Case Study
Pickleman's Cafe
Franchise Apparel & Fulfillment Program
The Project
Franchise Apparel & Fulfillment Program
Pickleman's Gourmet Cafe needed a better way to manage branded apparel across its growing network of 50 franchise locations. Ordering, storing, and distributing uniforms internally created extra work for their office staff and made it difficult to maintain an efficient fulfillment process. Kocreators built a centralized program that brought custom manufacturing, inventory, online ordering, warehousing, and franchise fulfillment together under one system.
What We Did
Custom Apparel Manufacturing
We manufactured custom visors and branded polos specifically for Pickleman's, helping create a consistent uniform program while improving pricing through larger-volume purchasing.
Centralized Warehousing
Instead of having Pickleman's corporate office receive and manage boxes of apparel, we stock their inventory at our Central Ohio warehouse and keep products ready for ongoing franchise orders.
Custom Brand Store
We created a dedicated Pickleman's online brand store where franchise locations can order approved apparel on demand. Restaurants get an easy ordering experience while corporate maintains consistency across the brand.
Nationwide Franchise Fulfillment
As orders come in, our fulfillment team picks, packs, and ships directly from the warehouse. We regularly send restaurants the apparel and branded products they need every week, supporting locations across the franchise network without requiring corporate staff to handle fulfillment.
The Result
Lower Costs. Faster Fulfillment. Less Work.
By consolidating purchasing and keeping inventory ready to ship, Pickleman's gained lower product costs and a much more efficient distribution process.
Orders are now typically fulfilled within two business days, replacing a process that previously required office staff to receive inventory, manage individual requests, pack boxes, and coordinate shipments themselves.
Kocreators now manages the program behind the scenes—from manufacturing and inventory storage to online ordering and weekly franchise shipments—giving Pickleman's a scalable system built to support all 50 locations.
