Tom Dunn, Filta’s COO stated, “Body Language can make or break a sale and not knowing how to read it can make you miss buying signals.” Body language boils down to communication, either conscious or unconscious, with the movement or position of the human body. The lessons we will learn from Janine will not only help the Franchise Owners make more money, but also help everyone learn how to communicate more effectively. After the Keynote, Janine will host a business roundtable on improving body language to help close sales.

About Janine Driver
Janine Driver is the founder and president of the Body Language Institute, located in Alexandria, Virginia. For over a decade while at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), Janine trained thousands of law enforcement officers to decipher fact from fiction using the body language interpretation methods she writes about in the New York Times Bestseller – YOU SAY MORE THAN YOU THINK. Janine has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s Good Morning America, Rachael Ray Show, and Larry King Live. She is a regular contributor to Cosmopolitan magazine. Janine travels the globe speaking to the world about the fastest way to save time and grow business. www.lyintamer.com

Intellectual Decisions on Environmental Awareness Solutions (IDEAS) is a youth-led, grassroots, International sustainability movement growing across universities, K-12 schools and communities around the World, providing people of all ages with the opportunities to grow their ideas and leave a positive impact for generations to come. The UCF chapter mission is to Educate, Engage, and Empower people of all ages in Sustainability through a database of resources, initiatives and experiential learning activities to create positive environmental change on campus and in their community.

Mr. Dunn is very pleased to have earned this recognition and stated, “Since first joining the IFA several years ago, it was my goal to earn the CFE designation. The designation is given to those individuals who have dedicated their careers to franchising and have become students of our industry. I want to thank the employees of Filta, our Franchise Owners and Suppliers as well as my friends at the IFA for their support.” Currently, there are about 1,400 franchise executives that are enrolled in the program or have received their CFE certification, and over 300 IFA Member Companies have one or more executives enrolled in the program.

The IFA is the world’s oldest and largest organization representing franchising worldwide. Since its inception in 1960, the International Franchise Association has represented and protected the interests of the franchise community as well as the American entrepreneurial spirit. IFA’s mission is to protect, enhance and promote franchising through government relations, public relations and educational programs.

In accordance with the selection, Filta has also been honored and added to the “Registry of Business Excellence™” by the American Registry. As a part of this prestigious recognition, Filta has been presented with a commemorative plaque to represent the Filta Franchise’s business achievement.

Filta has been focusing on localized marketing as a part of its 2012 campaign, and with this recognition, it is clear that their efforts are paying off. With the start of the second quarter fast approaching, Filta looks to continue to build on this success.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.