Onboard pump makes it safer and easier to collect oil from multiple locations

When Frontline International released its Waste Cooking Oil Containment Caddy three years ago, it was revolutionary. Now it’s even better, with the addition of its own pump and wand to draw oil into the tank. 

Nicknamed the “Tank Tank” because it’s an oil tank and also mobile and rugged like a military tank—the Model 74SS-NA caddy with the extra-large 74-gallon tank is perfect for operations with numerous fryers dispersed at various locations within a building. Think of mall food courts, with their multiple restaurants, individual kitchens, and limited access for a central collection system.

The Tank Tank easily wheels to each location, its extra-large capacity accepting multiple deposits before needing to be emptied. Now, the onboard motor and pump make oil collection completely hands-free. Plus, once oil is housed safely inside, it can be transported with no hazardous sloshing. It’s locked in!

In addition to shopping mall environments, the Tank Tank is also ideal for sports stadiums with concession stands, conference centers, airports, casinos, and colleges and universities, among others. It can also serve as its own secure storage tank for smaller operations with a lower used oil turnover.

The unit can be safely rolled to fryers or temporary storage tanks where it suctions out the contents. When the tank is full, operators simply wheel it to a permanently positioned, centrally located containment tank and pump the used oil into the permanent tank. It helps eliminates the risk of burns, slips, and falls, which can often increase in likelihood when walking any distance with exposed oil. All hoses and attachments come standard. The Tank Tank is also available in a 47-gallon capacity for smaller operations. 

About Frontline International

Frontline International, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes superior commercial foodservice equipment for the storage, handling, and disposal of cooking oil. Customers own their own equipment, negotiate their own oil rebates, and have the freedom to choose their own oil vendors. The company also offers turnkey oil management under its OilCare^® bundled services program. Frontline International and its Smart Oil Management^® systems offer users more freedom and more control over their processes and their profits. For more information, contact Frontline International, Inc. at 187 Ascot Parkway, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223. Phone: +1 330-861-1100. Toll free: 1-877-776-1100. Web: http://www.frontlineii.com.Email: info@frontlineii.com.

Giovanni Brienza featured on panel debating sustainability in foodservice

Frontline International vice president Giovanni Brienza was a featured speaker on a panel debate during the first day of the Restaurant & Takeaway Innovation Expo 2018. Brienza spoke on the topic “Ethical Eats: How Sustainable is Your Business?”

He was asked a number of questions relating to the appropriate disposal of fats, oils, and greases, and how various practices can impact the environment. Brienza told attendees that pouring waste oil down the drain sadly remains a common practice.

“Municipal sewer systems are not designed to process cooking oil—or any kind of oil,” Brienza told the audience. “Some people like to think they dump it down the drain and the problem goes away, but the problem is just starting. It clogs pipes, causes ruptures, blockages, and costly repairs. It’s bad for the environment … It’s just a bad practice. Don’t do it.”

Brienza also discussed how choosing the right oil management equipment can encourage proper disposal of oil and make it easy to earn money by selling waste oil to a render. 

“Renderers are sometimes called ‘the original recyclers,’” said Brienza. “Using a renderer to properly dispose of fats, oils, and greases may be the ultimate in sustainability. The product has already served a useful purpose: to provide food for people. Now it’s going to be collected and converted into something else that people can use. That can be as diverse as biofuel, nutrient additives to pet food and animal feed, or for use in paint or candles.”  

Adam Petyt, director of Cornware UK, and Gavin Curr, an accountant with MB Consultancy, joined Brienza on the panel. Restaurant & Takeaway Innovation Expo 2018, Europe’s only trade show for the foodservice industry focused on innovation, was held Sept. 25 and 26 in London.

“It was an honor to be selected to speak on the panel debate,” said Brienza. “These are important topics facing our industry, and I was pleased to share Frontline International’s message of safety, sustainability, and savings with the audience.”

