If you have been researching custom coffee bags in Canada you have probably come across three names: Rootree, Savor Brands, and EZPZ Coffee. All three are Canadian. All three offer custom coffee packaging. And at first glance they might seem interchangeable.
They are not.
The difference between these three companies is fundamental — not just in price or lead time, but in what they actually do and who they are built for. This article is the honest comparison nobody else has written. We will tell you exactly what Rootree does, exactly what Savor Brands does, exactly what EZPZ does, and exactly who should be using each one.
Spoiler: if you are a brand that wants to sell specialty coffee under your own name without sourcing beans, finding a roaster, or managing a supply chain — only one of these three companies can help you.
What Is Rootree?
Rootree is a Canadian packaging company based in Ontario. They specialize in sustainable, compostable flexible packaging — including coffee bags. Their product quality is genuinely excellent. They offer a wide range of bag formats, sizes, and sustainable materials including home compostable and industrially compostable options. Their printing is high quality and their design capabilities are strong.
Rootree is a packaging company. They sell you the bag. The coffee is your problem.
To use Rootree you need to:
- Already have a coffee source — your own roastery, a contract roaster, or a wholesale coffee supplier you have sourced separately.
- Have print-ready design files or pay for design services separately.
- Meet their minimum order quantities which start at 500 units per SKU for most products.
- Manage your own production timeline, typically 5 to 7 weeks from order to delivery.
- Handle your own quality control, inventory management, and fulfillment.
For established coffee roasters and brands that already have their sourcing and production infrastructure in place, Rootree is an excellent packaging partner. Their sustainable materials are genuinely differentiated and their quality is consistently good.
For a restaurant owner, hotel manager, boutique owner, or brand that simply wants to sell great coffee under their own name — Rootree is the wrong starting point. You need a coffee supplier, a roaster, a packaging company, and a designer before you can even place your first Rootree order.
What Is Savor Brands?
Savor Brands is another Canadian flexible packaging company with a strong focus on sustainable coffee packaging. Like Rootree, they produce beautiful, high-quality bags with a range of sustainable material options. Their printing capabilities are excellent and they have experience working with specialty coffee brands across Canada.
Savor Brands is also a packaging company. They also sell you the bag only.
The same constraints apply: you need your own coffee supply, your own roasting arrangement, your own designs, and you need to meet their minimum order requirements before you can place an order. Lead times are similar to Rootree at 4 to 7 weeks depending on materials and quantities.
Savor Brands is genuinely excellent at what they do. If you are an established roaster looking to upgrade your packaging to premium sustainable materials — Savor Brands is worth a serious look.
If you are starting from zero and just want to sell coffee under your own brand — Savor Brands cannot help you with the most important part: the coffee.
What Is EZPZ Coffee?
EZPZ Coffee is not a packaging company. EZPZ is a full-service coffee brand builder.
The distinction matters enormously. When you work with EZPZ you are not buying a bag and then figuring out everything else yourself. You are getting a complete, ready-to-sell branded coffee product — from the specialty-grade coffee sourced from traceable farms, to the roasting at Canadian Roasting Society in Montreal, to the full custom bag design, to the packaged and shipped product delivered to your door.
EZPZ handles everything:
- Sourcing: specialty-grade coffee scoring 80 or above on the SCA cupping scale from traceable farms in Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Brazil, and more.
- Roasting: fresh-roasted at Canadian Roasting Society in Montreal, the same facility used by some of the city's most celebrated specialty coffee brands.
- Design: full custom bag design always included at no extra cost. You bring your logo and brand colors. We do the rest.
- Packaging: your coffee is packaged in your branded bag, sealed for freshness, and quality-checked before shipment.
- Fulfillment: shipped directly to your door anywhere in Canada and the USA.
And the most important difference of all: EZPZ has zero minimum order. You can order one bag or ten thousand bags. Rootree and Savor Brands require minimums of 500 units or more before you can even test your concept.
