Today we feature an expert profile about one of our newer business owners, Max Paltsev, a Filta owner in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. An entrepreneur who spent two decades in the technology space, he says he sees a strong resemblance in Filta’s business model to SaaS (software-as-a-service) because both industries have similar characteristics of B2B, […]
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Filta is closing in on a big eco-win: saving nearly 1 billion pounds of oil through our oil management work in large commercial kitchens. Since we began operating in North America, we have saved nearly 947 million pounds of oil (at this writing) which means we’re doing our part to help Mother Earth, but we’re […]
Continue Reading →Grease fires in commercial kitchens can cause significant damage and are a nightmare. In just one four-year period, fires caused $165 million in direct property damage in restaurants, according to a 2017 National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) report. With proper maintenance and preparation, kitchen managers can minimize human and structural risk by training employees, cleaning […]
Continue Reading →Last week The Food Institute profiled the cooking oil shortage issue and its link to biodiesel production. The article notes that we’ve saved a total of more than 942 million pounds of oil for our customers; find the rolling ticker on Filta’s home page here. The article also included comment from our CEO, Tom Dunn, […]
Continue Reading →All good things must come to an end, they say. So, too, with cooking oil. And when it’s done the question is: what to do with it? The best answer? Repurpose it. Using microfiltration, commercial kitchens can definitely stretch this precious commodity as far as possible, which is an obvious positive advantage for the bottom […]
Continue Reading →Food waste in commercial kitchens is certainly a topic of concern and a subject we’ve discussed here before in The Green Ladle, most recently in this post about restaurant trends for 2023. Today, Franchise Times looked at the issue, citing the statistic that restaurants waste between 22 and 33 billion pounds of food each year […]
Continue Reading →Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions earned a spot on Entrepreneur’s coveted 2023 Franchise 500® ranking for its outstanding performance in unit growth, financial strength, stability, and brand power among other areas. For the last 44 years, Entrepreneur has compiled the top franchise opportunities in the United States; the 2023 ranking is in the magazine’s January/February print […]
Continue Reading →Super Bowl fans and fried food. A match made in sports heaven. But what happens to all that oil used for cooking all that delicious fried chicken, tater tots, and French fries? Large stadium venues can have as many as 70 to 100 fryers that each can hold up to 90 pounds of cooking oil. […]
Continue Reading →Restaurants keep going green and sustainability is trending. In the past, topics such as ditching Styrofoam containers, implementing composting, and requiring accountability data to itemize the impact of sustainability initiatives on the climate were hardly in the conversation and seemed barely attainable. Now, these restaurant sustainability trends are today’s reality for commercial kitchens of all […]
Continue Reading →Supermarket deli business is hot, hot, hot. In data reported by Supermarket News, deli-prepared food sales totaled $31.3 billion for the 12-month period ending August 27, 2022. These statistics reflect a 9.3% year-over-year growth and a 19.2% uptick from the pre-pandemic 2019 period. Much of that growth is from prepared fried foods like fried chicken, […]
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