PLACENTIA AND LOS ANGELES, CA— Choosing a Bay area commercial hood cleaning company based on price instead of quality could lead to trouble down the road.

American Professional Services (APS-Hoods), a nationwide company based in Denver that provides Bay area hood sales, cleaning and installation services, recently picked up a new account of eight McDonald’s restaurants after shoddy service provided by another hood cleaning company contributed to a kitchen fire in one of the establishments.

APS-Hoods had provided repair services for these restaurants in the past, said Massoud Farazandeh, chief executive officer of the company, which provides Bay area hood cleanings and other services. (more…)

PLACENTIA AND LOS ANGELES, CA— A restaurant kitchen can be a miserable place to work if it isn’t properly ventilated.

Sweltering heat and lingering smoke are sure signs that a commercial kitchen isn’t pulling in fresh air and pumping out hot air effectively, said Massoud Farazandeh, chief executive officer of APS-Hoods, a Santa Ana hood sales company. The headquarters for APS-Hoods is located in Colorado, but the company opened a Placentia fabrication plant in August of last year in an effort to better address the increasing demand for Santa Ana hood installations, as well as its other services throughout California.

“Our job is to ensure that ‘hot and smokey’ describes only food in restaurants, not kitchen conditions,” Farazandeh said.
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PLACENTIA AND LOS ANGELES, CA— This is the time of year when millions of people make personal resolutions.

American Professional Services (APS-Hoods), a Los Angeles and Santa Ana hood sale company, recommends to restaurant owners and managers that they also make at least one work-related resolution this year: schedule their routine hood cleanings for the entire year.

“We do this with most of our existing clients and we have found over the years that this is the best way for restaurants to stay on target with this highly important task,” said Massoud Farazandeh, chief executive officer of APS-Hoods, a Santa Ana hood cleaning company. APS-Hoods is headquartered in Colorado, but opened a fabrication plant in Placentia in August 2009 to address the growing demand for Santa Ana hood installations and its other services throughout California. (more…)

PLACENTIA AND LOS ANGELES, CA— This is the time of year when lots of families plan for big meals at home.

To save some time in the kitchen, many people opt to order their main course items, such as turkeys and hams, from a restaurant rather than make it at home themselves.

This is great news for restaurants, particularly in a struggling economy, but it means that restaurant owners and managers also must be mindful of their hood cleaning schedules, said Massoud Farazandeh, chief executive officer of APS-Hoods, a company that provides Los Angeles and Victorville, CA hood cleaning services, as well as hood services throughout the entire state of California.

APS-Hoods also offers Victorville, CA hood sales and hood installation services.

“A lot of business owners can relate to the idea that at this time of year, it’s difficult to do anything more than simply manage their restaurants because this time of year is so busy,” he said. “But ignoring routine hood cleanings or additional hood cleanings due to increased cooking volume could spell disaster.”

Grease and residue that are left to accumulate in kitchen hoods, ducts and fan systems creates a fire hazard.
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PLACENTIA, CA— When it comes to commercial kitchen hood installation and cleaning, professionalism and quality are paramount, according to one Los Angeles and Apple Valley hood Installation Company.

That is why, three months after opening its satellite location in Placentia, CA, American Professional Services (APS-Hoods) continues to train professional managers, installers and cleaners on how a quality hood sales, cleaning and installation business is run, said Massoud Farazandeh, chief executive officer of APS-Hoods.

APS-Hoods has worked throughout California since the company’s inception in 1989. It opened a satellite location in California in August to better provide Apple Valley hood sales and Apple Valley hood cleaning services, as well as continue to service the entire state. (more…)

The APS marketing team has been monitoring the rate of new hood cleaning jobs in the Colorado cities of Boulder, Longmont, and Fort Collins. Its findings show that APS was the most popular restaurant exhaust hood cleaning company for these cities in the past three months. For Boulder hood cleaning in particular, APS showed a 15 % increase in its new customer base. This is despite issues such as the poor economy, and restaurants cutting back on hood cleaning services.

Just last week when an APS hood cleaning crew was servicing a new account in Boulder, it collected 27 liters of hardened grease from inside the duct system. Once shown to the customer, the gentleman was in awe. He had been getting his hoods cleaned regularly by another company for the past 15 years. “It’s easy to only clean the areas immediately noticeable, and many unethical companies reduce their cost by not properly removing grease from the interior of the system.” said Mr. Farazandeh, the company’s chief executive.

Fort Collins hood cleaning jobs have also increased by over 10 percent in the past three months, while exhaust hood cleaning was up by about 12% in Longmont Colorado. APS director of marketing, Hossein Hashemi believes this to be due to the most effective form of marketing, word of mouth. “APS services are now viral.” He said. “Our customers are finding other customers for us. We know this because our referral rates are also up. This is especially true for Longmont, Fort Collins, Loveland, and Boulder hood cleaning.” He added.

The company believes there to be a direct correlation between its growth and its code of ethics. APS-hoods takes pride in being Colorado’s most trusted hood cleaning company.

About APS-Hoods
American Professional Services (APS-Hoods) is a full-service restaurant fire protection business that installs, services, repairs and performs routine inspections and sales for hood and fire suppression systems.