The Head-to-Head Comparison
| Feature | EZPZ Coffee | Rootree | Savor Brands |
|---|---|---|---|
| What they provide | Coffee + bag + design + roasting + fulfillment | Bag only | Bag only |
| Coffee included | ✓ Yes, specialty grade 80+ SCA | ✗ Source your own | ✗ Source your own |
| Design included | ✓ Yes, always free | ✗ Extra cost | ✗ Extra cost |
| Roasting included | ✓ Yes, at CRS Montreal | ✗ Arrange your own | ✗ Arrange your own |
| Minimum order | ✓ Zero | ✗ 500+ units | ✗ 500+ units |
| Lead time | ✓ 2–3 weeks | 5–7 weeks | 4–7 weeks |
| Sustainable materials | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes, specialty | ✓ Yes, specialty |
| Target customer | Any brand wanting to sell coffee | Established roasters needing packaging | Established roasters needing packaging |
| Online ordering | ✓ Design tool available | ✗ Quote required | ✗ Quote required |
| Transparent pricing | ✓ Yes | ✗ Quote required | ✗ Quote required |
| Ships across Canada | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Ships to USA | ✓ Yes | Limited | Limited |
The Real Question: What Do You Actually Need?
The right supplier depends entirely on where you are in your coffee brand journey.
You should use Rootree or Savor Brands if: you already own a roastery or have an established contract roasting arrangement, you already have a coffee supply chain and just need premium packaging, you are ordering 500 or more units of a single SKU, you have 5 to 7 weeks to wait for your packaging to arrive, and you have the internal resources to manage design, production, and fulfillment yourself.
You should use EZPZ Coffee if: you want to sell coffee under your own brand but do not own a roastery, you want to start with a small order to test the market before committing to large quantities, you want full custom design without paying extra for it, you need your branded coffee ready in 2 to 3 weeks not 5 to 7, you want specialty-grade traceable coffee inside your bag not just a pretty label on generic beans, and you want one partner to handle everything from sourcing to your front door.
Why Canadian Brands Are Choosing EZPZ
The brands choosing EZPZ are not the brands that Rootree and Savor Brands are built for. They are restaurants that want to sell their house blend at the counter. Hotels that want branded coffee in every room. Boutiques that want a high-margin lifestyle product. Corporate offices that want to gift their own coffee to clients. Gyms selling to loyal members. Real estate agents giving closing gifts that stick around for weeks.
For all of these businesses, the EZPZ model is the only one that makes practical sense. Telling a Plateau restaurant owner to go source their own green coffee, find a roaster, get 500 bags minimum from a packaging company, and manage the whole supply chain themselves — that is not a product. That is a second job.
EZPZ eliminates every barrier. Zero minimum. Design included. Coffee included. Roasting handled. Shipped to your door. Start selling in 2 to 3 weeks.
A Note on Sustainability
Both Rootree and Savor Brands have built their reputations on sustainable packaging materials — compostable films, eco-friendly inks, and responsible manufacturing. This is genuinely valuable and something the specialty coffee industry cares deeply about.
EZPZ shares these values. We source from traceable farms that practice responsible agriculture. We roast at Canadian Roasting Society in Montreal rather than shipping coffee across the world. And we work continuously to offer sustainable packaging options for clients who prioritize environmental responsibility.
If sustainable packaging materials are your primary decision-making criterion, Rootree and Savor Brands have deeper specialization in that area. If the complete picture — the coffee quality, the sourcing ethics, the accessibility, and the sustainability of the packaging — matters to you, EZPZ is the answer.
The Bottom Line
Rootree and Savor Brands are excellent companies. If you are an established roaster who needs premium sustainable packaging at scale — talk to them. They will serve you well.
If you are any other kind of Canadian business that wants to put your brand on specialty coffee — EZPZ Coffee is the only company in Canada built specifically for you. Zero minimum order. Full service from bean to branded bag. Ready in 2 to 3 weeks.
The choice depends on what you need. But if what you need is a complete branded coffee product without the complexity — there is only one answer.
