Guys, I've been lucky enough to be getting oil from a local Applebees for 6 mos now. But as I was looking for another source today, I realized he's probably breaking the contract with Carolina Byproducts. Maybe the manager knows it, maybe he doesn't, I don't know. I reached that conclusion because I called Carolina ByProducts and spoke to the gentleman who was over contracts in the Fayetteville NC area. As I go on my search, every restaurant has their oil being collected either by Carolina Byproducts or a similar company.
My question is how do individual homebrewers go about negotiating for oil with restaurant managers. I've met some really nice store managers who like the idea of their oil being used for biodiesel, but then there's the dreaded contract. Some restaurants have been with these companies for 30 yrs, as the gentleman told me today. He did say their contracts are usually renewed every year. Short of waiting on a restaurants contract to run out, I'd love some dicussion on this subject.
Neil
