PLACENTIA AND SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIFORNIA – We here at American Professional Services (APS-Hoods), a Bay Area hood cleaning company, are pleased to announce the launch of a new hood sale website.

The site- launched in September- makes it possible for you to shop online and take care of your own purchases, said Massoud Farazandeh, CEO of APS-Hoods, a cleaner, fabricator and installer of commercial hoods.

“Prior to the launch of our site, you could use our online price quoting system, but you couldn’t view pictures of the commercial kitchen range hoods you were interested in purchasing,” Farazandeh said. “Now you can see the actual product.”
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – October 9-15 is National Fire Prevention Week, which makes it an ideal time to promote the importance of restaurants and commercial kitchens to maintain a practice of routine hood, duct and fan cleaning, according to a national fire protection and Los Angeles hood cleaning company.

“In every commercial kitchen, the threat of fire is impending due to the high level of cooking, resulting in grease that is more combustible in kitchen exhaust hood and duct systems,” said Massoud Farazandeh, CEO of American Professional Services (APS-Hoods), which specializes in hood sales,  installations and fire system installation for restaurants and commercial kitchens. (more…)

PLACENTIA AND RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA – If you own or operate a restaurant in a college town, it’s to prepare for the upcoming back-to-school spike in business, says one Placentia and Riverside hood cleaning business owner.

This also is the time of year for campus dining facilities to have their commercial hoods inspected, cleaned and repaired if necessary, says Massoud Farazandeh, chief executive officer of American Professional Services (APS-Hoods) and a hood sale and hood installation expert. (more…)

PLACENTIA AND LONG BEACH, COLORADO – We at American Professional Services (APS-Hoods), and our affiliate, Nationwide Fire Protection Corp., soon will celebrate our second anniversary of opening our Placentia fabrication facility.

Headquartered in Denver, APS-Hoods- a Placentia and San Jose hood cleaning company- opened our satellite location in 2009, says Massoud Farazandeh chief executive officer of APS-Hoods. (more…)

PLACENTIA AND STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA – School campuses- whether they are elementary, middle, high school or college campuses- are dismissing for the summer and that means it’s time to clean those cafeteria kitchens.

We know that activity in campus cafeterias slows during the summer months, making this an ideal time for routine cleaning, maintenance and repair of commercial range hoods, Stockton  hood cleaning expert Massoud Farazandeh says. (more…)

FORT COLLINS, COLORADO – Another recent fire at a Hayward, CA restaurant has American Professional Services (APS-Hoods), a Fort Collins hood sale company, encouraging restaurant owners and managers to take every precaution necessary to prevent costly damage to their establishments.

Firefighting News reported that on April 8, a two- alarm fire that broke out in the kitchen destroyed Naked Fish Japanese Cuisine restaurant.

“They got lucky that the fire didn’t cause more extensive damage, because it was located in a strip mall,” says Massoud Farazandeh, CEO of APS-Hoods, a Fort Collins hood cleaning company. “This easily could have been a more costly situation.” (more…)

BAY AREA, PLACENTIA AND LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – A pair of recent Bay Area fires has prompted American Professional Services (APS-Hoods), a Bay Area hood installation and fire restoration company, to release a checklist of services restaurant owners and/or managers should look for, in the event that you experience a fire in your establishment.

On Feb. 27, the San Jose Mercury News reported that fire caused about $350,000 in damage to the L & L Chinese Seafood Restaurant. Just days later on March 3, a two-alarm kitchen fire caused approximately $200,000 in damage to La Gaviota Restaurant in San Jose. (more…)

LAS VEGAS, NV – American Professional Services (APS) recently announced that it is offering a commercial hood installation training program in the Los Vegas, Nevada area. The training will include how to install HVAC (Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning) and fire suppression systems for businesses currently involved in restaurant construction, and for businesses running commercial kitchens needing an upgrade.

With headquarters in Denver, Colorado, APS specializes in commercial hood sales and professional cleaning services for commercial exhaust hood systems throughout the country. (more…)

PHOENIX, ARIZONA – American Professional Services (APS) announced that it has expanded their commercial hood cleaning business to Phoenix, Arizona chain restaurants. With headquarters located in Denver Colorado since 1989, APS built a fabrication plant in Placentia, California in 2009 so that they could provide their exhaust hoods cleaning service nationwide.

Making the announcement was APS Chief Executive Massoud Farazandeh who said, “We are very pleased to offer our hood cleaning expertise to restaurants in the Phoenix, Arizona area.” (more…)

PLACENTIA AND LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA- If predictions of increased customer spending at restaurants in the next three months prove to be true, many of you restaurant owners and managers will need to consider whether you are having the commercial vent hood in your restaurants cleaned often enough, says one Los Angeles hood cleaning expert.

Restaurant News reported in February that an RBC Capital Markets consumer survey revealed that more survey participants said they intended to spend more money at restaurants in the next 90 days.

In January, 13 percent of those surveyed indicated they planned to spend more, while 14 percent said that in February, the Restaurant News article stated. This current figure is seven percent higher than survey respondents indicated last year at this time. (more…)