Mulberrys, we offer both dry cleaning and wet cleaning services.

How are they different?

Dry Cleaning: Suede, wool, and silk should always be dry cleaned. These fabrics are delicate. Your clothes are placed in a machine that fills with solvents which loosen the stain. Using classic craftsmanship, Mulberrys cleans with naturally occurring solvents to ensure your clothes are clean and the environment is safe during the process.

Wet Cleaning: Wet Cleaning uses gentle washing methods and biodegradable soaps and conditioners and water to clean your clothes. At Mulberrys, we work with almost any fabric and fiber. To avoid shrinking your clothes, we use state-of-the-art professional technology to determine the precise balance of water and heat needed to clean difficult stains from your clothes while maintaining the same perfect fit and bright color that you expect.

If you’re not sure if you should use wet cleaning or dry cleaning, don’t worry.  A Mulberrys store associate can make a recommendation!  You can be sure that your clothes are safe with us.

When Mulberrys went from an idea to reality, it was not named Mulberrys Cleaners right from the start. Our CEO, Dan Miller, set off to find a name that would not only fit his new spin on dry cleaning and laundry but would also represent the essence of the brand that was yet to come.

For years, the dry cleaning industry was known for its usage of toxic PERC, horrible chemical smells, and outdated customer experiences. We knew our name had to embrace the change we were about to bring to the industry.

1. The name had to be natural. Dry cleaning had no natural element to it at the time, so the name had to reposition dry cleaning and laundry in people’s mind. What could get customers to think about their current dry cleaning experience?
2. The name had to express, without directly saying it, our high-end customer service concept. Mulberrys was going to provide customers with things they had never experienced before from their dry cleaner, from pickup and delivery to an app to professional tailoring services and eco-friendly solutions.
3. The name had to be memorable. If it were too complicated, customers wouldn’t remember it. If it were too descriptive, it’d lose its meaning in the future. The name had to be memorable enough to strike an emotion with the customer and reveal our products and services.

“I wanted a name that reminded you of a classic British tailor shop, but at the same time something natural,” Dan Miller, CEO of Mulberrys Dry Cleaning and Laundry.

Thus, the name Mulberrys was chosen.

Mulberries are a natural, healthy fruit but also one of the hardest stains to get out of clothing.

Mulberry Street is a famous street in both London and New York City, best known for its elegant shops.

After a few focus groups, we were officially named Mulberrys. We think it turned out to be a “berry” good idea. What do you think?

You’d be hard-pressed to find a more frivolous travel topic than wrinkles. But I’m willing to bet that the longer you spend on the road, the less you’re laughing. Jonathan Breeze doesn’t think wrinkles are funny. “I’ve traveled for years, using a variety of different materials that purport to be wrinkle-free,” says Breeze, the CEO of an insurance website. “I have yet to see anything that rolls out of the case looking ready-to-wear.”

Read the full article here.

Mulberrys exists because our CEO, Dan Miller, saw a need to not only make dry cleaning simpler but also make it safer and eco-friendly. For years, the dry cleaning industry used toxic chemicals that harmed customers’ well-being, their clothes, and the earth.  Many dry cleaners still use them.

When the idea of Mulberrys began to transform from an idea to reality, we went on the hunt to find a clean, safe laundry product for our customers. We wanted a product that didn’t leave clothes damaged or smelling like chemicals. Choosing an eco-friendly product was also important to us because without a safe planet there would be no Mulberrys.

We use Caldrea because we believe our customers and their clothes deserve the best eco-friendly cleaning products.

Caldrea products are chemical-free. By using chemical-free products, we don’t release new chemicals into the atmosphere. Your skin won’t be contaminated by any harmful chemicals, unlike a typical dry cleaner.

The smell of chemicals is not the smell of clean clothes. Caldrea products use oils and plant-based ingredients to create a fresh-smelling scent. When you pick up your clothes from Mulberrys, we want you to know that your clothes are clean, not full of chemicals.

Caldrea products respect your clothes. When you drop your clothes off at Mulberrys, you can be sure we care for your clothes the same way you care for your clothes. Your clothes aren’t just a piece of fabric; they’re a piece of you. Caldrea products allow us to clean your clothes, so you get them back in the same condition you dropped them off without any stains.

The next time you’re in the store, ask one of our store associates about our eco-friendly processes and products. They’ll provide you with more information about Caldrea and how we use it in our cleaning services.

We’re committed to keeping you, your clothes, and the earth safe and clean. Stop on into Mulberrys for a toxin-free clean or sign-up for pickup and delivery.