Restaurant Technologies

What Restaurant Technologies does

Restaurant Technologies, Inc. (RTI) is a privately held, PE-backed provider of automated cooking oil management headquartered in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, with operations across the United States through 41 depots and a workforce of more than 1,200 employees. Founded in 1998, the company sells an integrated Total Oil Management (TOM) service to commercial kitchens, combining bulk cooking oil delivery, proprietary enclosed rendering tanks (in Standard, Portable, Outdoor, and Indoor/Outdoor configurations), smart fryer sensors, and a cloud-based T.O.M. Portal monitoring application, coupled with hands-free used cooking oil pickup and conversion into biofuel at refinery partners. The bundled service is sold under multi-year contracts with no upfront capital expenditure for the customer, bundling equipment, installation, training, and 24/7 support into a recurring service fee.

The company serves more than 45,000 commercial kitchens across QSR and fast casual, casual and fine dining, convenience stores, grocery deli operations, colleges and universities, hotels/resorts/casinos, and non-commercial food service (including the major contract feeders Aramark, Compass, Sodexo, and Restaurant Associates), with named customers spanning McDonald's, Burger King, KFC, Jack in the Box, Whataburger, Zaxby's, Shake Shack, Dave's Hot Chicken, Applebee's, Denny's, Chili's, Wegmans, Albertsons, Kwik Trip, Sheetz, Hyatt, JW Marriott, Penn Entertainment, and others. In 2024 the company recycled 363.7 million pounds of used cooking oil into renewable fuel under its ISCC-certified sustainable supply chain, and reports average per-location savings of $13,000/year, 9 labor hours/week, and 102 lbs of oil/week, alongside an 8-15% insurance premium reduction through its risk-management program.

Revenue is generated entirely through managed service agreements, distributed via an enterprise field sales motion targeting multi-unit operators, supported by a 24-hour customer hotline and event-led demand generation. Ownership carries private equity board representation (ECP and Conti), and the company has executed disclosed acquisitions (Pure Fill Solutions in 2015, Grease Lock in 2019) and a 2022 circular-economy partnership with Chevron Renewable Energy Group centered on biofuel use at its Des Moines depot. The historical investment ledger shows $25M raised in 2004 and approximately $60M across two 2006 rounds led by Parthenon Capital, MCG Capital, and Bain Capital Credit; no subsequent funding rounds are publicly disclosed.

Name

Restaurant Technologies

Legal name

Restaurant Technologies, Inc.

Website

https://rti-inc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Restaurant Technologies is a private, PE-backed provider of automated cooking oil management serving 45,000+ U.S. commercial kitchens through 41 depots, bundling bulk oil delivery, proprietary rendering tanks, smart sensor monitoring, used-oil pickup, and biofuel recycling under multi-year service agreements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Cooking Oil Management Services

NAICS

Fats and Oils Refining and Blending (311225), Food Product Machinery Manufacturing (333241), Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (3333)

SIC

Fats & Oils (2070), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560), Refrigeration & Service Industry Machinery (3580)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Frying Oils & Foodservice Oil Blends Manufacturing (AFAKAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Restaurant Technology Supplies (POS Hardware, Kiosks) Wholesale (AFAIALAM), Edible Oils & Food-Grade Liquid Terminals (TLAHABAJ)

Keywords

• Cooking oil management
• Commercial kitchen safety
• Oil recycling services
• Foodservice automation
• Kitchen operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Mendota

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Total Oil Management Service: All-inclusive service agreement covering automated oil delivery, storage tanks, monitoring, filtration, removal, and recycling. No upfront capital investment required - equipment, installation, maintenance, and training included in service fee. Customers save $250/week ($13,000/year), 9 hours of labor per week, and 102 lbs of oil per week on average.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Restaurant Technologies provides automated, end-to-end cooking oil management for commercial kitchens. The Total Oil Management (TOM) service delivers fresh bulk cooking oil, monitors filtration and usage through proprietary in-fryer sensors and the cloud-based T.O.M. Portal, automates oil disposal via closed-loop rendering tanks, and recycles the collected used cooking oil into biofuel. Equipment, installation, maintenance, and training are bundled into a multi-year service agreement with no upfront capital investment for the customer.

Product overview

Restaurant Technologies offers Total Oil Management (TOM), a unified automated cooking oil management platform consisting of multiple integrated components: bulk oil delivery (eliminating JIBs), proprietary oil rendering tanks (in Standard, Portable, Outdoor, and Indoor/Outdoor configurations), automated fryer oil filtration with smart sensors, the cloud-based T.O.M. Portal monitoring software, used cooking oil disposal/recycling into biofuel, an insurance premium savings program, and customer training resources. The system serves commercial kitchens across QSR, fast casual, casual/fine dining, convenience stores, grocery, higher education, hospitality, and non-commercial food service industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• T.O.M. (Total Oil Management): Web-based monitoring software that tracks oil filtration and usage, providing real-time insight into location operations.
• TOM Portal

