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title: "Riverarch Equity Partners Invests in Metal Supermarkets"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/5951fcd9-e430-44ac-83ec-beaeaa618a47
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20241219_riverarch_equity_partners_invests_in_metal_supermarkets.html
category: "Specialty retail"
industry: "Retail"
segment: "Specialty retail"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2024-12-19T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T18:23:42.624Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1560520653-9e0e4c89eb11?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# Riverarch Equity Partners Invests in Metal Supermarkets

**TL;DR:** Riverarch Equity Partners has invested in Metal Supermarkets, a Canadian company known for providing metal solutions to customers. Metal Supermarkets' President & CEO, Stephen Schober, expressed enthusiasm about the partnership, believing it will help better serve franchisees and customers.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2024-12-19. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20241219_riverarch_equity_partners_invests_in_metal_supermarkets.html).*

## Story

Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Metal Supermarkets is known as the convenience stores for metal, providing solutions to customers’ metal needs in both the business-to-business and business-to-consumer categories. With a diverse product base and no-minimum order quantity, Metal Supermarkets has earned long-lasting relationships with customers by delivering a world-class customer service experience through offering 8,000 types, shapes and grades of metal, cut to customers’ exact specifications and ready fast.

“We are thrilled to be joining Riverarch’s portfolio.” said Stephen Schober, President & CEO. “After meeting with the Riverarch team and working through the diligence process, we believe they will further help position us to better serve our franchisees and customers.”

Based in Pittsburgh, PA, Riverarch Equity Partners is a middle-market private equity firm that invests in market-leading businesses where it can partner with management to support accelerated growth. Riverarch is currently investing from its fourth fund, a $1 billion private equity partnership.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Retail (sector)
- private equity (topic)
- franchise support (topic)
- investment (topic)
- Metal Supermarkets (company)
- Stephen Schober (person)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20241219_riverarch_equity_partners_invests_in_metal_supermarkets.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/5951fcd9-e430-44ac-83ec-beaeaa618a47).