Video: The Real Good Life Case Study

When a local entrepreneur needed to implement their first labeling solution, TEKLYNX stepped up to the plate to help out. The Real Good Life opened in 2016 with one mission in mind, serve up delicious nutritious food as a cost-effective and convenient option to get dinner on the table.

Maggie - Owner of The Real Good Life: A lot of families deal with the same problem every night, "What's for dinner?" So we decided to start The Real Good Life to answer that question. We deliver food that's family friendly and ready to go once a week to 85 families here in the Metro Milwaukee area. 

As business grew, Maggie realized they needed an easy-to-use, fast, and accurate labeling solution. 

Maggie: Before we started using the labeling software, our process was all hand done. We had very nice looking labels that had our logo and a link to an instruction page so customers would go there to figure out how to heat up their meal, but besides that I would have to hand-write the name and date on every single product label. I lost hours of time to do that at the size of the business it was then, I can't imagine how much time it would take now that business has quadrupled.

Maggie: When we were first looking for labeling software I put a call out to my social media network asking for help, they answered that call. They connected me with Nick, at TEKLYNX, who was able to introduce me to this LABELVIEW software that just answered all our problems. 

Nick - TEKLYNX Enterprise Product Manager: Maggie reached out to her network in Milwaukee about her labeling challenges and through the grapevine, that got to my plate and I immediately realized that it was in the area of our expertise and I gave her a call right away. 

As an entrepreneur, Maggie was focused on employing cooks and delivery drivers, not IT managers. She needed an end to end labeling solution that met her needs and was easy to install and use. 

Maggie: Here at The Real Good Life, we use labels in two different ways: the most important one is going straight on our food packaging. That one needs to have the name of the product and the date that it goes out. Additionally, we also use labels for our delivery bags and that of course has some basic information that helps our delivery drivers know where they're going; addresses, names, all those kind of things. 

Nick: For start-ups, like The Real Good Life, the focus is on a fast and simple implementation, and a really easy-to-use interface. LABELVIEW met those needs. 

Travis - TEKLYNX Label Design Product Manager: LABELVIEW is our mid-level labeling software here at TEKLYNX. For customers like The Real Good Life, they actually have quite a bit of complexity going into their labels but it doesn't make business sense to hire IT resources to support their labeling process. LABELVIEW met their needs for label design and print and TEKLYNX provided the service and support to get the label solution in place to provide value as soon as possible. 

Maggie: TEKLYNX staff go above and beyond all the time to help us out. In this world where every different software comes with it's own set of problems, we haven't had that with TEKLYNX at all, they have only had solutions. 

Travis: Beyond LABELVIEW, TEKLYNX offers labeling software solutions that integrate with business systems to automate label printing, provide labeling traceability, and enable label printing around the globe. We know that today, The Real Good Life is a small business, but as they grow we're confident that our solutions will serve their needs well into the future.

Maggie: My ideas for the future of The Real Good Life change everyday, but one thing that is consistent is we want to grow this nationally and have community kitchens all across the country.

Start-ups like The Real Good Life need professional labeling solutions that are easy enough to manage without an IT staff. TEKLYNX was thrilled to be able to help The Real Good Life implement it's very first labeling system and can't wait to continue supporting their labeling needs as their business grows. Whatever your labeling needs are, TEKLYNX has a solution that can help you. Get in touch with us through our website or give us a call.