FOG management key for any catering operation when it comes to optimising employee safety, running costs and hygiene
Commercial kitchen grease control specialists agree £7m UK merger
Filta Group Holdings adds scale to kitchen management offering with takeover of rival business
FOG important to keep kitchens moving this Christmas, says Lanes Group
The firm urges caterers to dispose of waste properly in the festive period, a time which generally sees an increase in waste.
Pub chosen for historic kitchen FOG trial two years ago gives grease blockages the slip
A pub at the heart of a historic cooking oil and fats trial involving Southern Water says the solution it opted for is still working wonders almost two years after it was put in place. The Pelham Arms pub in Lewes installed a number of GreasePaks from Mechline back in 2016 in a bid to…
Mass of restaurant fat and grease turned into London museum exhibit
A piece of Thames Water’s infamous Whitechapel Fatberg – partly created from the poor waste practices of local restaurants and cafes – is set to be seen by visitors from across the globe in the coming months as it takes centre stage in a new display at the Museum of London. The unique exhibit called ‘Fatberg!’…
EXCLUSIVE: Suppliers unite to clear up confusion around kitchen grease
Manufacturers of grease removal units have agreed to put aside their competitive differences for the good of the industry and develop a FOG code of practice, FEJ can reveal. Suppliers belonging to the CESA FOG group met last week and sanctioned plans to draw up a document that will provide operators and kitchen designers with…
Restaurant kitchens cop blame for ‘fatberg’ as heavy as 11 double-decker buses
Restaurants and food outlets are largely to blame for a 250-metre long fatberg clogging up a sewer under London’s Whitechapel Road. The fatberg is one of the largest ever found, with the extreme rock-solid mass of fats, oil and domestic disposables weighing the same as 11 double-decker buses. It is blocking a stretch of Victorian sewer…
The Pelham Arms, no longer up in arms over FOG
Southern Water has been forward thinking with how they guide food service outlets when looking for solutions to tackle the ongoing issue of Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG) entering drains and jeopardising localized sewage networks. There have been cases where hospitality and food service operators have faced continued blockages, flooding and looming fines as a…
Restaurants told that kitchen grease has ‘profit potential’
Restaurants should be encouraged to see FOG as a “resource”, industry experts have concluded in the wake of a fine handed down to a café found guilty of clogging up a sewer. Severn Trent Water’s successful prosecution of Café Saffron in Codsall highlighted the issue of fats, oil and grease – and underlined the need…
OPINION: Kitchen design and the great grease trap dilemma
During the design of a commercial kitchen, with today’s regulations and enforcement challenges that owners face, getting the correct information in regard to the design of a kitchen is a significant challenge, writes William Clark, director of Aluline. Good business practice would be to contract a good professional consultant. This will ensure all the current…
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