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Contactless flower delivery ensuring Mother's Day smiles despite outbreak - The Courier

After Don Saville opened the shop in 1942, flowers have been the family’s main focus. Main owner Mark Jones said, In our hectic and overworked lives, I hope to inspire moments of beauty, grace and reflection in appreciating the awesome beauty of a flower, Jones said. “That is my meaning and my purpose.”As the great-grandson of the original owner, Jones aspires to carry on the tradition that was once instilled by Saville. After building a positive relationship within the Chicagoland area, Saville Flowers offers many home decor items and custom bouquets for any occasion. Their best-known products are bouquets of unique flowers with unusual blooms to add texture. “Normally there are high sales at this time due to graduations, weddings, and Mother’s Day, but without those, we are keeping an open mind to how many orders to expect,” said Sara Kokes, a Saville Flowers employee. With the absence of major events that commemorate the start or end of something, flower sales are slowing declining by 50% for Saville Flowers due to a lack of customer knowledge they are open. With a history in having people stop in and choose by hand which flowers to include, Saville Flowers quickly opened their doors to contactless delivery. However, a minimum of $35 must be placed along with a $10 local delivery fee. “Our plan is to have drivers wear gloves when delivering and returning to the van before calling the customer. Most importantly, drivers wait to physically see them pick it up from their porch rather than hoping it is in the right hands,” Kokes said.  Saville Flowers has taken many thought paths when determining how to avoid contact while delivering. Halsted Flowers has thought of the same things. “We have our drivers drop off the flowers, step back 10 to 20 feet, call the person receiving the order and wait for the person to pick it up,” said owner, Geneva Curren. Curren has a past with flower shops in Washington D.C., New York City, and operating three shops across Arkansas and Chicago. Her knowledge of flowers stems from her childhood in visiting her family in the South where she would spend hours and hours picking wildflowers.While the company’s main objective of creating designs that inspire and bring joy to the recipients, the employees are trained to help with selecting the best fl... https://codcourier.org/13169/features/contactless-flower-delivery-ensuring-smiles/

The second-best flower shop in Naperville, Ill., is struggling to survive. Along with the American Dream. - The Washington Post

Karin’s name. Thank you so much for the support. We enjoy being your local florist.”Gallagher, her loyal customer, says, “I hope they weather the storm because it would really be tough to lose your mother and the business she built.” Her son made sure to purchase her Mother’s Day arrangement from Celidan, of purple liatris, pink lilies, yellow tulips, gerbera daisies and daisy poms.Read more:The recov... https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/florist-ppp-small-business-naperville-illinois/2020/05/26/65cec788-9a09-11ea-ac72-3841fcc9b35f_story.html

Local florists and restaurants work against shortages for Mother's Day - Desert Sun

Amid coronavirus, these are all still options but there are supply challenges some local businesses face this year. *There is confusion of whether florists are essential in cities and counties  and some are offering curbside pickups and contactless deliveries, but they're also dealing with a global supply issue and are notifying customers that arrangements might have to include substitutions. Jordan Hall, a member of the Hall family that owns Palm Springs Florist, said global wholesalers have supply chains to all continents and it's affected everyone, but they have been able to order what they need to make it through Mother's Day."Our ability to order flowers normally has become unavailable or slowed, but we've been in business for so long and have such a large supply source that we've been able to piece together what we need," Hall said. "If we were to go through one of the standard wholesalers, they might not have everything. It's going to affect all flower shops, especially the smaller ones who might not have the same type of business revenue and don't have the same resources." Hall added that events such as El Niño, a monsoon or early summer rains can cause supply interruptions, but nothing on this scale has h... https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2020/05/06/local-florists-and-restaurants-work-against-shortages-mothers-day/3082359001/

Contactless flower delivery ensuring Mother's Day smiles despite outbreak - The Courier

Under this circumstance, Curren said, “Working as a florist has been wonderful, challenging, exhausting, inspiring, hectic, fun, maddening, and fantastic!” Orders as of right now are piling in for Curren and her staff, causing everyone to feel overwhelmed. As it is described as part of the job as a florist, understanding customers mean well and only want to stay local. With a minimum of $75 for fresh arrangements and $40 for plant deliveries, Halsted Flowers plans to make multiple rounds a day for their customers. Even though hours of operation are limited each day, the employees are finding themselves working around the clock in order to finish their customer’s requests. Delivery drivers are out until late in the night and up early in the morning to make their rounds and to clear out the shop to make room for more orders. Saville Flowers: https://savilleflowers.com/ Phone: (847)864-0632Halsted Flowers: https://halstedflowers.com/ Phone: (773)883-8600... https://codcourier.org/13169/features/contactless-flower-delivery-ensuring-smiles/

