EASTER SURPRISE!

April 2, 2013

Well, Easter, this year, came as a big surprise. While most years in the past, Easter has been rather lukewarm with unimpressive sales, this year the bunny had a big surprise in store for us. Even though the economy has been less than stellar, our customers made this Easter a phenominal success for us here at Fuller's Floral.

We were flooded with sales on Saturday. Usually the Saturday before Easter is pretty humdrum with a few drop ins for some last minute centerpieces to take to "Mom's" for dinner. This year we opened early and started work at 8:30AM and never quit until the last piece was delivered at 8:30PM. We were BEAT!

Then as if that weren't enough, Easter Monday hit us like a locomotive and the rush continued on until 5PM when we finally closed our doors.

What went on here? Has our economy finally taken an upward turn? Or do you think that possibly the internet sites (for instance 1-800, FTD, Teleflora and all of the other order gatherers) have just disappointed the public one too many times?

I'd like to think that it was the fact that John Q. Public has finally woken up.  He has decided that it is better to trust his hard earned money to someone you can talk to- a business owner in HIS OWN AREA. And that people are supporting their local businesses rather than jumping on the internet to order something at an "unreal" price - just to find out that the price really is UNREAL and you end up paying MORE (with all the fees involved) than you would have if you had called your local florist. And worst of all is the disappointment when the order gatherers don't get it delivered.

I cannot tell you how many "apology" notes go out from these guys  the day after a holiday, but it is A LOT!  Shame on them! :( Don't be one of the people who get these! ORDER LOCAL! Keep your business within your community!

I am happy to report that we were able to take care of each and every one of our customers -because OUR CUSTOMERS COUNT!  We will see them again on Mother's Day, or when there is a birthday, funeral, or special event of celebration. We will be able to look them in the eye because we know that we did our very best to make their holiday as special as we possibly could. So THANKS everybody for making our Easter a great holiday, and here's hoping we did the same for you!

Check out our webpage at www.fullersfloral.net