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​Who Are GF Yourself?

GF Yourself is a gluten-free brand, created to provide customers with gluten-free tried and tested, delicious products suitable for GF diets. Operating in a market where product care, accuracy, and trust are essential, the GF Yourself places strong importance on quality, consistency, and customer satisfaction.
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Although still a fledgling company, GF Yourself have hit the ground running and clever marketing backed with solid brands elevated them to a point where fulfilment was becoming an issue. GF Yourself needed fulfilment support that could match its standards and help manage increasing order volumes.
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About Express Prep

Express Prep provides fulfilment, preparation, storage, and third-party logistics services for brands looking to outsource operational tasks. The Wiltshire based company with decades of experience in the fulfilment sector, supports businesses by handling the practical logistics involved in storing stock, preparing orders, picking and packing products, and dispatching goods.

For brands like GF Yourself, Express Prep offers a cost-effective and scalable solution that removes the pressure of managing fulfilment in-house.


GF Yourself Requirements

As GF Yourself grew, so did the operational demands behind the business. Managing stock, preparing orders, packing products, and keeping fulfilment running smoothly all required time, space, and resource.
The main challenges included:
1. Increasing order volumes
As customer demand grew, GF Yourself needed a fulfilment process that could keep up without creating delays or operational bottlenecks.
2. Limited storage capacity
Holding stock in-house can quickly become difficult for a growing product-based brand. GF Yourself needed a storage solution that was organised, secure, and easy to manage.
3. Time-consuming pick and pack requirements
Packing customer orders accurately and professionally takes time. As the business expanded, this became a task that required dedicated resource.
4. Maintaining accuracy and consistency
For any food-related brand, especially one in the gluten-free market, accuracy is essential. Orders needed to be picked correctly, packed carefully, and handled in a consistent way.
5. Need for a scalable 3PL partner
GF Yourself required a logistics partner that could support current requirements while also scaling with future growth.
 

Requirements for the Selected 3PL Company

GF Yourself approached multiple fulfilment companies with several key objectives:

• To outsource storage and fulfilment operations
• To improve the efficiency of order processing
• To ensure products were picked and packed accurately
• To create a more scalable fulfilment process
• To reduce the time spent internally on logistics
• To support business growth without increasing operational pressure
• To maintain a high-quality customer experience from order to delivery

 

Partnering with Express Prep

Express Prep provided GF Yourself with a complete 3PL fulfilment solution covering stock storage, order preparation, pick and pack, and logistics support.

The solution was designed to be flexible, reliable, and aligned with the needs of a growing gluten-free brand.


Services Provided by Express Prep

1. Storage
Express Prep stored GF Yourself’s products in an organised fulfilment environment, helping the brand move away from managing stock in-house.

This allowed GF Yourself to benefit from:

• Dedicated product storage
• Organised stock management
• Easier access to inventory information
• Reduced pressure on internal space
• A more professional fulfilment setup

2. Pick and Pack
Express Prep handled the picking and packing of GF Yourself orders, ensuring each order was prepared carefully and accurately.

This included:

• Picking the correct items from stock
• Packing orders securely
• Preparing parcels for dispatch
• Supporting consistent order presentation
• Reducing the risk of fulfilment errors

3. 3PL Fulfilment Support
As GF Yourself’s third-party logistics partner, Express Prep supported the operational side of the business so the GF Yourself team could focus on growth.
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The 3PL support helped with:

• Order fulfilment workflow
• Stock handling
• Dispatch preparation
• Flexible volume management
• Operational efficiency

 

Starting Our Journey with GF Yourself

The onboarding process was designed to be simple and efficient, allowing GF Yourself to transition its fulfilment operations to Express Prep with minimal disruption.

Step 1: Understanding the brand’s requirements
Express Prep worked with GF Yourself to understand the brand, its products, fulfilment needs, order profiles, and storage requirements.

Step 2: Receiving and organising stock
GF Yourself’s products were received into Express Prep’s fulfilment facility and organised for efficient storage and picking.

Step 3: Creating a fulfilment process
Express Prep established a clear pick and pack process to ensure orders could be handled accurately and consistently.

Step 4: Managing ongoing fulfilment
Once the process was in place, Express Prep began managing regular fulfilment activity, supporting GF Yourself with storage, packing, and dispatch preparation.

Step 5: Continuous support
Express Prep continued to work closely with GF Yourself to adapt to changing order volumes, stock levels, and business requirements.
 

How we helped GF Yourself

By working with Express Prep, GF Yourself was able to improve the way it managed fulfilment and logistics.

Key outcomes included:

1. More efficient fulfilment
Outsourcing pick and pack activity helped GF Yourself streamline the order fulfilment process and reduce the time spent manually preparing orders.

2. Improved stock organisation
With Express Prep providing storage support, GF Yourself gained a more structured approach to stock handling and product availability.

3. Greater operational flexibility
The partnership gave GF Yourself the ability to scale fulfilment support as order volumes changed.

4. More time to focus on growth
By outsourcing logistics, the GF Yourself team could spend more time on sales, marketing, product development, and customer engagement.

5. Consistent customer experience
Reliable pick and pack support helped ensure customer orders were prepared professionally and consistently.
 

Why Express Prep Was the Right Partner

GF Yourself needed more than just storage space. The brand required a fulfilment partner that could understand its operational needs and provide a practical, dependable service.

Express Prep was able to support GF Yourself by offering:

• Flexible 3PL services
• Reliable pick and pack fulfilment
• Organised storage solutions
• Careful product handling
• Scalable support for business growth
• A professional extension of the GF Yourself operation

 

Fulfilment for Food-Based Companies

For a food-based company, fulfilment is an important part of the customer journey. Customers trust the brand to deliver products that arrive safely, correctly, and in good condition.

Express Prep’s role supports this by ensuring orders are handled with care and attention, and this is especially true when food items are being handled. Accurate fulfilment helps protect brand reputation, reduce customer service issues, and improve the overall buying experience.
For GF Yourself, having a dependable fulfilment partner means the business can continue to serve its customers while building for the future.
 

The outcome of working together

The partnership between Express Prep and GF Yourself demonstrates how outsourcing fulfilment can help a growing brand operate more efficiently.

By providing storage, pick and pack, and 3PL services, Express Prep enabled GF Yourself to reduce operational pressure, improve order handling, and create a more scalable logistics process. As GF Yourself continues to grow within the gluten-free market, Express Prep remains a trusted fulfilment partner supporting the brand behind the scenes.

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