Advice For Couples In Quarantine; Honolulu Florist Reopens For Mother's Day - WBUR

But sometimes, quarantining with partners is even more stressful. In her new podcast, "Couples Under Lockdown," author and therapist Esther Perel shares her advice. And, some florists in Hawaii are reopening just in time for Mother's Day. A florist in Honolulu joins us to discuss the challenges of reopening during the pandemic. That and more, in hour two of Here & Now's May 7, 2020, full broadcast. You can find more at hereandnow.org — and follow us on Twitter, Instagram or join the conversation on Facebook. https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/05/07/may-07-2020-hn-two

I’m a New York bride who had to cancel her wedding 6 days before it was supposed to happen. We’ve rescheduled, but the financial and emotional stress hasn’t gone away. - Business Insider

We wanted to recoup as much as possible, so we opted for the next available Friday, which is July 17. South Gate is a big family business – the caterer’s sister is his florist, his brother is a photographer – so that made the transition easier. There were just a lot of phone calls and a little bit of juggling to make sure all of the vendors could transfer their services to that date. The limos, the DJ, and basically everyone else involved were able to make the switch. Our officiant was the only missing piece – we’ll have to make a change there – but overall there wasn’t major damage. Some of our flowers were already in transit, so the florist had to accept at least half upon delivery. We had 300 blush roses in our house for days; I was giving them away to friends, neighbors, anyone who would take them. captionSome of the blush roses that it was too late to return..sourceCourtesy photo That portion of the flowers ($1,500) and the officiant fee ($500) were a complete loss. I put off estimating our overall losses for a month, basically thinking “it is what it is,” but after adding it all up, it’s not nearly as bad as I had imagined. We’re losing about $3,000, which is nothing compared to the total cost of the wedding which is around $65,000. But there’s so much that I can’t put a price on. captionDate-specific overnight gift bags for the couple’s hotel guests.sourceCourtesy photo Our date was meaningful to me. It’s engraved on my champagne flutes which are now useless. My honeymoon couldn’t be salvaged. We were originally going to St. Lucia, but that was booked up in July so we’ve switched to Barbados. It’s fine; it doesn’t matter where we go – but summer flights and vacations are almost double the price of what I was paying to go away in March. That’s an added expense we weren’t counting on. captionDate-specific water bottles that will have to be redone.sourceCourtesy photo I made dozens of overnight bags for the guests who were staying in the hotel; they were filled with personalized water bottles and other dated items which have to be scrapped. Our favors will have to be rewrapped and tagged with our new date, the personalized T-shirts my mom made will now never be worn. Our bridal party gifts were dated and have to be redone. I have everything stored in a spare room, and day by day I realize more and more things that will have to be changed. I’m worried. Because we canceled less than a week before the wedding, all of our vendors were already paid in full. I’m confident the payments will be honored and our wedding will eventually go off without a hitch – but we poured all of our money into this big day that still hasn’t happened, and now there will be more expenses to come. Our new date is only a few months away so we’re in the process of reprinting and resending invitations, but I’m nervous about making that move. Will this be over by then? Will we get close to that date and realize we have to postpone once again? Right... https://www.businessinsider.sg/new-york-bride-postponed-wedding-due-to-coronavirus-2020-5

Royal Oak florist leaves surprise flowers with notes of hope - FOX 2 Detroit

ROYAK OAK, Mich. (FOX 2) - "I'm a third generation florist, my great grandmother owned Elma Boyd flower shop in Detroit, both my mom and dad were florists," said Jody Costello.So it wasn't surprising when seven years ago Jody Costello opened J. Costello Designs in Royal Oak. Royal Oak florist leaves bundles of free flowers with notes of hope Jody Costello is doing her part to provide a little brightness in these challenging times. "I started this year with an absolute bang in January with the biggest wedding I've ever done," she said.But by the time March rolled around it was a different story. Not surprisingly everyone cancelled their events when the coronavirus made its way to the US.This florist quickly realized it was time to switch gears. "I started making bouquets and arrangements, selling plants online," she said. "People were more than hungry for flowers. They had been in their homes, they wanted something beautiful to look at all day. The response was super overwhelming." Advertisement But Jody wanted to do more"I had s... https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/royal-oak-florist-leaves-surprise-flowers-with-notes-of-hope

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