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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Really good service on the whole. Took a couple weeks to learn my go-to meals as I found a few were a bit disappointing, but once I knew what my favourite meals were I was really happy. Boxes always a... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant meal prep company with so many different options. All the meals are so tasty, to the point where since I started ordering I haven’t once thought ‘I don’t fancy that, I’ll order a takeaway’.... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Been having Prep By Gainz for a while now and can honestly say hands down it’s the best meal prep company out there. The quality is outstanding, the options change every month keeping it varied for yo... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Absolutely love this meal prep service! The food is always fresh, flavorful, and perfectly portioned. It saves me so much time during the week, and I appreciate the variety of healthy options availa... See more

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  1. Meal Delivery
  2. Health Food Restaurant
  3. Health Food Store

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Delicious, healthy, chef-prepared meals ready to heat and eat in minutes, delivered straight to your door starting as little as £6.29 per meal. At Gainz, we’re passionate about encouraging people to live healthier lives. We understand how important good nutrition is in helping you to achieve your goals, whether it’s muscle gain or a healthy weight loss. But what if you don’t want to cook every meal yourself? What if you don’t have time for that? We provide you with nutritious ready-to-eat meals, which can be delivered straight to your door. Our menu is specially designed by a Michelin star-trained chef, and our food is prepared in our state-of-the-art kitchen facility by a team of expert chefs. You’ll have more time for yourself, because we bring a meal directly to your door. Our meals are healthy and nutritious, and require no cooking. We take care of all the details so you don’t have to!


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I absolutely love the meals

I absolutely love the meals, fresh, taste really good, many options to choose from just put another through! Leighann and team offer great service 👍🏻

March 5, 2025
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Dear Emma
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts on our meal prep services! We truly appreciate your feedback, as it helps us improve and better serve you. We're glad to hear you enjoyed your experience, and we look forward to continuing to provide delicious and convenient meals with frequent menu updates along the way too.
Best regards,

Michael Mulholland
Customer Service & Compliance Manager
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dont use, can’t trust this company!

Take your money, miss out items from your deluvery box and never refund even though you chase them multiple times! Do not use!! Cant trust this company!! I am still waiting for my refund since 10th December 2024!!

December 10, 2024
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Reply from Prep By Gainz

Dear Naomi
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re truly sorry to hear that our meal prep service didn’t meet your expectations. We take your concerns seriously and are committed to improving our offerings. Please feel free to share any specific details so we can address them directly.
We appreciate your input and hope to have the opportunity to serve you better in the future.
Best regards,
Michael Mulholland
Customer Service & Compliance Manager
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Great Quality Food, Let Down by Poor Packaging and Service

The food is of commendable quality, with fresh ingredients, strong flavor, and a level of consistency that sets it above average. However, the experience is consistently let down by packaging issues. Containers frequently arrive damaged or leaking, making each delivery unreliable.

The order cancellation process is equally frustrating. Even after cancellations are confirmed, items are still sent out, which highlights a lack of coordination between the ordering system and fulfillment.

Although the food holds up well, the combination of poor customer service and operational inefficiencies significantly impacts the overall experience. Resolving these areas would align the service with the standard of the food.

March 2, 2025
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Dear Lewis
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re truly sorry to hear that our meal prep service didn’t meet your expectations completely. We take your concerns seriously and are committed to improving our offerings. Please feel free to share any specific details so we can address them directly as we can see the food itself was a stand out for you, it was the service that let us down.
We appreciate your input and hope to have the opportunity to serve you better in the future.
Best regards,
Michael Mulholland
Customer Service & Compliance Manager
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant meal prep company with so…

Brilliant meal prep company with so many different options. All the meals are so tasty, to the point where since I started ordering I haven’t once thought ‘I don’t fancy that, I’ll order a takeaway’. The meals are also packed well and include ice packs to remain cold. The customer service has always been top notch and efficient whenever I’ve had any questions. I’d definitely recommend.

