Trying to find the perfect gift for family members and dear friends can be a challenge at the holidays or for a special occasion. You want to communicate how much you care without over taxing your budget. Fruit baskets are an excellent way to express your feelings. A simple fruit basket can brighten the home or office of those you love, provide them with a nutritional snack and keep your budget in check. Fruit baskets are a beautiful compliment to any decor and can serve as centerpieces for your loved ones to enjoy. Gift fruit baskets seem to be especially…
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If you’re having a gourmet dinner party, or if you want to set a gourmet table during the holidays for family and friends, using fruit baskets to decorate the table is the best way to make your table look great without spending a fortune. Fruit baskets come in elegant containers like ceramic bowls, glass or crystal containers, or in many other styles so you can choose one that is appropriate for your event. Bright colored citrus fruits like oranges, Honeybells, and grapefruit make a beautiful splash of color on the table and make it easy for you to grab fresh…
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If you’re not sure what gift to give for a birthday, holiday, anniversary or other occasion you can be sure that a gift of Indian River fruit will always be a welcome gift. Everyone can eat and enjoy fresh fruit, no matter what medical conditions they might have or what dietary restrictions they might have, so sending Indian River fruit is always a safe bet. When you’re sending gifts to loved ones far away, relatives that you haven’t seen or talked to in years, or clients and vendors that you want to forge strong relationships with you can’t go wrong…
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It may be time to forget that old “apple a day” truism. Or at least augment it with “a grapefruit a day” – according to health researchers as well as those who simply love the refreshingly tangy taste of Florida red grapefruit. Not only are we discovering that red grapefruit is really, really good for us, but that it also really, really tastes great. Red grapefruit boasts a naturally sweet flavor. Some people insist on ladling a spoonful of honey, turbinado (raw sugar cane extract), sugar or artificial sweetener on it. Others maintain that if you “train” your taste buds…
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Right now businesses are having to compete harder than ever for business, and a simple fruit arrangement can be the edge your business needs to win new clients from your competitors. When it comes to landing new clients many businesses know that giving gifts, personal attention, and great service are the keys to signing clients who will stay with the business for years. Unfortunately since the economy has still not totally turned around from the recession of just a couple of years ago many business owners can no longer afford to treat potential clients to nice dinners or buy them…
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This holiday season reward your employees with a sweet treat that will help them come back healthy after the holidays. A citrus fruit basket or citrus fruit assortment is the perfect gift for your employees. Everyone loves citrus fruit, and more importantly almost everyone can eat citrus fruit so you do not have to worry about leaving out employees who have special diets. Food in the workplace is a gift everyone appreciates, and healthy citrus fruit assortments are a great way to promote healthy snacking at work. Place a citrus gift basket or citrus fruit assortment in the break room…
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Let your friends and loved one who live far away know that you’re thinking of them by sending them Indian River fruit. Indian River fruit is known around the country as the most delicious fruit that can be bought. The oranges, grapefruit and other fruit that comes from the Indian River district of Florida has been famous for its great taste since the late 1880s when ships would carry the succulent fruits to ports around the country and around the world. By the turn of the century everyone knew that the best tasting fruit came from Florida, and specifically from…
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Sometimes you just do not have time to go to the store to buy groceries- let alone wander the produce aisles to pick out your favorite citrus fruits, vegetables and exotic fruits. You feel guilt by eating out again and decide you do not want to eat fast food again. The idea of stopping at the gas station or convenient store again for a frozen meal turns your stomach. All you really want is fresh produce and fruits; you can practically taste the fresh citrus blend juices you used to make for breakfast. You think to yoursef– Why is it…
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Honeybells are almost here! But if you don’t order soon you could miss out on Honeybells this year. Honeybells are a delicious gourmet citrus fruit that is well known for its super sweet taste and for producing huge amounts of refreshing fresh juice. They are only in season for a very short time each year. The earliest Honeybells are ready to be shipped around Christmas time in late December and they will be in season until about the end of January and then they will be gone again for another year. Gourmet foodies love Honeybells because they are rare and…
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Fruit basket gifts are classic gifs that are given primarily during the holidays even though they are appropriate for all different types of occasions. In many families giving fruit basket gifts is as much of a tradition as setting up a Christmas tree or hanging stockings by the fireplace. The tradition of giving fruit as a holiday gift goes back over a thousand years. Throughout Europe in the early Dark Ages fruit became a prized gift because during the long cold winter season there was no fresh fruit to be had. People need fresh fruit in order to stay healthy…