LOVELAND, CO — Colorado-based snack brand Bobo’s, known for its nutritious snacks made with wholesome ingredients — has launched its new wind-powered, 123,000-sq.-ft. facility.
The new state-of-the-art Loveland, CO facility is set to increase production of Bobo’s bars, bites and toaster pastries by more than three times while reducing the company’s carbon footprint. This continues the company’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by December 2022.
“It’s truly amazing to think back to when my daughter, Bobo, and I baked that first batch of oat bars in my kitchen,” said Beryl Stafford, founder of Bobo’s. “It’s extremely rewarding to see how far we’ve come today as we stay true to that same home baked, handmade quality, only now in 24 ovens. As we have scaled our production from my kitchen to this new ‘super’ bakery, through it all it’s remained paramount that we maintain the quality of our products.”
Bobo’s significant investment has focused on increasing speed and efficiency without changing the homemade look and feel of its products.
The baking equipment added to the company’s operations includes automated equipment that tamps bars into Bobo’s signature pan. One of these machines — affectionately nicknamed “the Bobot” — is designed to replicate Bobo’s signature handmade texture and appearance.
Bobo’s new bakery has the capability produce 1 million bars, bites or toaster pastries a day. The company is already discussing further expansion to increase capacity.
“This day is more than two years in the making,” said TJ McIntyre, CEO of Bobo’s. “We’re thrilled to officially open our incredible new ‘super bakery’ today, and to continue to support the growing, nationwide consumer demand for Bobo’s products. We’ve brought our entire operation, including production and packaging, under one extremely efficient, wind-powered roof to produce a product true and authentic to Beryl’s original vision that began years ago in her own kitchen. Despite Bobo’s tremendous success and growth over the last 19 and a half years, we feel like we are just getting started.”
With the addition of being entirely wind powdered, the new facility has also achieved more than 95% diversion of its solid waste from landfills via a comprehensive waste management program.
The bakery combines Bobo’s three previous facilities into one operational facility to add to one of the company’s goals to reduce of internal CO2 emissions.
“I’m extremely proud of our entire team who worked tirelessly to make this amazing new facility a reality, despite facing extremely challenging supply chain issues,” McIntyre added. “We no longer need to pass up growth opportunities due to production constraints and are now on track to quickly become the largest independently owned snack bar company in the US. The city of Loveland has also been a wonderful partner throughout this process and we look forward to working closely with the community here for years to come.”