March 2, 2025
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Dear Emily
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts on our meal prep services! We truly appreciate your feedback, as it helps us improve and better serve you. We're glad to hear you enjoyed your experience, and we look forward to continuing to provide delicious and convenient meals.
Sometimes the takeaway easy the easy option, but never works out to be the best one, glad we can help you make smarter choices.
Best regards,

Michael Mulholland
Customer Service & Compliance Manager
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Always been satisfied

Been receiving meals from gainz for over 12 month/ never had an issue with 1 single box…meals always on point & different variety of tastes….good high protein & carbs. Leigh & the teams always provide good service to the needs of a customer

February 21, 2025
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Dear Damian,
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts on our meal prep services! We truly appreciate your feedback, as it helps us improve and better serve you. We're glad to hear you enjoyed your experience, and we look forward to continuing to provide delicious and convenient meals.
Your ongoing continuous support is greatly appreciated by us all as it enables us to keep doing what we do best.
Best regards,

Michael Mulholland
Customer Service & Compliance Manager
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Prep gainz are by far the best meals…

Prep gainz are by far the best meals around, I have tried all the meal places and always now stuck with Gainz.

There is one main issue and it's not Gainz's fault, it's the delivery company, they literally don't give to f's about what is in the box and the amount of times I have had broken meals, and again it happened to me today.

On a plus Leighanne from Gainz is always very responsive and gets the refunds or sorts out incorrect meals. I appreciate the support you give. I know the delivery services are all as bad as one another and i know it's not your fault, but it helps when you have quick responses from the Team.

Let's hope one day these delivery companies buck their ideas up and they are causing havoc for good companies like Gainz.

February 23, 2025
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Reply from Prep By Gainz

Dear Luke
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts on our meal prep services! We truly appreciate your feedback, as it helps us improve and better serve you. We're glad to hear you enjoyed your experience, and we look forward to continuing to provide delicious and convenient meals.
We are continuously monitoring our dispatch options and will do what we can at all times to ensure the best result for you our customers.
Please do contact us on: hello@prepxbygains.co.uk so I can address this directly for you.
Best regards,

Michael Mulholland
Customer Service & Compliance Manager
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Tasty meal prep

Received my order today, packed extremely well, tried my first of 5 meals, chicken katsu with rice, edamame beans and broccoli. It was delicious.
Looking forward to my next 4 meals Red Thai, Chinese peppered steak, salt n pepper chicken and chicken satay.
Extremely impressed with this meal prep. 👍

February 20, 2025
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Reply from Prep By Gainz

Dear Jane,
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts on our meal prep services! We truly appreciate your feedback, as it helps us improve and better serve you. We're glad to hear you enjoyed your experience, and we look forward to continuing to provide delicious and convenient meals.
Some solid choices you had chosen, I hope the fulfilled your high hopes.
Best regards,

Michael Mulholland
Customer Service & Compliance Manager
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Tastiest meal preps ever

Never have I ever had a tastier meal preps than I have from gainz the seasoning is spot on even my children like them and they are fussy as hell…the packaging is fantastic even sent with a reusable icepack which is great…the macros have kept me on track with my fitness the desserts are to die for especially the snickers protein balls OMG heaven. Customer care is top notch even when I message for a simple query they are always on hand and happy to help. Thank you to Andy leighanne and the team I recommend you guys everywhere I go

February 16, 2025
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Reply from Prep By Gainz

Dear Leigh
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts on our meal prep services! We truly appreciate your feedback, as it helps us improve and better serve you.
We will continue to remain at a high level throughout to be able to give the best we can.
We're glad to hear you enjoyed your experience, and we look forward to continuing to provide delicious and convenient meals.
Best regards,

Michael Mulholland
Customer Service & Compliance Manager
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Received my order yesterday.

