1-800-Flowers competes using fruits against florists

1-800-Flowers our beloved wire service, has been delivering edible fruit bouquet since some time ago. 

That is a good alternative to real flowers, but it is against real brick and mortar florist. Anyway, my aunt (real florist) was called from fruitbouquets.com branch of 1-800-Flowers owner or Bloomnet, they told her about the great opportunity to sell fruit bouquets yada, yada, yada; she answer them that this is not very compatible due to the well known Ethylene effect of the fruits  over the fresh flowers. Then, They replied telling her that this is not an issue; but ,if she cannot do the fruit bouquets at least she should give them a referral of any person willing to do that, does not matter whether or not the person is a florist.

Our beloved 1-800-Flowers wire service again is competing in another front against florists.

I wonder how many freelancer designers are doing fruits bouquets for fruitbouquets.com…. hummmm?

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