Each day several million of Americans get up and trudge off to unrewarding and unsatisfying dead-end jobs.  Most have dreamed of getting out of the rat race and going into business for themselves doing something rewarding .  Many won’t make that happen because they don’t have practical education, skills,  investment capital, or the motivation to make it happen.  On the other hand, for those really genuine in their longing to go into business themselves, Filta may be the answer to their prayers.

Why Filta?

Filta is the top business when it comes to environmentally safe, cost saving industry solutions for food-service businesses.  Filta franchises provide 3 excellent services which are performed on site at restaurants, sports venues, hospitals and anywhere commercial fryers and coolers are used.  The goal of Filta owners is to help their customers save money by creating less waste and improving their environmental impact.

The 3 service provided by Filta franchise owners are FiltaFry, FiltaBio and FiltaCool.  Each of these service provide customers with great benefit in their own right.  When combined it adds up to big savings for customers and a big difference in the environment.

All Filta service are proven to be 100% eco-friendly.  These services have been proven effective in the industry and have received awards and mention throughout the business and food-service communities.  This means that Filta franchise owners will find their services in high demand now and tomorrow as more business seek for ways to cut cost and embrace green business practices.

No Degree Needed

You don’t need a degree in Business Management to be a Filta franchise owner.  You don’t have to have gone to trade school.  You don’t need any prior experience working with fryers or walk-in coolers.  All you need is a strong work ethic and the desire to be your own boss.

Filta provides all of the training that you need to handle all of the business aspects of your Filta franchise as well as training in how to operate equipment, provide Filta services to your customers.  Since most Filta franchises are owner-operated, Filta understands how important it is that Filta franchise owners be knowledgeable in every aspect of the Filta business.

To help Filta franchisees succeed with their businesses, Filta provides an in-depth training program.  All new Filta owners are provided with a formal training course in a classroom setting with courses in Filta services and in business management taught by knowledgeable professionals.  Filta also connects new franchisees with experienced Filta franchise mentors who guide new owners in a real-life hands-on experience providing all of the Filta services in the real world.

Filta Affordable

Not only do you not need a lot of education to be a Filta owner, you don’t need a lot of money either.  Filta franchises start at around $80,000 for a single unit.  That includes all of the equipment and materials needed to start a Filta business right away, as well as the cost of all classroom and infield training.  A Filta business can be up and making money quicker than many franchises that cost twice as much and take twice as long to get started.

Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions offers an exciting and appealing prospect for able investors looking for a hands-on business investment.  With a high degree of flexibility and plenty of room for growth, it’s no wonder that Filta has created such a buzz amongst entrepreneurs in the food service and waste oil management industries.  So what is Filta and what can it offer you as an aspiring business owner?

FiltaFry

FiltaFry is the lynchpin of the Filta brand.  Established in the U.K. in 1996, the FiltaFry service has since become a household name.  As a Filta owner you will provide the FiltaFry fryer and oil maintenance service to each customer in your territory once or twice a week.

You calculate your FiltaFry service charge based on the amount of oil that is to be filtered for your customer’s location.  As such, the value any given job varies a little.  The average service charge per call is $66.85 and takes about an hour.

FiltaCool

If you customers use commercial coolers (and most do), then you also have the opportunity to provide them with the FiltaCool service.  This service provides many of the same benefits and savings to your customers as the FiltaFry service.  Your customers can lease filter panels from you for $12 per month for each panel.  These panels are very easy for you to install and only need to be switched out every 3 months.  You “de-gass” the panels at home and can then lease them out again.

Earning Potentials

As you can already see, there is a potential to make a substantial income from your Filta business.  Really you are only limited by your willingness to work and the number of hours in a day.  It is not unreasonable at all to be able to make 8 service calls in a day.

