“We found there were so many great products being made out there, that had no chance of getting on store shelves,” says David Marinac, President of StandUpPouches.net. “It wasn’t an issue of the quality of the product—that was outstanding—it was taking it to the next level-- how to get the volume, shipping, and branding together to get it to market.”
Marinac and his team at SUP started taking every question they were asked by customers and converting it into videos, tutorials, and case studies for mass consumption on their website. From there eBooks on every topic from branding to process were developed to give customers everything they needed to understand how to successfully brand and package their product.
“We have made significant investments in technology to help our customers be informed packaging consumers,” says Marinac.”We are experts at what we do, but we wanted to take it a step further and take the ‘mystery’ out of packaging. Initially, we had some negative feedback from the industry suggesting we were ‘giving away’ information before customers even came in the door. Honestly, we saw the exact opposite, research showed customers would come in through the website and stay for a longer duration than the industry average. From there, nearly a third would eventually request a quote or free sample. We received so much feedback from customers who appreciated our transparency and our ‘no pressure’sales environment.”
One of those customers is Barnana from Wholesome Valley Foods. Barnana produces two premiere products, raw organic Chewy Banana Bites and organic Chewy Chocolate Banana Bites geared toward the triathlete, gluten free, kosher and organic markets. Both products are packaged with pouches manufactured and designed in partnership with SUP. Barnana is also one of the most recent SUP customers to land on the store shelves of Whole Food Market.
“We needed our package to look the absolute best on the shelf and the quality we get from SUP is top notch,” says Nik Ingersoll, Co-founder & CCO Wholesome Valley Foods. “Working with them has been amazing, the entire team at SUP is responsive, helpful, caring and honest. Without a doubt, this company and the team behind it is one of the best partners we have ever had the pleasure of doing business with.”
SUP’s unique business model driven by the latest technology and industry information paired with high-quality products and hands-on, personal service have equaled success both for SUP and for Health Food Manufacturers.
For more information on SUP, including access to extensive online resources visit http://www.standuppouches.net.