The kitchen is arguably the most dangerous place in home and commercial venues. It is the place where most accidents can occur due to the hustle and bustle of trying to get food prepared and out in a timely manner. With all this activity, adults and children are very susceptible to becoming burn victims.

Filta has decided to make a donation toward the Burn Unit at the Orlando Regional Medical Center in hopes of helping to relieve some of the financial stress associated with severe burn victims and shedding light on how to prevent the injuries. “Preventing burn injuries is our first priority,” according to Tom Dunn, Filta’s COO. “We hope our donation can help ORMC provide the critical care that burn victims and their families need during the recovery process.”

Last year, over 3.8 billion dollars were spent on burn injuries and over a million work days were lost due to the impacts of these injuries. Filta, who offers the nation’s largest mobile cooking oil micro-filtration and fryer management service, reduces its clients’ exposure to burn related accidents and insurance claims by limiting the employees’ exposure to hot cooking oil. Filta’s recent partnership with Navion Insurance recognizes the reduced liability by providing commercial kitchens with a 5% insurance premium reduction when they use FiltaFry service.

Entertainment, it is what they were created for. Since the ancient times, stadiums have hosted some of the most historic events known to man. Most recently, Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis proved to be another event that will go down in history as one of the greatest games played in recent memory.

Food output and consumption has significantly increased with the arrival of these major sports stadiums and venues. Filta has been able to aid in the process by cutting cooking oil usage, costs and providing cooking oil disposal services to these major venues. Lucas Oil Stadium, home of Super Bowl XLVI, uses about 500 lbs of cooking oil a week. They found that by using the FiltaFry service they are saving on oil consumption and the savings are equivalent to planting about 36,000 trees over the course of a year, quite an impact.

Filta also services other major venues such as Bryant Denney Stadium – home of the Alabama Crimson Tide, Raymond James Stadium – home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Georgia Dome – home of the Atlanta Falcons. Along with the majors, Filta Franchise Owners also service numerous baseball stadiums, basketball, and hockey venues.

Filta took an environmental stand in local commercial kitchens by offering eco-friendly services to them in 1996. With Filta’s continued growth, their service offerings have increased as well. One of its newest offerings comes in the form of a newsletter, The Green Ladle – Dipping into Environmental Kitchen Solutions, which lands in commercial kitchens this month. Filta will be using their environmentally responsible focus and channel it into a jovial community and educational piece based on the aspects of “going green.”

The Green Ladle will focus on the green aspects of commercial kitchens, and will also share best practices that kitchen operators across the nation will be able to use. It will also target key sustainability issues within the kitchen and how to overcome issues involving the management and disposal of cooking oil.

As kitchens begin to be more environmentally friendly, The Green Ladle will be a great addition to commercial kitchens. Be on the lookout for its inaugural issue that is set to launch in February 2012.

Saturday night’s game with the LSU Tigers vs. the Alabama Crimson Tide is the most anticipated matchup of the season. And while LSU goes into the game ranked #1 in the Polls, Alabama has the clear “Green” advantage. While the 100,000 plus fans enjoy the hospitality of Bryant Denny Stadium, there are a few companies behind the scenes that will be working to ensure those fans have a good time while reducing the environmental impact of the crowd. The University of Alabama, along with Centerplate, Southern Food Service and Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions, have created sustainability solutions to manage the large amount of cooking oil that will be used during the game.

Centerplate and Southern Food Services, who manage the majority of foodservice for Bryant Denny, turned to local Filta Franchisee JJ Paul to manage the cooking oil and deep fryers. It is his responsibility to ensure the stadium’s cooking oil and fryers are in top shape from event to event.

The services provided to the University have generated some impressive results. The Stadium now uses 4,200 fewer pounds of oil then it previously did. The reduction in oil consumption saves money, but it also creates a measurable reduction in environmental impact. To give you some perspective – That saves 8.6 Acres of land, 6.1 Million gallons of water and reduces carbon emissions by a whopping 3,287 pounds – that is the equivalent of planting 470 trees. The Green advantage clearly goes to the home team.

