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Father’s Day is coming up – Sunday June 20th to be exact! Delivery dates are available Monday to Saturday and there’s still time to order a gift for your Dad, husband or Grandpa! As always you can place an order with a future delivery date and we will schedule it...

A friend sent me this article about someone who ordered a Raptors gift basket and the recipient received nothing related to the Raptors.  Substitutions are pretty common with gift basket companies but this is next level.  Unfortunately, situations like this give our industry a bad reputation.  I want to be clear on...

We were thrilled to participate in Planned’s Sustainability Panel on Earth Day.  We were selected from Planned’s large pool of suppliers to participate because of our focus on sourcing local, prioritizing packaging that is recyclable and our own recycling programs.  We recognize that both gifting and events have a considerable...

Mother’s Day is in 1 WEEK!!!!  And guess what, there’s still time to order your gift! As always you can place an order with a future delivery date and we will schedule it accordingly. This ensures the best selection of products! If no future date is setup at checkout we...

We planned to start this company before COVID-19 was a thing. We incorporated our business the week before Toronto got locked down. It’s been a challenging year for everyone and a tough year to get going with a new business. While demand has been strong, getting inventory and getting established...

The past year has been filled with so many challenges; with lockdowns and emergency orders in place for much of the past 12 months people are staying home more than ever before. This extra time at home brings with it challenges and benefits. I won’t get into the challenges I...

In 2020 we saw thousands of small business pivot online and we also saw quite a high number of companies enter the gift basket businesses offering gift boxes, baskets and/or subscription services. We were in fact one of those companies; we incorporated just a week before Toronto got locked down...

We have partnered with incredible local female entrepreneurs in our community to help our friends at SAOR Studio launch their new Entrepreneur Mastermind (March 2021). Every prize in this giveaway is from female led businesses. This giveaway is a celebration of what women are capable of when they have the courage, support and strength to...

YES it’s still possible to order a gift for Valentine’s Day! As always you can place an order with a future delivery date and we will schedule it accordingly. This ensures the best selection of products! If no future date is setup at checkout we will ship as quickly as...

We survived our first Holiday Season!!! And guess what, it was SO fun, SO busy, SO successful and SO stressful all at once. We are so grateful, exhausted and happy. Thank you to all who ordered from us this holiday season – we hope you and the recipients of the...

Women Growing Empires is a business support and networking group for women-owned businesses. They just put out their gift guide where you’ll find our Gourmet Food Gift Baskets along with many other great gifts for the upcoming holiday season. Whether you’re looking for foodie gifts, gifts to grow your business...

We are pretty excited to be featured in the Moms at Work Guide Guide this year! This guide was prepared by Allison Venditti, Career Coach, HR Expert, Pay transparency advocate from https://careerlove.ca and features some of her favourite small, local businesses. Now, more than ever we need to shop local...

Well, it’s been quite the week with the US presidential election, but can we all just take a moment to appreciate how amazing it is that the Vice President of the United States is a woman of colour! Amazing. 2021 is already looking up. While it’s been unseasonably warm in...

Need a special & unique gift created? Contact us today to customize a basket. Did you know we make custom gift baskets? We’ve been doing a lot more of these this week. Some ideas to get you thinking: – Jigsaw puzzle, soups and cookies for someone who broke their leg–...

(yes we know it isn’t even Halloween, but stay with us) Shipping is going to be super busy this year so parcels should be shipped early to ensure they arrive on time.  note: for GTA shipments we do work with a local courier company for next day shipments but we have been...

We’ve been speaking to dozens of corporate customers about their client appreciation gifting needs this holiday season and we have identified three approaches to corporate gift giving this year: Going Big: these companies are going all out and spending additional funds on their client appreciation (and staff) gifts. They are sending...