The sophisticated FiltaCool filter system, designed especially for commercial refrigeration units, lowers the concentration of harmful gases, regulates humidity and reduces unpleasant odors in walk-in coolers and other cold storage devices.  FiltaCool will also keep your units running longer and more efficiently.  Let’s take a closer look at just how FiltaCool can save money for your business.
Food Savings
Restaurants and other commercial kitchens spend an average of 30 percent of their annual revenue on food costs.  FiltaCool provides a way to save big on your food costs.  FiltaCool filters extend the life of perishable food items, thereby helping you control food costs.

Let’s say that your restaurant brings in $1,000,000 annually.  That means that your food costs will be around $300,000.  Of that $300k, nearly 35% ($105k) will be spent of fresh produce, a good deal of which will end up in the dumpster after spoiling.  If FiltaCool filters saved you just 2% on the cost of produce, then you would be saving $175 each month ($2,100 annually) on just produce.  In reality, you would most likely see even greater savings.

Energy Savings
The potential to save you money doesn’t stop there.  Independent tests show that FiltaCool helps coolers run more efficiently and lowers cooler temperatures by 2-5 degrees.  FiltaCool filters have been demonstrated to reduce the energy use of coolers by as much as 10 percent.

The average walk-in cooler uses 20,000 kWh of energy per year.  At the national average of $0.11/kWh, the cost of running a cooler for one year comes out to around $2,244.  Using FiltaCool can reduce that figure, saving around $224 per cooler per year.  Your business will be able to proudly boast of your “greener” way of doing business while saving money.

Equipment Savings

Using less energy can lead to even greater savings as well.  FiltaCool users also report reduced spending on costly repairs and maintenance.  Because your equipment will have to work less to maintain a stable temperature in your coolers, its life can be extended by as much as 33 to 44 percent.

The cost of a 1.5 HP compressor and a 8200 BTU evaporator with 2 fans averages at around $3,000 with a 5 year life expectancy.  Filta can extend this systems use by 40%, adding on another 2 years of life and saving the owner $172 in equipment costs each year.  Filta can help you realize the full potential of your cooling systems and see them running longer.

From the minute FiltaCool filters are installed in your units you will start saving money.  Your produce will last longer, generating less waste and bigger profits.  Your equipment will run more efficiently and last longer.  FiltaCool is yet another way that Filta helps improve the way you do business in a “greener” and more cost-effective way.

FiltaFry has a better way.  Using a comprehensive oil filtration and fryer management service like FiltaFry is your first line of defense against waste, inefficiency and bad taste.  However, there are things you can do on your own to help save money and maximize the life of your cooking oil.  Here are a few simple guidelines you can implement in the use of your fryers that will reduce waste preserve the integrity of your oil.

Food Handling

The foods you fry have a direct effect on the chemical constitution of your oil, as do extraneous elements added into the oil.  Moisture left on foods rapidly deteriorates oil and reduces its usability.  It is critical that foods be thoroughly thawed and dried before frying.

When preparing foods, cut portions into uniform sizes to reduce burning.  Never season foods over the fryer.  Salts and seasoning powders will burn in the oil and create more carbon contamination.  If your establishment uses multiple sized fryers, use the smallest necessary for the food being prepared.  You can further minimize oil loss by fully straining foods after frying.

Fryer Optimization

Learning to properly use your fryers will also reduce waste.  It is vital to make sure that fryers are never overfilled.  Be careful not to overheat your oil.  Check your temperatures often and only heat oil to the appropriate for the food item being prepared.  While the fryer is in use, frequently strain out small pieces that break free.  When fragments are left to burn it creates carbon, one of the major factors in accelerated oil decomposition.

When fryers are not in use, keep the heat turned low.  When operational, frequently check the temperature of the oil and prevent dangerous and wasteful overheating.  Ask your FiltaFry technician to help you identify the settings and operational parameters that are best suited to your kitchen.

Equipment Care

The maintenance of your equipment will also affect its overall efficiency.  While no one can get you fryer working better than FiltaFry, there are things you can do between visits to keep you fryers running smoothly.  Always pack shortening tightly into the lower section of the fryer, being mindful to not leave pockets of air around the heating coils.  Finish packing before applying heat, and use only low heat to melt the shortening.

Strive to keep your fryers clean.  Skim the oil at least once every shift and clean the fryers at least once a day.  Your FiltaFry technician will gladly offer suggestions to your staff on how to keep your equipment running at peak performance and will inspect your equipment each week.

Of course the most important thing you can do to maximize your oil taste, quality and longevity is to have FiltaFry micro-filter your oil at least once each week.  FiltaFry’s advanced filtration system can help eliminate one half of your business’s oil costs and save you money while simultaneously improving the overall quality of your food.  FiltaFry offers your business savings you can taste.

What is the Filta Group

Started in the U.K. in 1996, Filta has quickly made a name for itself in the waste oil management industry.  Moving beyond the confines of Britain, it rapidly became an internationally celebrated name in the field of cooking oil and fryer management.  The Filta Group has built this sturdy status by providing commercial kitchens with an economical, eco-friendly means of reducing waste and increasing productivity.

AS of 2008 Filta has expanded their service with the addition of the FiltaCool line of cooler filters and management service.  Filta, long associated with environmentally sound business, improved workplace safety and big savings is now even more beneficial than ever.  As Filta continues to expand its products and services, its family of owners continues to grow as well.

The Filta Family

Filta offers its franchise owners an unrivaled and exclusively adapted base of support to back up their businesses.  Built-in to the introductory Filta package is a comprehensive system of classroom and in-the-field training designed to insure that franchisees are equipped with all of the knowledge and technical skill necessary to be a success in their businesses.  Franchise owners spend a week in the field with an experienced trainer (and peer owner) learning all of the intricacies of running a Filta business.

Every fresh franchisee is paired with a Business Development Manager.  This marketing professional works together with the franchisee in the owner’s territory to set up an initial customer base.  The assigned BDM will do all he or she can to make certain that a new Filta franchisee has a dependable source of income coming into the business before the owner takes full control.  The objective of the BDM is to ensure that a new franchisee begins his or her business with a minimum of $500 of repeat weekly business.

Filta Freedom

Filta franchise owners are privy to a degree of freedom that many other business owners are not.  The business is simple to manage and can easily be administered from the comfort of home.  Filta franchisees benefit from a low start-up cost.  Furthermore, the business maintains a very low overhead.  As the business grows, an owner can expand to more territories and can acquire more vans and technicians to increase their capacities.

With two great services, FiltaFry and FiltaCool, the Filta Group offers investors a straightforward means of doing a solid business and gives owners the means to take control of their careers and their financial futures.