About Frontline International

Frontline International, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes superior commercial foodservice equipment for the storage, handling, and disposal of cooking oil. Customers own their own equipment, negotiate their own oil rebates, and have the freedom to choose their own oil vendors. Frontline International and its Smart Oil Management systems offer users more freedom and more control over their processes and their profits. For more information, contact Frontline International, Inc. at 187 Ascot Parkway, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223. Phone: +1 330-861-1100. Toll free: 1-877-776-1100. Web: http://www.frontlineii.com. Email: info@frontlineii.com.

Smart Oil Management™solutions recognized on international stage

Frontline International, a leading provider of cooking oil management equipment, was named a finalist for the prestigious Kitchen Innovation Award at the Restaurant & Takeaway Innovation Expo 2018 in London, England. The award presentation was held on Tuesday. 

Frontline was nominated for its full complement of Smart Oil Management™ systems, including its signature EZ Oil™system for dispensing packaged oil, completely automated Direct-Plumbed®waste oil system, and web-based M3 data management software. 

“This is the largest restaurant innovation show in Europe, so making it to the finals is truly an honor,” said Giovanni Brienza, vice president of Frontline. “We won in 2015 and appreciate being recognized again on such a prestigious international stage.”

At the Expo, held in London Sept. 25 and 26, Innovation Awards were presented in six categories: Business Innovation, Kitchen Innovation, Food & Drink Innovation, Product Innovation, Coffee Excellence, and Tech Product of the Year. One winner was named in each of the six categories to “recognize the innovators who are paving the way toward the world of tomorrow.”

The Kitchen Innovation category considered products “that will serve kitchens for years to come, outstanding for its quality, functionality, and innovation in facilitating back-of-the-house operations.”

About Frontline International

Frontline International, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes superior commercial foodservice equipment for the storage, handling, and disposal of cooking oil. Customers own their own equipment, negotiate their own oil rebates, and have the freedom to choose their own oil vendors. Frontline International and its Smart Oil Management systems offer users more freedom and more control over their processes and their profits. For more information, contact Frontline International, Inc. at 187 Ascot Parkway, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223. Phone: +1 330-861-1100. Toll free: 1-877-776-1100. Web: http://www.frontlineii.com. Email: info@frontlineii.com.

New funnel and improved heater controls highlight changes

Frontline International has redesigned its popular Heated Grill Grease System to be safer and cleaner and to accommodate more grills than before. Key changes include a new shape and the addition of a funnel to guide fat into the containment bin. 

Other new features are an integral pump for worry-free transfer of grease to containment tanks, and new heater controls to more precisely and efficiently keep fats in a constant liquid state. 

The Heated Grill Grease System allows users to collect grill grease throughout the serving day and then pump it into any of Frontline International’s waste-containment tanks. Solids are filtered via the extra-large sediment basket, preserving the high quality of the oil while protecting the integrity of the equipment’s pump and motor.

The redesign does an even better job of efficiently routing grease to the collection area and away from employees and kitchen surfaces. This improves safety and overall cleanliness.

Operation is easy: When the caddy is near full—or at scheduled intervals when the grill is less busy—carefully pull the caddy to the Frontline International used-oil storage tank or pumping station and easily pump the waste grease into the tank.

About Frontline International

Frontline International, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes superior commercial foodservice equipment for the storage, handling, and disposal of cooking oil. Customers own their own equipment, negotiate their own oil rebates, and have the freedom to choose their own oil vendors. Frontline International and its Smart Oil Management systems offer users more freedom and more control over their processes and their profits. For more information, contact Frontline International, Inc. at 187 Ascot Parkway, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223. Phone: +1 330-861-1100. Toll free: 1-877-776-1100. Web: http://www.frontlineii.com. Email: info@frontlineii.com.

30,000 sq. ft. facility will dramatically increase manufacturing capacity 

Frontline International has announced an expansion project that will double the size of its headquarters in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Following completion in Sept. 2018, the facility will total 30,000 square feet.

