Fulfilment For A Fast Growing Drinks Brand

From Kitchen Table to Supermarket Shelves: How We Fulfil Orders for a Fast-Growing Drinks Brand

Seven years ago, this drinks brand started life at home, with the founder packing every order himself. These days we take in full lorry loads of their stock, ship into major retailers every week, and their drinks are a popular pick in the Waitrose Meal Deal. It’s one of our favourite stories, so here’s how we got there together.

The Challenge: Growing Demand and No Time to Pack Orders

When the founder launched the brand, he did everything himself, including packing orders while he proved the product worked. And it did. Retailers started to take notice, and orders were coming in directly from his website and Amazon too.

That’s a brilliant problem to have, but it’s still a problem. Every hour spent taping up boxes was an hour he couldn’t spend talking to buyers or growing the brand. He needed a fulfilment partner for his growing business, and he needed one quickly.

Why He Chose Complete Packaging as His 3PL Fulfilment Partner

He got in touch and came in for a meeting, and it was obvious within minutes that we’d work well together. We’re a UK 3PL fulfilment company based in Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, and we do everything in-house with our own team. That means clients get speed, control and a real person on the end of the phone when they need one. You’re always welcome to visit us and see how it works.

Fast Onboarding: Live in a Week with Mintsoft WMS Integration

Handing over your fulfilment shouldn’t mean weeks of faff. By the following week, we had:

• Set up his account and connected all of the brand’s online platforms to our warehouse management system (Mintsoft), so orders from his website and Amazon landed straight in our system
• Received all of his stock into our warehouse
• Started picking and packing orders straight away

Retail Packaging Design and Production for Every Flavour

We began as a packaging company, so we couldn’t help ourselves. We designed and produced retail packaging for every flavour in the range. Good packaging helps a drink stand out on the shelf and arrive in one piece, whether it’s travelling by the pallet or the parcel. If you’re launching something new, our NPD packaging service can take you from first idea to finished pack.

The Result: More Time to Grow the Brand

With packing off his plate, the founder finally had the time to do the things only he could do: meeting retailers, building the brand and planning what came next. Fulfilment became one less thing to worry about, and the business had room to grow.

Scaling Up: Supplying Supermarkets and Major UK Retailers

The brand has grown fast over the last few years, and we’ve grown alongside it:

• We now receive full lorry loads of stock at a time, supported by our warehousing, storage and stock control services
• We ship into major retailers every week through our distribution service
• They’re a popular choice in the Waitrose Meal Deal

We started as their fulfilment partner, from those first small orders right through to supermarket-scale distribution.

Fulfilment for Drinks Brands and Growing Businesses

Whether you’re still packing at home, selling on Shopify or Amazon, or supplying retailers, our services flex to suit where you are now:

• Ecommerce and Shopify fulfilment with real-time order syncing and live stock visibility
• Pick and pack services with 99.9% pick accuracy
• Inventory management with barcode-scanned stock control
• Contract packing handled by our own in-house team
• Retail and custom packaging designed and produced in-house
• Distribution, from same-day vehicles to full artics, plus global courier and freight options

Curious what it might cost? Take a look at our fulfilment pricing.

Ready to Outsource Your Order Fulfilment?

If you’re spending your days packing orders when you should be building your business, let’s talk. We can collect your stock, connect your sales channels, usually on the same day, and get you shipping quickly. You’ll have a dedicated account manager looking after you throughout.

Get your free fulfilment quote today, or book a no-obligation operations survey. Call us on 01491 832222 or get in touch with our team.

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