If we assume 8 service calls per work day (at $66.85 per call), for a 5 day work week then you are looking at bringing in $2674 a week, before figuring in expenses, just from the FiltaFry aspect of your business.  If even half of your customers use your FiltaCool service as well then that number skyrockets.  The average customer uses 6 filter panels in their coolers, at $12 per month.  That’s an additional $72 per month from each customer just from using your filters that you only have to take a few minutes to switch out every few months.

Room to Grow
These numbers, of course, are assuming a moderately paced standard work week.  If you are really driven in your business, then there is no reason why you can’t do substantially better.  If you’re willing to put in longer days and longer weeks then you can see some serious returns on your investment.  Once you’ve gotten yourself established in your territory you can even add more vans to your business and higher on technicians to do your service calls for you, doubling or even tripling the number of customers.  Filta really does offer you a chance to take control of your financial destiny in an industry ripe with growth and potential.

Filta is a globally recognized leader in commercial kitchen management services.  The Filta Group offers its franchisees a hard to beat combination of a strong business plan and excellent support, balanced against a wide range of personal freedom that is hard to find in most franchising organization.  Buying a Filta franchise is relatively inexpensive.  These businesses also operate at a low overhead, making them easy to run and maintain.  Obviously, this is a pretty appealing combination, and well worth a closer look for any aspiring business owner looking to set up shop in a market that is ripe for growth.  Filta also offers multiple start-up packages, for those that want to start small and work their way up, and for those that want to start their business out on a grander scale.

The Single Franchise Option

For those wishing to start small and grow with their business, Filta offers a single territory package.  Filta will get you started with a fully equipped business, and train you to be the sole owner and technician at a price you can afford.  There is an initial franchise fee of $31,000.  This fee establishes you as a Filta Franchisee and includes  the “Territory Fee” which ensures your area of business, free from any other Filta franchise operations.

After becoming a Filta Franchisee, everything you need to get your business going is provided in one convenient Opening Package priced at $43,000.  Your start-up kit includes your MFU, equipment , vehicle preparation, marketing materials, uniforms and all of your initial supplies.  The cost of your Opening Package also covers your classroom and in-field training, 10 FiltaCool presentation boxes, 100 sales slicks, 100 sales brochures, 10 filter packet panels, 10 filter packets, a degassing unit, and all the other necessary items for conducting your Filta business.

The Multi-Unit Franchise Option

If you are already confident in your administrative abilities and wish to start your business of on an expanded scale, Filta offers you the Premier Track Program.  The Premier Track Program provides you with two opening packages, complete with two MFU’s and vehicle preparation for two service vans.  You also get four full territory to conduct your business in.  As an added bonus, Premier Track members are provided with a full-time sales support staff member for the first 90 days of the business to help beef up your client list.  The cost of joining the Filta Premier Track Program is only $195,000.  Payment is made as a $95,000 deposit due at the time of submitting the Deposit Letter, with the remainder payable in eight weeks.

All Filta Franchisees, regardless of which route they take to success, are privy to Filta’s vast network of support.  This includes Filta’s toll-free help line, and the comprehensive online resource, FiltaNet.  Filta stands behind its franchisees and strives to help them succeed in their territories.  Filta is also constantly growing as it seeks to provide new services to the food service industry, and increase the earning potential of its franchisees.

The often quoted maxim behind franchising, “In business for yourself, not by yourself,” sheds a lot of light on the real appeal of franchising.  You get all of the perks of being your own boss – calling the shots and taking control of your destiny.  However, you also get all of the benefits of  having a pre-established name and business plan, marketing support and most importantly a strong network of support.   All too often, though, franchise owners fail to take advantage of the support that is available to them.  Sadly, these franchises often fail when perhaps they could have succeeded if only the owner had sought out the resource of knowledge and practical experience available.  How you can you avoid making the same mistake with your Filta franchise?  Where can you look for support when you get stuck?

Pick Up the Phone

Obviously your first line of defense when you run up against one of the inevitable roadblocks on your road to success is to avail yourself of the toll-free help line.  This number keeps you in direct contact with your Filta Family in Orlando, Florida.  Don’t ever feel that your association with headquarters ends at your business transactions.  Your franchisor wants you to succeed and will offer you any assistance it can to see that happen.  What is good for you is good for the brand name.