Received my order yesterday.. had the JD chicken last night.. delicious.. tonight’s is the salt and pepper chicken.. looks amazing.. would definitely recommend these meals.. 😋

February 16, 2025
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Dear
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts on our meal prep services! We truly appreciate your feedback, as it helps us improve and better serve you.
Some solid choices you went for.
We're glad to hear you enjoyed your experience, and we look forward to continuing to provide delicious and convenient meals.
Best regards,

Michael Mulholland
Customer Service & Compliance Manager
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Sadly Disappointed in the Quality

I really had high hopes for these prep meals given the social activity and appreciate there's always mixed reviews. The order process and delivery was great no issues there hence the 2 stars although £8.99 delivery is a tad high compared to other companies. Unfortunately the meal quality themselves really weren't nice at all and i was really disappointed. The Chinese peppered steak was fatty and very chewy barely edible. The butter meatballs were rock hard and slimy in texture and were unpleasant to eat. Creamy southwest chicken was very watery and had an awful taste. The jack Daniels chicken was grey in colour and smelt slightly off and the chicken texture wasn't nice. The carbless cheeseburgers were inedible sorry they were like rubber to eat and didn't look like beef. I really couldn't eat any of these 5 meals and i was so disappointed as was really looking forward to them. The food also had ice crystal on the inside which normally forms when food is frozen still warm which means when its defrosted fully it makes the contents soggy as water in left in the food. these meal had no real colour very bland looking especially the meal and veg and i feel i wasted £40 as couldn't eat them. Sadly therefore i wont be ordering them again and cant recommend them as hoped these would be an ideal option for my elderly in laws but they wont.

February 17, 2025
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Reply from Prep By Gainz

Hello ally

Firstly appreciate your feedback. It’s lovely to see you went into so much detail. So gives us an indication of the issues. I understand that the food doesn’t quite suit everyone. But 1 in 500 orders this week is still enough negative for me to take this serious so I will make sure the kitchen and staff are fully aware of your disappointment

I hope you find your satisfaction food company

Andrew
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I started these meals 1 and a half…

I started these meals 1 and a half month ago.

Firstly the meals are the tastiest meal prep I’ve tried. It does not feel like your eating meal prep the food is so good.

I’ve lost 2 stone in this time and I feel amazing.

I’ve tried different meal preps and none of them come close!

Trust me if you are thinking about starting to cut weight these are the best to do the job.

February 17, 2025
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Reply from Prep By Gainz

Hello jack. Thank you so so much. The comments make us so proud to do what we do and continue to help us strive to get more

Andrew

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Got sent out of date food!

Got sent out of date food, the use by date was out before I even placed my order. Very dissatisfied as I’ve bought 5 meals!

January 26, 2025
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Reply from Prep By Gainz

Hello Sammy.

Please can you provide evidence of this as we have to take this seriously as all food is made fresh. Iv also checked all emails and socials for any emails received by you which I cannot seem to find. We have sent this to our legal team as we will investigate the slanderous attempt to jeopardise our company in return of a refund or free food. This will not be taken lightly I can assure you.

If you can at least email with the following. Pictures of the package and when you ordered (order sheet) pictures of the contents including dates and meal choices.

Thank you in advance.

Andrew
CEO

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Missing meals

EDIT: I've now received my refund thank you.

A real shame because I enjoyed the food but I'm no longer ordering until I receive the missing meals or a refund for them, the customer service so far has been shocking, my first order arrived a week late due to the snow at the beginning of the month which to be fair couldn't be helped, but I've text the number (someone called Leighanne?) to say these meals were missing from my order, she said we will send them with your next order which was bold to assume I'd order again when it was a one off purchase to try the food first, luckily I did enjoy it and made another order, even messaged Leighanne the order number to make sure the missing meals are included, no reply, and the meals were still missing from my next order! I've text the number and also emailed now, no answer on email, Leighanne replied 'how strange they must have put them in the wrong box I do apologise leave it with me' this was on 17th January. I asked they be sent out asap or process a refund, nothing. I text again on 23rd January, still no reply so I have no choice but to write a review to get somewhere with this!

January 2, 2025
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Reply from Prep By Gainz

Dear Charlene,
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re truly sorry to hear that our meal prep service didn’t meet your expectations. We take your concerns seriously and are committed to improving our offerings. Please feel free to share any specific details so we can address them directly.
We appreciate your input and hope to have the opportunity to serve you better in the future.
Please do contact us on: hello@prepbygainz.co.uk so we can address this directly for you.
Best regards,
Michael Mulholland
Customer Service & Compliance Manager
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This company is bunch of scamers

This company is bunch of scamers, my last food order and it never arrived, and I never have received my money back either. You can see that they dont care about customers and their plans are just to steal poor peoples money that they spend on these horrible meals that they supose to provide.

