Florist Blogs

In the past I have written about the dangers and the deception involved in sending boxed flowers through services such as FedEx. The dangers include extreme temperatures and not getting what was pictured. My blog post had shown an actual delivery and the condition of the flowers received.  The individual who posted the video was sued by ...

Our flowers are professionally arranged and delivered. I mention this because occasionally we get asked if the flowers shown in our containers come designed and delivered as shown. The answer is yes. At first I found it odd to be asked this question but then it was pointed out that some web sites like Proflowers display flowers in a vase but end ...

Amazing, some people never realize, that ProFlowers is a direct shipper, using United Parcel and Federal Express to deliver their flowers.  Too bad they do not realize that they simply leave the flowers on the porch if no one is home, and in Michigan's winter weather it's not always a pretty thing.  Watch this video to see what that ...

A quote from their site discouraging consumers from ordering flowers frrom a Real Pro Local Florist.  ''No florist comes close to Proflowers. Because florists--on line and off--sell flowers from their coolers. Ours come fresh from the fields so they last longer''   Well a fellow Florist, The Bloomery ,from Pennsylvania placed an ...

As stated in the recent Proflower ad:   ''Love comes fresh from a field. Like comes from a florist’s cooler.''   One needs to define Love and Like.   Lets look at it this way. What would the boss think when his employees were to receive a Valentine gift packed in a cardboard box that she would have to unpack this box ...

Listening to the latest hype from PF, you’d think that they have the freshest flowers available, and that your flowers are still in the fields just waiting for your order to be placed so someone can run out and pick them, box them up, take them to the airport and personally fly them to your doorstep. In reality, most drop shippers and middleman ...

Another Valentine's Day, another onslaught of negative advertising about professional florists from Liberty Media's ProFlowers.   Here's what florists really want you to know: ProFlowers takes the pro out of the gift of flowers. -The roses arrive with damaged outer petals (called guard petals) because there's no ...

We know it will happen, it does every Valentine's Day, roses arrive frozen.  The usual reason, consumers are fooled into ordering from companies like ProFlowers who drop ship their products in a box via UPS and FedEx in unheated, uninsulated delivery trucks.  Not only that, when these third party delivery companies arrive at the delivery ...

News began to surface last week about a class action suit settlement by ProFlowers. According to an article from the Denver Post, the suit, filed in Los Angeles by Theodore G. Phelps, alleged 'deceptive marketing for claiming its flowers are "fresher than traditional floral providers" because they are shipped direct from fields ...

In a brief press release, ProFlowers responds: Bill Strauss, Chief Executive Officer of Provide Commerce, stated, ''We remain focused on our customers and will vigorously defend our direct business model. Our unique model is supported by our 7-day freshness guarantee - and it is this model that has greatly contributed to our ability to ...