One of our Franchise Owners, Keri Gardner, who runs the Long Island territory with her husband and business partner Joe Andrean, was profiled earlier this week in Newsday. She’s not only a successful, new Filta owner who won our “Hot Start” award at this spring’s conference FiltaCon2022, she has a long history with tennis and […]
Continue Reading →Deep fryers are a crucial piece of equipment in every commercial kitchen but they’re also messy, unpleasant, and dangerous to maintain. Each year the food service industry experiences about 12,000 burns, according to the Burn Foundation. Cooks, food handlers, kitchen workers, and wait staff are all listed among the top 50 occupations at risk for […]
Continue Reading →This article was originally published on Restaurant Business on August 2, 2022. Written by Reyna Estrada. Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions is giving cooking oil a second life. The fryer management company removes cooking oil from kitchens once no longer usable and recycles it into biodiesel, a service it calls FiltaBio. “Our entire goal is to make cooking […]
Continue Reading →Nothing is much more satisfying than perfectly prepared, crispy fried chicken or French fries that are crunchy outside but soft inside. Or how about a deep-fried cheese stick that stretches out into a hot, gooey thread? Nirvana. But it’s not always easy to produce consistent, deep-fried deliciousness in the kitchen. Here are 5 tips to […]
Continue Reading →Serving delicious food and providing excellent customer service are, with no doubt, essential to running a successful kitchen. However, without enforcing strict food safety rules, they can become worthless. Everyone who works in a commercial kitchen has the large responsibility of ensuring food safety by steadfastly adhering to tried and true methods of keeping preparation, […]
Continue Reading →At Filta headquarters in Orlando, there’s a sign that says: “Do the Right Thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.” It’s a Mark Twain quote and that “Do the Right Thing” saying runs deep throughout the office and ripples out nationwide to our Franchisees. This motto embodies the integrity and importance of […]
Continue Reading →Since 1996, Filta has been providing fryer management services to commercial kitchens of all kinds, including those in hospitals, healthcare facilities, and assisted living homes. Therefore, we thought that it would be interesting to explore the different steps healthcare facilities can take to optimize their kitchen spaces in terms of safety, nutrition, and creating an […]
Continue Reading →When you think of a university going green, you usually think recycling, conserving energy, using digital sources, or at least recycled paper in textbooks. But universities – and today’s students who are often referred to as the “sustainability generation” – are increasingly demanding deeper and deeper environmentally proactive measures and are holding decision makers accountable […]
Continue Reading →Source: The Atlanta Journal Constitution The stock market has plunged, interest rates have climbed, inflation may be biting, and talk of recession is in the air, but business has been pretty good at Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions. Like many Georgia employers, the Athens-based company has been less worried about finding customers and more worried about obtaining workers […]
Continue Reading →First the pandemic and now a war. World events have created an unsuspecting victim: commercial kitchens that rely on cooking oil. But the good news is that there’s a way to extend the life of your precious cooking oil while also reducing its overall consumption. Saga of the Shortage In May of 2021, this time […]
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