December 20, 2024
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Reply from Prep By Gainz

hello mindaugas

I totally agree with you that we are here to steal everyone money and we never ever deliver packages to customers, we have made years of successful deliveries and had so many great reviews yet we never deliver a package of food.

please take a moment for yourself and understand that sometimes circumstances out of our control are the reason the package is not delivered whether its weather issues or transit issues but we always do our best to get the solution sorted.

so for the review as busy as it is its very inaccurate and also concerning you have done this out of spite rather than working with us to get a solution

Andrew
CEO

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

TOP TIER MEAL PREP

I've been using Prep By Gainz for nearly 2 years now and they are without doubt the best out there. I cannot fault the customer service. Especially Leighanne who is always extremely helpful and always goes the extra mile.

January 20, 2025
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Dear George
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts on our meal prep services! We truly appreciate your feedback, as it helps us improve and better serve you. We're glad to hear you enjoyed your experience, and we look forward to continuing to provide delicious and convenient meals.
Best regards,

Michael Mulholland
Customer Service & Compliance Manager
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Food is so tasty and nutritious in each…

Food is so tasty and nutritious in each bite 😋. Literally can feel my gainz while having some nutritious meal specially after my intense gym sessions.

Always worth a money ! Without proper nutrition Fitness goal is impossible to achieve so I always choose Prep by gainz to optimize my hard work in the gym

January 19, 2025
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Reply from Prep By Gainz

Dear Harris,
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts on our meal prep services! We truly appreciate your feedback, as it helps us improve and better serve you.
Time is key we pride ourselves on being able to free up your precious time.
We're glad to hear you enjoyed your experience, and we look forward to continuing to provide delicious and convenient meals.
Best regards,

Michael Mulholland
Customer Service & Compliance Manager
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

High protein and far tastier than expected

I’ve used these for three weeks and virtually all of the meals have been far tastier, with far more protein, much more filling and will more natural ingredients than any ready meals that I’ve had from the supermarket. Really pleased and will continue to subscribe.

January 13, 2025
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Dear Neil,
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts on our meal prep services! We truly appreciate your feedback, as it helps us improve and better serve you.
Always providing the best.
We're glad to hear you enjoyed your experience, and we look forward to continuing to provide delicious and convenient meals.
Best regards,

Michael Mulholland
Customer Service & Compliance Manager
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Prep by.... bizarre customer service