Founded by Chief Executive Officer Massoud Farazandeh in 1989, APS-Hoods is Colorados largest hood cleaning provider. It has grown into a national leader in hood sales and fire protection for restaurants and facilities as well. APS provides superior service, a quality guarantee and maintains a highly qualified and dependable staff. All crew members are professionally trained to comply with the National Fire Prevention Association Standards and state and local codes. APS-Hoods is fully insured and bonded. They are licensed in the mechanical and electrical fields, as well as fire protection contracting. APS-Hoods is affiliated with the National Fire Protection Agency and the Colorado Division of Fire Safety Fire Suppression Program.

This article is written by Ambisuite, digital marketing.

It is now a realized goal. Just in 2009 Nationwide’s hood installations for the California cities of San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Sacramento had a close to 40% increase from the work volume in these cities in 2008. (more…)

PLACENTIA, CALIFORNIA — When it comes to traffic, speed kills. But when it comes to Riverside hood installation services, speed saves.

For customers of American Professional Services (APS-Hoods), speed saves time and money, to be exact.

Time is of the essence for many restaurant owners and managers in need of the Riverside hood sales and services provided by APS-Hoods. That’s why the company focuses on responding to calls quickly and getting the requested services completed in short order.

Customers seem grateful for the immediate attention APS-Hoods devotes to their particular needs, said Massoud Farazandeh, chief executive officer of APS-Hoods, a Denver-based company that opened a satellite location in the Orange County, CA area in August. APS-Hoods have provided hood cleaning and related services to commercial kitchens and restaurant throughout the entire state of California since 1989.

Particularly when it comes to opening new restaurants, for example, having a company that promptly responds and provides a wide range of services can speed up construction, which means the restaurant can open on time, if not sooner.

“It is not unusual for some hood installation companies to take a couple of months to complete the installation work,” Farazandeh said.

Meanwhile, the customer is unable to open the doors and begin generating an income, but they still must pay their lease and other bills. APS-Hoods has completed rush jobs in anywhere from two days to one week, he said.

“It’s important to note that we don’t cut corners and perform shoddy work just to say that we completed a job in short order, ” Farazandeh said.

Rather, it is the company’s 20 years in business that has equipped Farazandeh and his trained employees with the knowledge and experience necessary to streamline the process.

“We know how to get all of the pieces into place before the job starts, which helps ensure that the process flows smoothly,” he said.
One of the most important steps- and often the step most likely to hold up the project- is tackling the permitting process immediately, Farazandeh said. APS-Hoods works closely with the city to get all necessary drawings submitted so the permits can be approved.

Farazandeh or his employees hand-deliver the permitting paperwork to city offices, rather than mailing it. The company’s staff also helps expedite the permit process, in that they possess enough experience that when it comes to electrical and mechanical drawings, they often “get them right the first time,” he said, adding. “When you do it right the first time, city officials don’t send you back to the drawing board to make corrections. That in itself speeds up the permitting process.”

APS-Hoods also maintain an effective follow-up system to help ensure the permits get approved in a timely fashion.

Since APS-Hoods opened its Placentia location in August, it has been able to provide faster service to California clients because now it has room to store adequate inventory. They keep a large supply of materials and parts in inventory, which makes it easier for them to construct customized hoods faster, Farazandeh said. Smaller companies often are slowed down by waiting on ordered parts to arrive in the mail.

“Waiting for shipments after the job has started can really slow down an installation job,” he said.

Finally, APS-Hoods strives to meet customers’ needs by working extended hours when customers need a job completed by a strict deadline.

Service After the Sale
The speed doesn’t end with the kitchen hood installation process. APS-Hoods also pride itself on responding quickly to service calls. Farazandeh gives employees flexible schedules so that someone is on call 24 hours a day, in the event of an emergency.

Learn More
If you would like more information about the hood sales and installation services provided by APS-Hoods, please call: (800) 750-7313, or visit the company’s Web site: http://www.aps-hoods.com/.

About APS-Hoods
American Professional Services (APS-Hoods) is a full-service restaurant fire protection business that installs, services, repairs and performs routine inspections and sales for hood and fire suppression systems. Founded by Chief Executive Officer Massoud Farazandeh in 1989, APS-Hoods have grown into a national leader in hood sales and fire protection for restaurants and facilities. APS-Hoods provide superior service, a quality guarantee and maintain a highly qualified and dependable staff. All crew members are professionally trained to comply with the National Fire Prevention Association Standards and state and local codes. APS-Hoods is fully insured and bonded. They are licensed in the mechanical and electrical fields, as well as fire protection contracting. APS-Hoods is affiliated with the National Fire Protection Agency and the Colorado Division of Fire Safety Fire Suppression Program.

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August 24, 2009 —PLACENTIA, CALIFORNIA— We all know the saying, “Membership has its privileges.”

The same can be said for affiliation when it comes to the relationship between American Professional Services (APS-Hoods) and Nationwide Fire Protection Corp.

Nationwide Fire Protection, an affiliate of APS-Hoods, recently opened a satellite location in Placentia, CA, due to the increase in sales and service calls in the surrounding area, said Massoud Farazandeh, chief executive officer of APS-Hoods.

Because of the affiliation, APS-Hoods is sharing workshop space with NFP, which means increased convenience for customers throughout the southern and central California areas, including those in need of Long Beach hood cleaning services. (more…)

July 6, 2009 —BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA— Growth is on the horizon for American Professional Services (APS-Hoods).

Nationwide Fire Protection Corp., an affiliate of APS-Hoods, is making its Beverly Hills hood cleaning, installation and sales services cheaper and more convenient for customers by opening an Orange County location, said Massoud Farazandeh chief executive officer of APS-Hoods.

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