HISTORY

Things usually never go as planned - they sure didn't for us!

2008

There must be a better way

Mid way through 2008, SupplaServe founder, Chris Straface, decided it was time to end the hassles associated with nutritional supplements. They were never where he wanted them. They were never easy to transfer from bulk to serving size. They were at his apartment when he was at the gym.
It was all together, a bad situation. There I was, a 21 year old college student, spending hundreds of dollars on these products - the least those companies could have done was put the time and energy into finding a better way to sell their products to make life better for the customer. It was a joke".
Knowing the companies would take no action, Chris came up with SupplaServe - a business model centered around delivering nutritional supplements to the end customer in a hassle free and affordable manner.
2009

Unraveling a mess

Unfortunately, after hundreds of hours of work, Chris and his business partners decided their original method of delivering these products was not feasible because they had no way of procuring the supplements in a single-serve pre-dosed size. First, a rigid single-serve package didn't exist to accommodate a majority of the products. Second, the commercially available single-serve packs, or 'pillow-packs', didn't solve any problems - in fact, they created bigger problems. They had reached their first ultimatum: give up or dive into the packaging industry and innovate a category of packaging that had seen no prior innovation.
It was a no brainer..."
2010

Size does matter

SupplaServe, now a boutique package design firm, was under way on their rigid single-serve packaging devices.
After hundreds of iterations, design changes and tooling changes, we finally had the right recipe for success - we called it, the SuppShot™, a first-of-its-kind device that looked like a spaceship."
It could accommodate large volumes of powders and liquids, enclose those powders and liquids in a hermetic chamber with a single seal, and dispense those powders and liquids with ONE push of the button into virtually ANY drinking device, bottle or shaker cup on the market. It was proprietary packaging technology ready to innovate.
Present

We welcome challenges

Half way through 2011, SupplaServe is still hard at work.
With multiple patents pending, we are excited to bring the SuppShot™ to market. We still face challenges, and given the state of the economy, things keep getting harder. The SuppShot™ is SO unique, finding packaging and automation equipment to handle our fulfillment and backend services, is an uphill battle. But we love those hills - we run them in the wee-hours of the morning, and are certainly prepared to take them on in the office. We are working with the best names in packaging equipment and hold high expectations for our automated filling equipment."
Stay tuned and be on the look out for the SuppShot™ in stores near you!

The SuppShot™ Development: In pictures