Centerplate specializes in the design and management of quick-serve, catering, restaurant and retail hospitality services to over 250 premier sports, convention, and entertainment venues across North America.

Southern Foodservice Management provides onsite dining, catering and vending services to business & industry, education and government clients. Founded in 1951, the Birmingham, Alabama-headquartered company provides quality food, great service, exceptional value and a pleasant experience to dining customers at client sites nationwide.

Filta has been named for the third consecutive year as a Best of Orlando recipient in the Green Services category. The U.S. Commerce Association “Best of Local Business” Awards Program recognizes outstanding local business across the nation. Award recipients are said to have achieved “exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category” by “enhancing the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.”

In 2011, Filta became a Three Time Award Winner, which places the company into the top 1% of Award recipients nationwide. Tom Dunn, Filta’s COO stated, “We are proud to have built a company that has been recognized as a top green company across the nation.”

On behalf of Filta, we would like to thank USCA for their recognition of the “green” and environmentally friendly services that Filta Franchise Owners provide to their respective markets.

The Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions Franchise and Navion Insurance Associates have teamed up to offer restaurants and food service operations  a discount of at least 5% on their insurance costs, when the facility uses Filta’s FiltaFry service.

According to Eric Magee, Navion’s President, “Restaurants that use the FiltaFry service dramatically lower their exposure to workers compensation and general liability loss.  Filta effectively reduces employee exposure to hot oil and the hazards of cleaning fryers. It is simple – Since there is reduced risk, the restaurant deserves a better rate.” Eric says he has firsthand knowledge of the dangers of working with hot cooking oil and has a few scars from his youth to prove it.

Current Filta Customers can ask their local Franchise Owner for information on the program or contact Navion directly.  For food service establishments not yet familiar with the FiltaFry service but are interested in reducing their risk and cooking oil consumption, should contact Filta directly.  Filta offers a free on site demonstration of the FiltaFry service and will show you how the service can benefit your kitchen and your bottom line.

Filta is once again recognized as a Hot 100 Franchise for 2011 by the American Registry and RedHotFranchises. Filta, currently ranked number 12, has seen its franchise community steadily grow with its eco-friendly services.

The ranking is made up of various Board Members who combine to have over 50 years of experience within the various aspects of franchising. The award is based upon management, franchise support, franchisee satisfaction, growth rate, financial stability, and profitability of the franchise.

Filta is proud to have risen above over 3,000 different franchise opportunities that are affiliated with RedHotFranchises. On behalf of Filta, we would like to thank RedHotFranchises for this prestigious honor.

Filta Assists with Disaster Relief

JJ Paul Presents Check to Brent Davidson of Bama Dining

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, home of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide, took a major hit when the devastating tornadoes of 2011 struck and took over 500 lives. The month of April, typically reserved for bringing the season of spring, proved to be one of the most destructive months that the United States has seen in decades.

Fortunately, one of the many bright spots that came with the aftermath of the storm was JJ Paul and The Filta Franchise Network. Through this situation, JJ felt like he had to do something. He was one of the first people to arrive on scene asking what he could do to help.

With a cheerful heart, he was happy to assist with the reconstruction of the community. JJ contacted other area Franchise Owners to give a donation to Bama Dining, which Filta matched dollar for dollar. On behalf of The Filta Group, we thank you for carrying the Filta name proudly in your respective communities.

In the last few months, Filta has added quite a few stadiums and arenas to its growing customer list in the sports and entertainment market segment.

These include Fenway Park, Raymond James Stadium and the Xcel Energy Center, home of the Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Minnesota Wild respectively.

Local Boston Franchise Owner, Paul Reissfelder, says “We’re pleased to be working with Aramark at such an historic ballpark [Fenway Park]. They really saw value in not only the reduction of oil usage, but also in the improvement in the employee safety.”

All over the country, customers are enjoying the benefits of the FiltaFry service.

Take a look at what Katie Johnson, Food & Beverage Manager of the West Michigan Whitecaps has to say…