Filta Group Articles

As more and more people latch on to the idea of environmentally friendly practice, many businesses find that they are having trouble keeping up. Running business as usual is no longer acceptable and many businesses that thought they could succeed still going the way they were- old, tired practices that were hard on the earth [...]

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be in control of your own financial future? Perhaps you have been giving some thought to becoming self employed, but between steep start up costs and not being all together sure how to make it all happen, you’re a little intimidated. Having a look into [...]

For a restaurant owner, it can be extremely disheartening to walk into your cooler and realize that a substantial portion of your produce has gone bad before you could even use it.  Even worse are the times when frozen condensation causes your cooler to stop working properly, raising the temperature and spoiling everything.  Fortunately, the [...]

All restaurant owners are familiar with the hassle and potential expense of disposing of their restaurants’ unwanted used cooking oils.  However, many are unaware of a new trend that offers to alleviate this burden of restaurant ownership.  In the face of rising gas prices and a push toward environmental consciousness, many motorists are turning to [...]

One of the greatest, and often most overlooked, resources available to a franchise owner is a network of experienced and knowledgeable peers.  These business owners understand, on a practical and personal level, the intricacies of running a franchise under the same brand name.  It is a shrewd and savvy businessman who builds up this inherent  [...]

One of the most significant advantages of buying a franchise, as opposed to starting up an independent business, is the availability of marketing support from the franchising company.  It is readily visible how having an already established brand name, a strong pre-existing customer base and well funded, broad reaching marketing campaigns is vastly beneficial to [...]

A major issue in franchising in recent years, and one which should be carefully considered by any potential franchise owner, is the problem of market saturation.  Market saturation occurs when enough of the same brand franchises operate within a given geographic location that the demand for the franchise’s product is less than the combined supply [...]

While the allure and benefits of entering into a franchising arrangement are great, there are some considerations to make when deciding if operating a franchise is the right decision for the individual business owner.  Placing oneself under the umbrella of a larger financial entity can help allay risk and offer a greater chance of success, [...]