From President Clinton to The New York Times, from Glamour magazine to television talk shows, Boca Burger's meatless burgers are garnering rave reviews for their meat-like texture and appealing flavor. So, where's the beef? In the packaging machinery, of course. "In the approximately two years we've had product out on the commercial market, we've gone from sales in the thousands of dollars to millions," boasts Max Shondor, one of the owners of the privately held Boca Raton, FL-based company. "The growth has been phenomenal and we've had to increase our packaging output to get sufficient product out into the market," he says. Speeding production are two Econoseal Spartan cartoners from Econocorp (Randolph, MA), and two used Super Mustang wrappers from Doboy Packaging (New Richmond, WI). One of each makes up Boca's two nearly identical packaging lines. After individual burgers are formed, baked, cooled and frozen, they are brought to the Doboy where each 2.5-oz burger is wrapped in 80-ga clear polypropylene film from various suppliers. "It's like a peanut bag in that it's easy to pop open," notes Shondor. Machine speeds range between 100 and 160/min. The output is considerably faster than the 30/min rate of prior wrapping equipment. One of the faster Doboys was added last February, the second last September.
Cartoner serves up tasty results at Boca Burger
To meet growing nationwide demand for its meatless burgers, Boca Burger turns to automated wrapping and cartoning machinery. As a result, speeds soar while labor costs plummet.
Jan 31, 1996
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