Starting about a decade ago, septic service companies in southeast Florida got hit with one situation after another that negatively impacted their businesses – hurricanes, the recession, counties converting to sewer systems. Kyle Kelly, general manager of KRK Enterprises Inc., in Fort Pierce, Fla., says its sales were cut in half, as was its staff. To turn things around, the company made a course change and started focusing more on commercial grease trap work for restaurants and grocery stores, increasing that part of its business from 40 to 85 percent.“We still provide all the residential services,” Kelly says, “but the
