Michigan Business Beat | Steve Bral - Metro-Detroit Business is Helping Ford Field

Michigan Business Network

Jeffrey Mosher speaks with Steve Bral, Owner, Filta, Metro-Detroit for the topic: How This Metro-Detroit Business is Helping Ford Field Lower Its Environmental Impact. Welcome Steve, Share your career path? Tell us about Filta? One thing on many in Michigan's minds – Lions football. Recently was the 84th time Detroit will play on Turkey Day. behind-the-scenes there is another story at play. So it's a a commercial kitchen cleaning service that specializes in oil micro-filtration services, please discuss your partnership with Ford Field to minimize environmental impact from the stadium? Showcase how they partner with Ford Field to micro filter cooking oil to extend its lifespan and make food taste better and then ultimately recycle cooking oil into biodiesel fuel. Besides servicing Ford Field for many years now, along with Little Caesars Arena, where else? local hospitals, universities and hundreds of Detroit restaurants. Across metro-Detroit, Bral’s Filta business has recycled 720,978 pounds of oil and 16,290 pounds from just Ford Field alone in one year. About Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions Since its inception in 1996, Filta has positioned itself as the pioneering leader of active fryer management and environmental kitchen sustainability across the food and hospitality industries. Brought to North America in 2002 as a franchise concept, Filta is part of United Kingdom-based Franchise Brands (AIM: FRAN). The cornerstone of the company’s offering is FiltaFry, the complete fryer management service incorporating on-site micro-filtration as well as the removal, recycling, and replacement of cooking oil. Furthermore, the brand provides humidity control in cold storage devices through FiltaCool and prevents drain blockage through its grease-free drain foam brand FiltaDrain. Visit www.gofilta.com for more information and www.gofilta.com/franchise for franchise development opportunities.