Co-Founder, Oil Guyz
Joey Bolohan co-founded Oil Guyz in 2026 after a decade of founding and operating software companies. He and co-founder Matthew Ashrafi watched a restaurant manager argue with a hauler who had not shown up in three weeks, with the oil overflowing and a health inspector already threatening a fine, and decided the used cooking oil industry deserved better software. He works on the collection platform, the digital CDFA manifest system, and the customer portal, and writes here about compliance, kitchen operations, and how the used cooking oil supply chain actually works.
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Used cooking oil pickup in Fremont is free for restaurants. Learn the Union Sanitary District FOG rules, the Peninsula grease codes, and how setup works.
Used cooking oil pickup in San Jose is free for restaurants, with a locked bin and a digital manifest after every pickup. How it fits San Jose FOG rules.
Where to recycle cooking oil in Los Angeles and Orange County: verified drop-off locations, which bin your city actually allows, and the free holiday drop-off.
The day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for plumbers. Here is why turkey-fryer grease wrecks SoCal drains, and the free fix.
Oakland and East Bay used cooking oil pickup: free service for restaurants across Alameda County, plus the EBMUD, StopWaste, and CDFA rules you have to meet.
Learn the right way to dispose of turkey fryer oil after Thanksgiving: cool it, store it, never pour it down the drain, and drop it off free for recycling.
San Francisco FOG rules explained: SFPUC grease interceptor requirements, where restaurants recycle used cooking oil, recordkeeping, and free pickup.
Seattle FOG rules explained: SPU's grease interceptor and 25% rules, the 100 ppm limit, who inspects, recordkeeping, and how used cooking oil pickup fits in.
Bay Area used cooking oil pickup: the complete free-service guide for restaurants. FOG rules, CDFA licensing, theft, costs, and how to choose a hauler.
Seattle used cooking oil pickup: free service across King County, how it works, SPU FOG rules, recycling into renewable fuel, theft, costs, and choosing a hauler.
A restaurant guide to free used cooking oil pickup in Tacoma and Pierce County, WA, plus the Tacoma FOG program and Health Department rules you must follow.
Casino used cooking oil pickup and recycling, explained: how casinos and country clubs handle high-volume buffet and banquet frying across multiple outlets on one account, with a CDFA digital manifest after every pickup, one dashboard, and free locked anti-theft containers.
What to do with leftover restaurant cooking oil: store it in a sealed, locked container, never drain or dumpster it, and schedule free licensed pickup with manifests.
How restaurant chains manage used cooking oil pickup across locations: the operational playbook for one account, standardized locked containers, scheduled pickups, one dashboard, and a CDFA digital manifest per site.
How franchise owners standardize used cooking oil pickup across every unit: a 2026 playbook for building one corporate program franchisees opt into, consistent CDFA digital manifests, one dashboard for every location, and month-to-month terms that respect franchisee independence.
Yes, you can recycle home fryer oil, but not curbside. Learn how to cool, bottle, and drop off used cooking oil at an HHW or collection site, and never down the drain.
Fried chicken restaurant used cooking oil degrades faster and runs higher volume than any other kitchen. Here's the disposal cadence, compliance, and free-pickup setup.
Cooking oil management software compared for restaurants: what a standalone tracking app does, what only a collection service can do, how to evaluate compliance platforms, and which combination fits a multi-unit operation.
Set cooking oil pickup frequency by gallons per week and container size. A volume-to-schedule table for restaurants, plus how to avoid overflow and stay compliant.
The environmental benefits of recycling cooking oil: up to 80% lower lifecycle carbon as biodiesel, renewable diesel, and SAF, plus cleaner sewers and zero landfill.
Hospital used cooking oil pickup for healthcare facilities: how dietary kitchens and cafeterias across a system get scheduled collection, a locked anti-theft container, CDFA digital manifests, and one dashboard for every site.
Los Angeles used cooking oil pickup: how to choose the best company restaurants can trust, CDFA-registered, free, no-contract, secure, with digital manifests after every pickup.
Convenience store used cooking oil: a practical 2026 guide for c-store and gas-station owners on roller-grill and fryer oil pickup, theft-proof containers at unattended sites, small-volume scheduling, multi-site consolidation, and CDFA digital manifests, with sourced figures.
What is used cooking oil worth per gallon in 2026? How yellow grease prices work, what drives value (FFA, MIU, LCFS), and why CA restaurants get free pickup.
Plain-English guide to cooking oil compliance for California restaurants, what the law actually requires, what inspectors check, and the 3 documents every operator needs.
Cooking oil container theft prevention for California restaurants: why thieves target kitchen bins, what federal and state investigations uncovered, and which locked containers and manifest records actually stop grease theft.
Commercial cooking oil disposal by venue type: hotels, stadiums, ghost kitchens, catering, and multi-location chains. Volumes, scheduling, and how to pick a hauler.
Everything restaurant owners need to know about used cooking oil pickup, how it works, what to expect on pickup day, how to choose a reliable provider, and how to stay compliant in California.
Ever wonder where your used fryer oil goes after it's collected? Here's the full story, from your restaurant's container to biodiesel, renewable diesel, and beyond.
Learn safe, compliant fryer oil disposal methods for commercial kitchens in Southern California. Includes change schedules, handling tips, and CA regulations.
CDFA licensing, manifest rules, FOG ordinances, and inspection risk. The Southern California restaurant operator's guide to cooking oil pickup compliance, written in plain English.
The truth about selling used cooking oil to a yellow grease buyer, why most restaurants should not expect a rebate and what really happens to the money.
A practical guide to verifying your grease hauler's California CDFA IKG registration, what to check, red flags to watch for, and how to look up any hauler.
Complete checklist of grease-related items health inspectors look for during California restaurant inspections. Prepare in advance and pass every time.
California grease trap cleaning frequency requirements, warning signs it needs pumping, and how to stay compliant with local health codes.
Picture the bin that never overflows and the compliant digital manifest already in your inbox. Used cooking oil pickup is free because we are paid for the oil, not by you. Every week you wait is another overflowing bin and another gap in your records. Free locked bin, confirmed the same business day, first pickup in 3 to 5 business days, no contract, cancel anytime. New routes are scheduled in the order they come in, so get on the list today.
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