After 10 Years in Biopharma Industry, a Marine Corps Veteran Trades the Corporate Ladder for a Filta Franchise in the Pacific Northwest
A cross-country move to Bellingham gave Lucas Waldron an opportunity to re-evaluate his corporate job. He used the transition to build a business of his own. For 10 years, Lucas Waldron pursued the conventional corporate path: earning his MBA, working his way up in corporate pharmaceutical marketing and building a steady career. When he and his […]
Why Iconic Dallas Kitchens Keep Renewing With Filta
In three years, this Dallas-Fort Worth franchise nearly tripled its business by solving a problem every commercial kitchen has. Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions has landed in some of North Texas’ best-known kitchens by taking on a job operators hate but can’t ignore: fryer cleaning and oil management. Across Dallas-Fort Worth, hospitals, entertainment venues, universities and […]
Clean Start in the Heartland: Meet the Couple Bringing Filta to Kansas Kitchens
Tim and Kalene Sanders are launching Filta in Lawrence, Topeka and Wichita with a mission to make kitchens faster, greener, safer, and cleaner. Tim and Kalene Sanders are bringing Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions’ eco-friendly kitchen services to eastern Kansas, opening new territories that stretch from Wichita and Topeka to Lawrence and beyond. For Tim, an […]
Filta’s Recurring Revenue Model Fuels Franchise Success
Filta’s recurring services help franchisees generate predictable income, scale with customer demand and build long-term, sustainable business growth. Running a commercial kitchen is a nonstop operation—and keeping that kitchen safe, clean and sustainable is no small task. That’s where Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions steps in. With a service model built on recurring visits and long-term […]
Filta Continues To Innovate, Expand Partnerships
Demand for sustainability is an ongoing pressure from consumers, and Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions, our active fryer management franchise with 123 owners across 356 territories, helps our clients meet this demand through our oil micro-filtration, removal, recycling and replacement of cooking oil. As the year progresses, Filta continues to see the benefits of its work […]
How This Peruvian-Born Entrepreneur Found the American Dream With a Filta Franchise
When David Boza, the Peruvian-born immigrant to the U.S. via Spain, landed a technician job with a Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions (Filta) franchisee, he knew he was on the path to building something his family could call its own. “Within weeks of being hired, he came home and said, ‘I’m gonna own that business one […]
How this Filta Franchisee Transitioned out of Corporate America With Massachusetts Territory Acquisition
When you ask Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions new Franchisee Paulo Gouveia what made him consider investing in his Filta franchise the answer is simple, yet meaningful. “My background is in the sciences, so when I started looking into what I could do in terms of starting a business, I knew I wanted something environmentally impactful,” […]
Filta Closed Q1 With 2 Openings and 2 Franchises Awarded, Including Monumental Resale
With 127 owners across 356 territories, our active fryer management franchise Filta Environmental Kitchen Services has built a robust network of impactful entrepreneurs. After adding 16 new territories and achieving an over 17% year-over-year increase in systemwide revenue in 2023, we continue to grow. So far this year, we have opened two new units and […]
Former Commodity Broker Purchased Filta Franchise in 2019, Records 615% Growth in Two Years
John Michals grew business from 17 customers and $170,000 to 236 customers and $3.5 million via measured yet aggressive horizontal and vertical growth. He just became the Chief Operating Officer of the brand. Frustrated with the current state of his career, John Michals made the decision to leave his work as a commodities broker […]
How this Filta Franchisee Started her Thriving Business with $100K of her Retirement Savings
Laid off from her role as an executive at a healthcare company in her 50’s, Filta Franchisee Keri Gardner was at a crossroads. It was November 2020, the pandemic was still fresh, and Keri thought to herself, “Do I want to continue working for someone else, or do this just for me?” With that […]