Talk to Your Peers

Another invaluable resource available to you as a Filta owner is a vast network of peers.  These are all individuals who have established their Filta businesses and have seen them flourish.  However, they didn’t become successes overnight.  They have all seen many of the same issues that you are seeing as a fledgling Filta franchise struggling to get off the ground.  As such, they are an extremely valuable source of practical, real-world experience in all aspects of running a Filta franchise.  Whether you are having some technical concerns, need tips on marketing your business to new customers, or just need some words of encouragement, your fellow Filta owners can help see you through the worst of times and can be a source of inspiration.

FiltaNet

FiltaNet may be the single most valuable tool available to Filta franchisees.  This comprehensive online resource puts the collective knowledge of Filta HQ and the many flourishing Filta franchises across the United States and Canada right at your finger tips.  Filta offers a number of ways for you to educate yourself and find solutions to whatever problems arise over the course of you day-to-day operations.
Filta not only provides you with access to all of the Filta literature and documentation, but also provides you a with access to the FiltaNet forums.  Here you can touch base with you peer Filta owners.  You can ask questions and get feedback from multiple owners, each having a unique perspective on the business and many whom have dealt with the exact issues that are concerning you.  You can also get information regarding major restaurant chains, to assist you in courting a local franchise as a potential customer.  Whatever issue you are facing, you can probably find a solution on FiltaNet.

Every day thousands of pounds of waste oil are produced by restaurants and other commercial kitchens across the country.  Since it is unlikely that fried foods will fall out of favor with the public anytime soon, much of this waste can be viewed as a necessary evil.  However, nearly half of this waste oil in unnecessary and could be prevented with proper filtration.  FiltaFry understands this pressing issue facing the food service industry and offers a way to reduce waste and improve efficiency in the kitchen.  Filta has been reducing waste oil production for over a decade, in most cases eliminated as much as half of the waste oil produced by its customers and saving them hundreds of dollars on cooking oil expenses.

How Efficient Are Your Frying Practices?

Most restaurant owners and managers never really assess the issues of efficiency in regard to their fryers, because most do not fully grasp the intricacies of their equipment and how its use affects the quality and longevity of their cooking oil.  Using a professional service, such as FiltaFry, can drastically increase the usability of your oil.  However, there are practical measures you can take on your own to improve the life of your cooking oil.

It is crucial that you never overfill you fryers.  When in use, make sure that you are heating the oil to a temperature that is appropriate for the food item being prepared.  Never overheat your oil, as this accelerates it’s decomposition and creates an extremely dangerous work environment.

Fryer oil should be strained regularly to prevent small pieces of food that break off in the oil from burning. Keep the fryer heat turned low when fryers aren’t being used.  Your FiltaFry technician will evaluated your setup and use to establish the optimum operational procedures for your restaurant.

Food Handling Concerns

Anything that you put into your fryers affects the quality of your oil.  Moisture getting into your oil can have dire effects.  Any food items being fried should be thawed in advance and dried.

If you process your own food, emphasize uniformity and care.  Equally sized food items will fry more evenly without burning.  Never season foods near the fryers, to avoid small particles falling into the oil.  Though FiltaFry’s micro-filtration system can remove these small contaminants, your factory installed filters will not.

Caring For Your Fryers

How you maintain and operate your fryers also has an effect on your oil usage.  Make sure you staff is well trained on proper frying techniques, as well as how to replace oil.  Shortening should always be packed tightly into the lower section of the fryer, taking extra care that no air pockets are left around the heating coils.  Shortening should be melted at low heat (applied only after the shortening has been packed).

Fryers should be cleaned by staff daily, to minimize risks of contaminants coming in contact with oil and to reduce safety risks.  If possible, have your staff skim the oil at least once at the end of every shift.  Your FiltaFry technician can help identify instances where your staff could improve your fryers functionality by altering routine and improving procedures.