Virtually every aspect of Frontline’s business will be touched by the project, including significantly larger warehouse capacity to facilitate faster delivery of product. Fabrication and welding departments will also see expansion for faster product turnaround while maintaining critical quality standards.

Dramatic increases in international and domestic equipment sales spurred the new construction. New programs were also contributing factors, including the launch of OilCare®, a turnkey initiative for which cooking oil management services are bundled with fixed monthly equipment leases, helping customers access company services by financing the total cost. Increased manufacturing and warehousing capacity will position the company to better respond to the needs of customers globally.

Frontline moved to the Cuyahoga Falls location in 2010 after previously being based in nearby Barberton. At that time, company officials mindfully designed the plant to be modular to easily respond to future growth. 

“We’re excited about our current growth trajectory,” John Palazzo, president of Frontline International. “This expansion will help us stay better connected to our customer base while continuing to spread our message of safe, sustainable, and profitable cooking oil use throughout the world. We look forward to the years ahead, with an eye on additional expansion in the future.”

About Frontline International

Frontline International, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes superior commercial foodservice equipment for the storage, handling, and disposal of cooking oil. Customers own their own equipment, negotiate their own oil rebates, and have the freedom to choose their own oil vendors. The company also offers turnkey oil management under its OilCare® bundled services program. Frontline International and its Smart Oil Management® systems offer users more freedom and more control over their processes and their profits. For more information, contact Frontline International, Inc. at 187 Ascot Parkway, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223. Phone: +1 330-861-1100. Toll free: 1-877-776-1100. Web: http://www.frontlineii.com. Email: info@frontlineii.com.

Stealing used cooking oil is a $40 million dollar-per-year business. Restaurants are ripe targets and often don’t realize how easy it is to secure this precious commodity. Frontline International’s integrated anti-theft valve makes sure that no one drains oil storage tanks unless they are authorized to do so.

Why would anyone want to steal used grease? Because of its value to the production of biofuel and other byproducts like animal feed. It is estimated that 8 percent of all used oil intended for collection slips into the hands of thieves. That’s nearly 200 million pounds of stolen grease, selling at two to three dollars per gallon.

Now, restaurants and their renderers can easily protect themselves and eliminate the theft threat. Frontline collection ports with the integrated anti-theft valve make it impossible for thieves to drain stored oil. The anti-theft valve can only be opened by entering a password on a control panel on the tank.

The valve can also be opened remotely if foodservice operators choose Frontline’s web-based M3 Data Management System, which helps monitor, measure, and manage cooking oil usage while controlling profits from used oil resale. M3 provides data and reports to track usage and collection statistics and compare them daily, weekly, and monthly. Automatic alarms are sent before fresh oil supplies are exhausted or the waste oil tank reaches “full.” Oil collection companies can even be alerted when it is time to collect.

No matter which option is chosen, Frontline gives operators the weapons they need to lay down the law against oil thieves and keep their share of this vital commodity.

About Frontline International

Frontline International, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes superior commercial foodservice equipment for the storage, handling, and disposal of cooking oil. Customers own their own equipment, negotiate their own oil rebates, and have the freedom to choose their own oil vendors. Frontline International and its Smart Oil Management systems offer users more freedom and more control over their processes and their profits. For more information, contact Frontline International, Inc. at 187 Ascot Parkway, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223. Phone: +1 330-861-1100. Toll free: 1-877-776-1100. Web: http://www.frontlineii.com. Email: info@frontlineii.com.

Deeper reservoir more than doubles shortening capacity

Frontline International has redesigned its signature EZ Oil™ Fresh Oil Dispensing System to dramatically increase capacity. The patented EZ Oil process employs boxed oil, held in an inverted position, that is plumbed to a reservoir. With the redesign, the depth of the reservoir has been more than doubled, which also more than doubles its shortening capacity.

