01/22/2025
Things to think about when ordering Flowers for the Valentine's Holiday or any occasion. Give your favorite local florist a call first and foremost. In the Cabot, Austin, Ward, Beebe, Jacksonville, Lonoke, and occasionally Vilonia/El Paso area call our store at 501-843-9574 or order online at www.petalsandplantsflorist.com
Petals and Plants Florist Inc is located at 405 West Main, Cabot, Arkansas. We are family owned and operated and proudly support the community.
Did you know when you shop at 1-800-flowers, Avas Flowers, Terrys, Blossoms, or any order gatherer, you are actually paying more for your order, getting less and giving your money to a large corporation.
For example, 1-800-flowers charges you a $14.99 service fee and an additional $2.99 for a Saturday delivery. When you click the service fee icon they show a picture of a florist hand delivering your order and explain that your order is hand delivered by a florist. While that is true sometimes, many times no florist will accept their orders.
They do not give the delivering florist that $15.00 service charge to deliver or the $2.99 for the saturday delivery. In fact, they do not give the delivering florist anything to deliver. They also keep 27% of the posted price of the flowers and give the florist making the order No delivery fee and 73 % of the bouquet price to make and deliver your arrangement.
If your order is $69.99 plus the service fee of $14.99 plus the $2.99 saturday charge, you pay $87.97 plus tax.
The florist is given $51.08. (If even that amount.)
You are then getting a $41.08 arrangement and $10 to deliver.
Shop Local get a better product and put your money into your community by ordering local with a business who supports the local schools, volunteer organizations, and more things local. If you are ordering from a 800 number there is a definite possibility you aren't ordering from a local business but someone who might "say" they are local and are just a call center located in another state or country disguising themselves as the local florist.
Worried about ordering for different city or town? Still call us at Petals and Plants Florist, Inc. We can wire your order to an actual florist and make sure you receive a quality product. Hope to hear from you this holiday season.