Franchising provides a plethora of promising potentials to the optimistic entrepreneur looking to invest in and develop his or her own business.  Despite the obvious advantages, a wise investor will consider multiple franchising opportunities and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each before settling on business.  One franchisor might offer more flexibility, another might offer a more reliable business plan and a higher potential ROI, while yet another may have a stronger network of support for franchisees or lower start-up costs.

Very few franchisors have a perfect blend of all of those key facets, though.  However, one franchising organization, the Filta Group, does come very close to the mark on all fronts.  Filta offers and exciting opportunity to join forces with a reliable and reputable franchisor that provides an unique blend of freedom, support and fiscal practicality.

What is Filta?

Filta has been making a name for itself in the food service industry for well over a decade now.  What began as an humble effort to help businesses manage their fryers and waste oil in a more efficient and effective way has since grown to encompass multiple aspects of the “behind the scenes” operations of today’s commercial kitchens.

Filta provides restaurants and other commercial kitchens with a means of improving productivity and efficiency in an environmentally friendly and financially responsible way.  FiltaFry fryer and oil management, Filta’s flagship service has been helping kitchens run more safely and reducing cooking oil usage in fryers since 1996.  In 2008, Filta unveiled the FiltaCool line of products as well.  These low-cost, high-impact filters bring to the cooler all of the great savings and sustainability that FiltaFry brings to fryers.

A Thriving Business

Because of the unparalleled cost-effectiveness of Filta services, more and more businesses are turning to Filta franchisees to manage their fryers and coolers.  Filta owners enter into ownership with an already strong and constantly expanding customer base of kitchen owners and managers who are actively seeking out ways to cut cost, improve efficiency and lessen their negative environmental impact.  As such, the Filta services practically sell themselves.

However, the Filta Group provides its franchisees with more than just a sterling name and an invaluable service.  In the effort to see its franchisees grow and succeed, Filta provides owners with a Business Development Manager who will actively promote their business and establish a customer base for the new owner during the initial training and setup period.

Filta Franchisees

Filta offers franchisees a rock-solid base of support.  Filta franchisees are extensively trained, both in the classroom and in the field to be competent in all aspects of fryer and cooler management.  When you become a Filta owner you are provided with all of the tools necessary to become a success.  From operating your business to the knowledge necessary to effectively run and promote it, Filta give you the training and on-going support to excel.

It is easy to see why Filta was lauded as one of the fasted growing franchises in the U.S. for three years running.  This company offers investors a chance to get in on a vastly untapped and rapidly growing market.  If you are thinking about investing in your own business, then the Filta Group is a definite “must see”.

In today’s market there is an ever increasing expectancy by the public for businesses to “go green” and pursue more environmentally friendly approaches to business.  This demand reaches to all sectors of commerce, even into the realm of commercial kitchens and dining establishments.  Fortunately, Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions offers you a way to embrace the movement toward environmental conscientiousness while at the same time saving money in your business’s operating expenses.

What is Filta

Filta began in 1996 as a small waste oil management service operating in the U.K.  In initial Filta service, FiltaFry, provides a means for kitchens to optimize their fryer use, eliminating energy waste and cutting oil usage in half. In 2008, Filta expanded its focus into the area of cold storage, adding its superb FiltaCool line of services and products.  These specially designed filters extend produce life and minimize energy usage in commercial coolers.

For Filta, environmentally sound business has never been about being keeping up with social trends.  Eco-friendly conservation of resources just makes good sense.  The less waste in your business, the more money you save.

A Look at FiltaFry

FiltaFry, Filta’s first venture in kitchen management, is much more than simply a waste removal service.  FiltaFry offers a total fryer and cooking oil maintenance service.  Skilled technicians evaluate all aspects of your kitchen’s fryer operations and create a customized plan for eliminating waste and improving efficiency.  In fact, FiltaFry is so good at what it does that most customers see a decrease in oil usage of about 50%.  In most cases, using Filta to manage your fryers more than pays for itself.