EZ Oil’s integral pump moves oil at the touch of a button from the reservoir to awaiting fryer vats. Over and above the filled reservoir, the unit racks more plumbed boxed oil, helping to ensure the reservoir remains filled and ready. Because this reservoir is now 10 inches deep, up from 4 inches, it will hold 350 pounds of shortening, up from 140 pounds.

The new, greater capacity accommodates the industry’s largest fryers, and also is ideal for kitchens with several fryers that need to be plumbed in a chain using a single, automated dispensing system.

“Sometimes bigger is better,” said Giovanni Brienza, vice president of Frontline International. “By increasing the capacity of the EZ Oil reservoir, we’re giving customers more of what they love about it. They can now go more than twice as long between reloading, ensuring peak performance during lunch and dinner rush.”

The centerpiece of Frontline International’s Smart Oil Management™ systems, EZ Oil is the convenient, safer, and more cost-effective way to refill fryers with fresh cooking oil. Upside-down storage dispenses every drop of oil, increasing yields by up to 10%.

Whether the system is direct-plumbed or implements the dispensing wand, fresh cooking oil flows freely and easily from the boxes on the rack into the fryers. This system can dramatically improve workplace safety, as hands and floors are kept clean and grease-free.

About Frontline International

Frontline International, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes superior commercial foodservice equipment for the storage, handling, and disposal of cooking oil. Customers own their own equipment, negotiate their own oil rebates, and have the freedom to choose their own oil vendors. Frontline International and its Smart Oil Management systems offer users more freedom and more control over their processes and their profits. For more information, contact Frontline International, Inc. at 187 Ascot Parkway, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223. Phone: +1 330-861-1100. Toll free: 1-877-776-1100. Web: http://www.frontlineii.com. Email: info@frontlineii.com.

Philippines distributor opens new part of the world to Ohio company

Ohio-based Frontline International, a leading provider of Smart Oil Management™ systems for foodservice operators around the world, is expanding its reach in Asia. The company has signed an agreement with Philippines-based Technolux for distribution and service of its products in the region.

John Palazzo, president of Frontline International, said, “It is always our goal to bring our safe, efficient, and environmentally friendly products to fast-expanding territories. Partnering with Technolux gives us a direct point of access to this exciting and emerging market. Technolux has a 65-year history in the Philippine market and beyond. It is a name that stands for quality in that part of the world, with a reputation for attentive service as sterling as our own. We are proud to be aligned with them.”

Technolux is the Philippines’ largest importer and supplier of food service equipment, serving the major players in the nation’s food and hospitality industries. With strategic locations throughout the islands, Technolux’s team of sales, technical, and engineering experts are well-positioned to bring Frontline International’s leading equipment to this new territory.

The environmental impact and profit potential of collecting and recycling used cooking oil is sure to present new opportunities for many in this part of the world. Through the new deal, operators of commercial kitchens will have access to solid advice and regular visits from an experienced team.

Frontline International’s fresh and waste oil management equipment will continue to be designed and manufactured in the United States.

About Frontline International

Frontline International, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes superior commercial foodservice equipment for the storage, handling, and disposal of cooking oil. Customers own their own equipment, negotiate their own oil rebates, and have the freedom to choose their own oil vendors. Frontline International and its Smart Oil Management systems offer users more freedom and more control over their processes and their profits. For more information, contact Frontline International, Inc. at 187 Ascot Parkway, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223. Phone: +1 330-861-1100. Toll free: 1-877-776-1100. Web: http://www.frontlineii.com. Email: info@frontlineii.com.

Rotisserie chicken ovens are a high-margin addition to professional foodservice kitchens, with seemingly just one drawback: the mess. A single rotisserie can discharge up to 70 pounds of grease each day, and all that rendered chicken fat needs somewhere to go. Gravity sends it dripping downward, where standard collection pans just can’t keep up.

