In this economy, many businesses did not have the budget to purchase gifts to give their clients. With that being said, I really didn’t anticipate many large orders for gift baskets this holiday season. Boy was I proven wrong!
Our regular clients were ordering up to 90 gift baskets. We were making deliveries during the day (using a cargo van we had to rent) and packaging gift baskets at night. Our office space was filled with thousands of cookies and other delectable baked goods made by the Little Oven, stacks of assembled gift boxes, spools of ribbon hanging off shelves, and glitter all over the floor. It was crazy yet so exciting!
What was exciting is that the people receiving these Little Oven baskets started contacting us to find out if there was still time to order baskets to give to their clients, friends, and family. They commented on how wonderfully packaged the baskets and didn’t want to open them because of how nice they looked. We also heard that bosses took the gift baskets home to their family instead of leaving it in the break room for their staff.
After reluctantly tearing open the baskets, everyone raved about the cookies and cakes. What were the most popular items? The brownie, java, berry, and Melona lavosh. Coffee cake, guava shortbread, and chocolate mac. nut cookies were also a fan favorite.
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