The FiltaFry service in just about reducing your oil usage, though.  Filta’s knowledgeable technicians also service your fryers keeping them clean and working optimally.  They will also work with your staff, teaching them how to run your fryers more effectively.  FiltaFry’s comprehensive service reduces waste and energy use, creates a safer work environment and saves you money.

The FiltaCool Solution

Even if your establishment doesn’t use fryers, Filta can still help you reduce waste with its new FiltaCool commercial cooler filters.
These unobtrusive filters offer many of the same befits of energy efficiency and waste reduction that made FiltaFry an international success.  FiltaCool gives you a full-service cooler management solution that will increase the quality and longevity of your perishable food items.  These filters also improve your coolers’ efficiency and create a safer work environment.

The FiltaCool filters work to control humidity, and reduce the buildup of bacteria and gases in your coolers.  Moisture can cause a safety hazard for staff and suppliers, leading to costly slip-and-fall injuries.  Humidity also reduces the energy efficiency of your cooler by freezing on coils and preventing proper cooling.  Food destroying bacteria and gases spoil your foods and cause unseemly odors in your coolers.  With FiltaCool you can see a noticeable enhancement in the quality and freshness of your foods, allowing you to provide you customers with a better product.

Two Services, One Van

FiltaFry and FiltaCool are both available from one mobile source: your helpful local Filta representative.  Your Filta technician will come to you, on your schedule.  With just once visit a week, your business can see drastic reductions in waste and big savings in your operating costs.

It seems these days that you can hardly turn on the television or pick up a newspaper without seeing dire predictions about the environment and mankind’s effects on it.  There can be no denying any longer that our actions on the face of the globe have led to drastic consequences.  As more and more people take up the call to make the changes necessary to ensure a future for ourselves and our decedents, it is important that we find ways to improve the ways that we do business as well as the making the small changes required in our daily lives.

For those in the food-service industry, it isn’t always easy to find ways to become more environmentally conscientious.  Many seem to feel that there is little need to alter the way that we run our restaurants and commercial kitchens.  However, there are wastes and excesses that often go overlooked in these sectors.  Fortunately, businesses such as FiltaFry, offer a way to reduce this wastage and lessen the impact of dining establishments on the environment in a way that is economical and beneficial to the restaurant.

What is FiltaFry

FiltaFry is a comprehensive waste oil management service that utilizes an advance micro-filtration process to purify and clarify the oil used in a kitchen’s fryers.  The advanced FiltaFry filtration system can remove up to 99% of particulate matter, including microscopic carbon fibers accrued from burnt food particles, from cooking oil.  The end result is leaves cleaner and better tasting oil that lasts twice as long.  As a result, most FiltaFry user see their cooking oil usage drop by an average of 50%.

A More Efficient Kitchen

When you use FiltaFry, your kitchen will not only see a reduction in cooking oil waste, but you will significantly improve your energy efficiency as well.  Your FiltaFry technician will work with you to evaluate your fryer use and find ways to run your fryers more effectively and efficiently.  These skilled and highly trained professionals are intimately familiar with all aspects of fryer use and maintenance.  Far beyond just keeping your oil clean and usable, FiltaFry can provide you with invaluable tips for running your equipment more safely and efficiently.  By implementing your FiltaFry technicians recommendations you can start seeing some immediate savings on your energy bill and rest easy knowing that you are doing your part to lessen your negative environmental impact.

Saving the World, Saving You Money

FiltaFry is much more than just a waste oil management service.  When you use FiltaFry you are making a statement that you care about the environment and want to do your part in reducing waste and conserving resources.  However, the benefits are much greater than just being able to claim a “greener” way of doing business.  You will save a lot of money over the life of your business by eliminating waste.  You customers will love your more environmentally conscientious stance, but even more they will love how great your fried foods taste from being fried in FiltaFry micro-filtered oil.