Riverside Natural Foods turned to Schubert for a flexible automation solution.
Riverside Natural Foods opened its doors in 2013 in Vaughan, Ontario (Canada), as an innovative start-up company manufacturing a variety of snack products. All Riverside products are free from common allergens and made entirely with organically grown ingredients. The company sells bite-sized granola minis and bars in more than 8,000 stores in Canada and the United States. Until recently, Riverside packed its snacks semi-manually. The company’s growth called for investment in a fully automated solution. Since March 2018, the company has relied on packaging technology from Schubert (www.schubert-na.com) for the final packaging of its granola minis products.
In addition to the technical aspects, the Canadian customer was impressed with the system’s compact design and quick format changes. Another factor in favor of Riverside opting for Schubert was the supplier’s geographic proximity — Schubert Packaging Automation’s Canadian office is only half an hour from Riverside’s production site.