How Lily & Loaf Eliminated 20–30 Hours of Manual PDF Work
The Challenge
Lily & Loaf operates in the health and nutrition space, where accurate ingredient information, usage directions, and compliance wording are essential. With 300+ products and an active reseller network, product documentation plays a critical role in supporting sales and maintaining trust.
Before LitPDF, their designer would manually create PDFs in InDesign for every product. Each product update required exporting new versions, renaming files, uploading, and replacing links on the site. Any changes to ingredients, compliance wording, or pack information meant repeating the entire process from scratch.
PDFs were becoming outdated quickly when product details changed, and it was increasingly difficult to keep a consistent format across hundreds of products. Time was also being lost sending individual PDFs to resellers and customers on request — a task that added no creative value but consumed significant hours every week.
"Having a downloadable datasheet available on each product page means customers and resellers can quickly reference key information such as ingredients, directions, and suitability — reducing the number of routine specification queries our team receives."
The Solution
LitPDF connected directly to their Shopify product catalog, pulling live ingredient lists, usage directions, compliance wording, and product imagery automatically into a branded datasheet template.
With 300+ products, the bulk generation capability was essential. Rather than recreating each PDF manually, Lily & Loaf's entire catalog was documented in a single pass. The template was customised to match their brand identity, ensuring every datasheet maintained a consistent, professional look across all product lines.
The most transformative aspect was the live sync. When product information changes in Shopify — a new ingredient, updated compliance wording, or revised dosage instructions — the datasheet updates automatically. No designer involvement, no file exports, no relinking.
The Results
The impact was immediate. Lily & Loaf now saves approximately 20–30 hours per month in design and admin time — roughly 60–90 hours per quarter — freeing up significant resource for higher-value creative and marketing work.
The datasheets are estimated to support approximately £500–£1,000 per month in conversions, particularly for higher-value bundles and programmes, as customers and resellers can quickly reference key information such as ingredients, directions, and suitability.
The number of routine specification queries the team receives has also dropped noticeably, as customers can now self-serve the information they need directly from each product page.
Their Actual Datasheet
Here's what Lily & Loaf's LitPDF-generated datasheet looks like — automatically built from their Shopify product data.
Implementation Timeline
Connected LitPDF to Shopify catalog, configured branded template with compliance fields
All 300+ products documented automatically in a single batch
Ingredient and compliance updates now reflect instantly — no manual exports
Datasheets shared with reseller network, reducing inbound spec queries
20–30 hours saved per month, design team focused on higher-value work
About the Company
Lily & Loaf
Health & Nutrition
LitPDF Features Used
- Bulk generation
- Live Shopify sync
- Branded templates
- Reseller-ready PDFs
- Compliance field support
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