I feel like I've edited this review more times than enough and now I will explain why. I placed my first order just before Christmas which should have been received by myself on the Wednesday. It came on the Tuesday - no big deal, but it would have been nice to have been told it would not be coming on the Wednesday. Nowhere on their website or social media does it state that they do not deliver on days such as Christmas etc as some delivery companies actually do that I've tried. Anyways, I swept that aside. The meals that week overall were nice, albeit some very peppery and also some soggy wraps. The following week, my box was supposed to come on the Wednesday again (New Years Day). I had a notification from DPD to state they were awaiting my box on NYE so there was nothing that made me think it wouldn't come still. Once again, no social media posts or notification to alert you to any changes. The box didn't come, meaning I had no meals to take to work with me. I'd already spent around £60+ on the meals, but ended up spending additional ££ on takeouts so I had food. I contacted Prep by Gainz via email, phone and all social media outlets... no response. It was only by chance that I found a support email on here. In the mean time I was very unhappy so I left a negative review on here. I then received an almost instant reply to my email from Andrew who basically shamed me for leaving such a review and tried to make me feel guilty that his chefs had come in for new years to make the food and that it was DPD fault. Also made me feel guilty for emailing them as the team were on annual leave. I'm sorry but as a company you shouldn't be making customers feel sorry or guilty for doing anything. Theve spent a lot of money and when the contact between customer and company is non-existant , what do you expect? Whilst the team are off on annual leave, customers are stressing wondering where their box is? If it will arrive? If they need to go to the shop and cook meals for work or not? Sitting waiting for hours for a reply that will never come? Google saying they are open... someone posting a story to their social media post but ignoring direct messages? I've never ever had this experience with other meal prep companies before. Anyways, The box never ended up arriving, they said DPD lost it? There seems to be alot of reviews on here saying how terrible the delivery is and prep by gainz blaming them constantly- which probably is true.. but why keep using DPD then? Or why not have a backup company for when things go wrong? Andrew got a replacement box sent out via special delivery with DPD which did arrive the next day (Day 3 of no box). The meals this time were not as nice, I have no idea why. But even my partner agreed who tried them. Andrew then told me that if I left a positive review for sorting out the replacement box, he would put some free items in my next order. Initially I thought this was OK however looking back on my journey with this company , I feel this is manipulative. Surely sorting out the replacement box is what good customer service does? You shouldn't need thanking for this through good reviews. I notice others have edited their negative reviews on here so seems to be a reoccuring thing.. ? When things go wrong It should be expected that companies either replace or refund especially for a premium service. Oh and by the way, the free items were not in my next order. I've cancelled my subscription now as I've never had such a bizarre experience with a food delivery service. I read reviews that people were charged even after they cancelled. I cancelled my subscription days ago and it still says that the " action is pending". So I had to cancel my debit card too as I didn't trust that I would not be charged. Absolute shame as I had been looking forward to trying this company for years when they just used to be collection only. Someone needs to be employed to be answering the phone or dedicated to answering emails and social media queries... I understand things go wrong but blaming DPD constantly as per other reviews isn't the way to go. Instead, respond to people's issues and get them rectified. This includes giving out refunds if necessary and not just saying you will and not following through. It's not right. I used to work in catering and hospitality for 6 years as a manager, so I do know about the sector and dealt with such issues myself but never spoke to my customers this way and always went above and beyond to rectify issues. Even if this meant providing a refund and a replacement item. Good customer service costs nothing.

My first meal with my new box today i had to throw as part of the chicken tasted vile. My meals came "chilled" with 1 ice pack and some bubble wrap? I give up. At this point I just want a full refund so I can go to my supermarket.

I never leave negative < reviews but this experience has been too poor.

January 8, 2025
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Reply from Prep By Gainz

Good Afternoon Nicole

firstly when a box is damaged or perished through the delivery company there are lengthy processes to follow to make the claim for the customer, as a perfectly good gesture i actually out of my own pocket replaced the box immediately to try and help and mentioned the possibility of a review of the fast turnaround in service as a positive, however some people don't see the impact it has on a small business when your courier don't carry out the initial delivery so in fact we make a loss.

we stayed in contact and advised so I'm confused the service was as poor as you stated and the food taste also but again we are not to everyone taste.

you stated that you used to work in the industry and used to just refund and rectify issues. iim guessing when its not your money then this is the easy thing to do??? when your running a business and its affected by an outside firm then surely we should be compensated for our losses as well correct ?? well that's not the case so we take the full loss so we have to try our best to get the best solution of its detrimental. just like these reviews are also...

its a very hard industry and we try everything to get the perfect delivery. we send 100s weekly and would love a 100 percent success rate however its virtually impossible

I appreciate the feedback and i am sure the readers will also but we have been more than supportive and responsive so i hope they understand that also

thank you for the custom I'm sorry it wasn't up to your standards

well we appreciate your review even if you never leave reviews to meal prep companies all within the same time frame

Andrew

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No deliveries, no contact

So far paid for 2 deliveries and haven't received any food.
No reply to emails or phone calls.
I've had no food and no contact but am £200 down.
There's plenty similar companies out there, I'd recommend trying one who'll actually feed you

January 7, 2025
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Reply from Prep By Gainz

Hello Rebecca

i hope all is well we have now checked and believe all orders have been fulfilled, there was a delay as DPD had weather issue and fresh boxes was sent to replace any missing box. DPD records show all deliveries complete but if you could kindly let us know thats correct that would be great

Andrew
CEO

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

First time ordering from Prep by Gainz…

First time ordering from Prep by Gainz and honestly their customer service is incredible. Leighanne who i was dealing with was fantastic and nothing was too much trouble. Their food is so tasty and the best Prep company I have used. Will highly recommend them to everyone.

January 4, 2025
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Reply from Prep By Gainz

thank you so much we do try our absolute best

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