Products and services

• Total Oil Management (TOM) Automated, end-to-end managed cooking oil service for commercial kitchens that delivers fresh oil, monitors filtration and usage via the T.O.M. Portal and in-fryer sensors, removes used cooking oil, and recycles it into biofuel. Includes proprietary rendering tanks and software oversight; equipment, installation, maintenance, and training are bundled into a multi-year service agreement.
• Bulk Cooking Oil Delivery Automated bulk cooking oil delivery service that eliminates jug-in-box (JIB) packaging. Tanks monitor oil levels and automatically alert the depot when refills are required; dispatches fresh oil (vegetable, canola, refined sunflower, corn, RTI Gold creamy soy blend, and tallow) to customer sites.
• Oil Rendering Tanks Proprietary closed-loop storage tanks for fresh and used cooking oil used as the on-premises hardware component of Total Oil Management. Available in Standard (28" diameter x 81" height, 1,400 lbs / 183 gallons), Portable (for multi-level facilities), Outdoor (88"L x 48"W x 50"H, 1,300 lbs / 169 gallons), and Indoor/Outdoor configurations with automatic controls for adding, filtering, and disposing of oil.
• Fryer Oil Filtration & Monitoring Service that combines smart sensors installed inside deep fryers with cloud-based monitoring to track oil filtration cycles, usage, and operational compliance. Sensors are configured to match each customer's standard operating procedures and push real-time data to the T.O.M. Portal for exception alerts.
• T.O.M. Portal Cloud-based monitoring software included with Total Oil Management that connects fryer sensors and tank systems to provide real-time oversight of oil usage, filtration compliance, and tank levels. Features include streamlined reporting, daily oil activity tracking, multi-location analysis, compliance alerts, and real-time tank-level monitoring.
• Used Cooking Oil Disposal & Recycling Automated, hands-free service for removing used cooking oil (UCO) from customer sites. UCO is transported to RTI depots and converted into biofuel at refinery partners (including Chevron Renewable Energy Group) for delivery to gas stations nationwide; the company recycled approximately 363 million pounds of UCO in 2024.
• Insurance Premium Savings Program Risk-management service that works with customers and their insurance brokers to reduce liability premiums by eliminating manual hot-oil handling hazards. Reported 95%+ success rate with average annual premium savings of 8-15% (approximately $1,500 per location).
• Training & Troubleshooting Resources Customer support offering including documentation, troubleshooting guides, and training videos covering Total Oil Management equipment, oil handling, and T.O.M. Portal software. Resources are available in English and Spanish.

Quantifiable outcome

• $13,000 annual savings per location ($250/week average)
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers50 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Chevron Renewable Energy GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022In 2022, Restaurant Technologies partnered with Chevron Renewable Energy Group to utilize biofuels from their Des Moines, Iowa depot. The pilot program was successful and the company plans to expand use of biofuels as they work together to create a circular economy for restaurant cooking oil.
• Bridgestone/BandagcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to retread tires on all Restaurant Technologies delivery trucks, supporting sustainability initiatives through reduced tire waste and improved fleet efficiency.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Darling Ingredients: Global rendering and used cooking oil collector (Diamond Green Diesel JV with Valero). Operates at much greater scale than RTI in the same UCO-to-renewable-diesel value chain and is RTI's most significant scaled competitor/buyer of rendered feedstock.
• Safeway Sanitation / Heritage-Crystal Clean (UCO division): Crystal Clean's Environmental Solutions segment collects and recycles used cooking oil from restaurants and foodservice operators. A comparable managed-services model on the oil-side of the business.
• Baker Commodities: Rendering company that collects used cooking oil and restaurant grease across the U.S. for conversion into tallow and biofuel feedstocks. Closely comparable business model to RTI on the collection-and-recycling leg of the value chain.
• Mahoney Environmental: One of the largest U.S. restaurant grease and cooking-oil collection companies. Direct competitor offering managed used cooking oil pickup, grease trap service, and oil recycling to foodservice operators — overlapping customer base and recycling end-market with RTI.

Emerging players

• Greasecycle: Regional managed cooking oil and grease collection provider serving restaurant chains. Smaller footprint than RTI but exercises the same direct-to-restaurant UCO managed-services playbook in selected metros.

Others

• Cargill: Largest global edible oils supplier — provides some of the bulk oil RTI delivers (canola, corn, soy blend). Supplier-side adjacency on RTI's fresh-oil cost-of-goods line and a potential vertical integration threat.

Broad incumbents

• Middleby Corporation: Dominant commercial kitchen equipment OEM (fryers, combi ovens). Same end-customers as RTI; potential vertical-integration risk if Middleby or peers embed oil-management sensing/filtration into next-generation fryers.
• Performance Food Group: Large U.S. foodservice distributor and operator of foodservice concepts (Vistar). Comparable scale foodservice recurring-revenue operator overlapping with RTI's customer footprint.
• US Foods: #2 U.S. foodservice distributor selling to many of the same QSR, casual dining, and hospitality customers as RTI. Comparable as a scaled, depot-based recurring revenue foodservice player.
• Sysco Corporation: Largest U.S. foodservice distributor and a long-standing RTI customer. While Sysco does not directly compete in oil management, it shares the same operator customer set and is a channel-level comparable for recurring revenue scale in foodservice.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors6 records

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M&A2 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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