CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Revenue:
Laundry facilities management revenue	$ 78,792	$ 80,305
Commercial laundry equipment sales	2,801	3,931
Total revenue	81,593	84,236
Cost of revenue:
Cost of laundry facilities management revenue	54,056	54,966
Depreciation and amortization	10,623	10,437
Cost of commercial laundry equipment sales	2,334	3,197
Total cost of revenue	67,013	68,600
Gross margin	14,580	15,636
Operating expenses:
General and administration	4,527	6,692
Sales and marketing	3,310	2,878
Depreciation and amortization	195	201
Incremental costs of proxy contests	57	83
(Gain) loss on sale of assets, net	(34)	14
Total operating expenses	8,055	9,868
Income from operations	6,525	5,768
Interest expense, including the change in fair value of non-hedged interest rate derivative instruments and amortization of deferred financing costs	1,665	3,342
Loss on early extinguishment of debt		3,762
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes	4,860	(1,336)
Income tax expense (benefit)	1,942	(569)
Net income (loss)	2,918	(767)
Other comprehensive gain, net of tax:
Unrealized gain on derivative instruments	129	138
Comprehensive income (loss)	$ 3,047	$ (629)
Earnings (loss) per share - basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.20	$ (0.05)
Earnings (loss) per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.19	$ (0.05)
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic (in shares)	14,543	14,375
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted (in shares)	15,018	14,375