Two Local Stories, One Simple Solution: Keeping Stock Close and Moving with Local Storage

Gorilla 3PL’s facility in Chalfont St Giles provides practical local storage and consolidation for businesses that need reliable access to stock without tying up valuable space at production sites or construction projects. Positioned close to the M25 and M40, the warehouse acts as a convenient hub for clients across London and the surrounding region, enabling frequent movements, organised handling and responsive fulfilment.

Tims Dairy: High-turnover packaging storage and daily vehicle loading

Tims Dairy is a family-run producer of Greek-style yogurt and kefir, established in 1949 and based nearby in Chalfont St Peter. The company focuses on quality products made with fresh British milk while pursuing sustainability goals around packaging and emissions.

As volumes have grown, Tims Dairy needed dependable off-site storage for packaging materials so that manufacturing space could remain focused on production. Gorilla3PL stores around 50 pallets of mixed packaging, including cardboard boxes and plastic trays. This is high-turnover stock with constant movement in and out. The team manages organised receipt, storage and almost daily loading of Tims Dairy’s vehicles directly at the yard, ensuring packaging reaches the production site quickly and without disruption.

The short distance between the two sites supports efficient replenishment cycles and reduces transit time. Real-time inventory visibility helps keep stock levels accurate, minimising the risk of shortages or excess holding. By taking on the packaging storage and yard loading, Gorilla 3PL gives Tims Dairy breathing space at its dairy while matching the pace of daily operations.

Emtec: Local storage and consolidation of insulated cladding panels

London construction projects require reliable access to materials, yet busy sites rarely have room to hold everything at once. Working with local building contractor Emtec, Gorilla3PL provides storage and consolidation for specialist insulated cladding panels intended primarily for installation on buildings across London.

Insulated cladding panels arrive in substantial loads, occupy significant space and need organised handling. Rather than delivering entire consignments straight to site, materials are received and held at the local hub. Onward movements are then coordinated around the requirements of individual projects, releasing stock in more manageable quantities as installation programmes progress.

This approach reduces site congestion by keeping surplus materials off site until required, consolidates stock in one accessible location, and provides greater flexibility when schedules change. It also gives Emtec a single practical point of contact for the receipt and organisation of bulky products, supporting clearer visibility of materials awaiting deployment.

Why local storage works across sectors

Both partnerships illustrate the value of a nearby storage and fulfilment hub. For Tims Dairy, it means high-frequency access to packaging with daily vehicle loading that supports continuous production. For Emtec, it means organised holding and phased release of large cladding consignments that ease pressure on active London sites.

Whether the need is fast-moving packaging materials or bulky specialist building products, local storage helps free capacity at the client’s own premises, improves control over stock movements and keeps materials within easy reach of the next stage of the operation. Gorilla3PL’s combination of secure capacity, organised handling and proximity continues to simplify supply chains for both food producers and construction contractors.