One solution is Frontline International’s Low-Profile Transport Caddy. Smooth-rolling with heavy-duty casters, the stainless steel caddy slides right under the rotisserie oven and holds up to 75 pounds of grease. When the caddy is full, simply secure the lid, roll it to the containment tank, connect the hose, and pump out the contents. There’s no mess to clean up and no need for employees to handle hot grease, which significantly reduces the risk of slips, falls, and burns.

The Low-Profile Transport Caddy’s ease of use promotes compliance with proper grease disposal protocols, saving the environment and city pipes from the ravages of grease that is poured down the drain. The Environmental Protection Agency says this practice is responsible for nearly half of all sewer blockages in the U.S. each year, costing millions in repairs. Further, ground water polluted with grease kills plants and animals and damages ecosystems.

Frontline International is a trusted partner in complete cooking oil solutions for the foodservice kitchen. While the caddy needs just 8.25 inches of clearance, the company’s team can even custom engineer one that sits extra-low to the ground. Safety features include a lid latch and a breakaway power cord to prevent tip-overs and tripping hazards.

A critical companion to any rotisserie oven, Frontline International’s Low-Profile Transport Caddy is the ideal way to eliminate a messy kitchen job while helping to assure quality and safety.

About Frontline International

Frontline International, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes superior commercial foodservice equipment for the storage, handling, and disposal of cooking oil. Customers own their own equipment, negotiate their own oil rebates, and have the freedom to choose their own oil vendors. Frontline International and its Smart Oil Management systems offer users more freedom and more control over their processes and their profits. For more information, contact Frontline International, Inc. at 187 Ascot Parkway, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223. Phone: +1 330-861-1100. Toll free: 1-877-776-1100. Web: http://www.frontlineii.com. Email: info@frontlineii.com.

Put Grease into Sustainable Biofuel, Not Sewer Drains

Improper disposal of waste cooking oil is a major problem throughout the industrialized world. The consequences of which were on display this September in east London, when city sewers became clogged by a mammoth grease blockage that was an incredible 820 feet long and weighed 130 tons. Crews worked seven days a week to chip away at the accumulated grease, which had mixed with other sewage materials to form a dense mass the consistency of concrete.

“It’s frustrating, as these situations are totally avoidable and caused by fat, oil and grease being washed down [drains],” said Matt Rimmer, Thames Water’s head of waste networks.  

Nearly half of all sewer blockages in the United States are caused by improper disposal of cooking oil. Each year local governments spend millions of dollars on repairs to undo the damage. Even blockages that don’t make it into the wider system can harm a building’s pipes and cost thousands to remedy.

Cooking oil also has devastating effects on the environment if it reaches lakes and streams. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency treats it just like petroleum, citing the toxic potential. 

It doesn’t have to be this way. Frontline International Smart Oil Management™ systems make it easy to handle, recycle, and even profit from cooking oil and grease. With Frontline International waste oil collection equipment, cooking oil is effortlessly guided to and retained in tanks loaded with technology that monitors every drop. This is important since every drop is a valuable commodity traded for rebates. The system also helps kitchens monitor fresh oil supply, extend its life, and save money. 

Customers purchase and own their fresh oil- and waste oil-handling equipment, incurring no monthly leasing fees. By collecting and disposing of waste oil safely and tracking oil usage data, restaurateurs, grocery chains, commissary operators and more utilize Frontline International equipment to realize increased control and profitability. 

About Frontline International

Frontline International, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes superior commercial foodservice equipment for the storage, handling, and disposal of cooking oil. Customers own their own equipment, negotiate their own oil rebates, and have the freedom to choose their own oil vendors. Frontline International and its Smart Oil Management systems offer users more freedom and more control over their processes and their profits. For more information, contact Frontline International, Inc. at 187 Ascot Parkway, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223. Phone: +1 330-861-1100. Toll free: 1-877-776-1100. Web: http://www.frontlineii.com. Email: info@frontlineii.com