David and Laurie Hoover bought a Filta franchise when their son, Zach, was in high school. At the core of the business is their active fryer management program. They deliver, filter and recycle cooking oil for biodiesel fuel from commercial kitchens in area restaurants and Hershey Park. “Then, COVID hit. Restaurants were shut down. Office […]
Eco-Friendly Kitchen Solutions Provider Launches Sanitizing Service
Source: QSR Magazine Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions, a restaurant and hospitality leader in active kitchen management and environmental sustainability, launched FiltaShield, a new sanitizing service and thermal temperature screening to help restore consumer confidence as businesses reopen across the U.S. and stay-at-home orders are lifted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Coronavirus has changed the […]
North Carolina’s Chuck Thompson Wins Filta Tech of the Quarter
Tech of the Quarter | Q2 2019 Charles Thompson | In nominating Charles Thompson for Filta’s quarterly outstanding technician award, North Carolina franchise owner Jim McCormick called him “the perfect employee…you could eat off the floors in Chuck’s van.” For Chuck’s part, he said he likes “taking something really dirty and making it look good […]
Get Ready to “Evolve” at Filta Con 2019!
The staff at Filta corporate are all excited and working hard to ensure the Filta network will have a great time at conference and take home some new ideas on how to improve your business. The theme for this year’s conference is “Evolution”. We’ve prepared an engaging and informational packed event spread over 2 days […]
Portland’s Booming Restaurant Scene Offers Fertile Ground for Filta’s Expansion
Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions offers a business model that is uniquely suited to the environmentally conscious Pacific Northwest and its booming restaurant scene. Identified as having more brewpubs than any other U.S. city and more bicyclists and restaurants per capita, Portland, Ore. is fertile ground for a franchise opportunity like Filta, the world’s restaurant kitchen […]
How Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions Helped this Army Veteran Make his American Dream a Reality
While he’s only been a Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions franchisee for less than a year, Kevin DeGroote hit the ground running and has quickly grown his business – much to the appreciation of restaurant and commercial kitchens across Anchorage, Alaska. An Army veteran that served in Iraq and Afghanistan, DeGroote was transferred to Alaska during his military deployment […]
10-Year Filta Veteran Earns Tech of the Quarter
Tech of the Quarter | Spring 2019 Curtis Ross | Jacksonville, Fla. Curtis Ross was tapped as Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions’ (Filta) Tech of the Quarter for Spring 2019 for his exemplary work serving customers across Jacksonville, Fla. In nominating him, owner Ana Santana said he is well known and liked by clients across her […]
Filta Sets Sights on Los Angeles for Southern California Franchise Expansion
Following the recent signing of 15 new franchise agreements, Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions, the world’s restaurant kitchen and hospitality leader in active fryer management and environmental sustainability, is on the move once again and looking to expand its presence across Southern California. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida with franchisees across 45 states, Filta makes commercial kitchens […]
Business Partners Expand Existing Filta Franchise Across San Diego, Adding 10 Vans
When Jason Sydlowski and Ethan Cohen acquired the San Diego-area Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions (Filta) franchise, the existing business was already profitable, servicing a decent number of clients from one van. Today, the business partners have basically exploded the franchise to a total of 10 vans (plus a box truck dedicated to the Padres Stadium) […]
There’s a New Van in Town: Jay Decker Now Serving North Central Texas
When Texas native Jay Decker came to Discovery Day, we knew he was a no-nonsense, git ‘er done kind of guy, commented Adam Blake, VP of franchise development for Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions (Filta). “Here was an extremely well-connected finance business professional who had been most recently in mergers and acquisitions in the sporting goods […]
