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Baskets Galore's Sparkling Baskets For New Years

Everyone knows that the best time to receive gifts is after the rush of Christmas. So this year surprise someone with a lovely gourmet gift basket that will also help them celebrate the New Year in style.  We have an extensive Gift Basket range which all include Champagne. Take a look at a few we have to offer.

Baskets Galore Wishes Everyone Happy Holidays

Christmas is the most wonderful time of year. Everyone at Baskets Galore would like to wish you Happy Holidays and we hope you are having a lovely day with your friends and family. Let's spread the Festive spirit and share this message with everyone who matters to you.

Baskets Galore's Christmas Office Team

At Christmas the office becomes almost as busy as Santa's workshop with the office working hard to process orders and organise delivery for every Christmas Gift Basket. During the year we have 1 or 2 people max working on different processes but at Christmas each process needs a team of people.   The different teams we need are as follows: The Retail Team  Roma & Victoria process all retail orders, from both online orders & phone orders. They also deal directly with the customers, organising if any customers would like any extra products or substitutions added to the gift basket. Shannon checks the addresses for each of the retail customers orders, then they are pasted on to the courier team. The Corporate Team  Andrea & Kate respectively take all corporate orders, from both online orders & phone orders. This means they also deal with any additional requirements for the baskets i.e. many companies like to send their own personali...

Baskets Galore Helps With Shopping On A Budget

One of the main stresses at Christmas is trying to find the best presents for your friends and family when you are on a budget. Our  Christmas Gift Hamper  ranges have been created to ensure that the same quality and care goes into all our gift hampers, regardless of the price of the hampers.  The only difference between our 3 tier budget gift hamper range is the number of products available and the types of products. Even our budget range has all the best quality products it has just been created as a gift for 1 to 2 people. The following showcases the different types of baskets available for the following budget ranges  under €100 ,  €100+  &   €150+. Budget Gift Hampers Christmas Tempter Old West Christmas Basket Gourmet Pathway Gourmet Cheese & Wine Value Gift Hampers Artisan Scran Christmas Chocolate Celebration Christmas Traditional Feast Gr...

Baskets Galore's Plan to #MakeChristmasEasy

Christmas shopping can be very stressful for many people. One of the main reasons why we do what we do at Baskets Galore is too make buying gifts easy and stress free. So this got us thinking that every year we #MakeChristmasEasy. If you like the idea of making your Christmas shopping easy, then read on and I will explain how in 8 simple steps (technically you will only need to follow 4 steps we will then take care of it from then on.) 1. If you require some inspiration to find that perfect gift then you should visit our Pinterest page (This step is optional) We have 3 specific pin boards for Christmas they include Family, Gourmet and Traditional 2. Visit the Christmas Webpage You can shop by type of basket or by budget (below is the different options available) 3. Precede to Checkout & Register an account with Baskets Galore (total time spent = less than 5 mins) You are asked to provide the following details Your Full Name Your Email Addre...

Baskets Galore's Christmas Stock Has Arrived

Baskets Galore are busy bees at Christmas time. We have to be so organised and make sure that the Christmas stock is ordered and delivered at the correct time, we also need to pre-pack non-perishable  Christmas Gift Hampers  to save time during the last few weeks of December, which is one of our busiest times of the year. This year we have been so organised we placed an order for our Christmas Jams & Chutneys in the beginning of 2014. It is a year long process to receive our order because our supplier is a micro-producer who picks the fruit themselves in the summer and then spends the autumn months making it in small batches of 20.  Our organic smoked salmon is so fresh that the earliest it can be delivered is the 17th December to ensure that it has an after Christmas shelf life. Our baked goods including mince pies and Christmas pudding are being made in small batches and delivered weekly to ensure that the stay fresh for our baskets. The bake...

Christmas In Full Swing At Baskets Galore

Christmas is one of our busiest times of the year and to make it go smoothly we have a range of different processes that work together simultaneously. We have a number of different teams that work together on each process, if you took a look in our warehouse right now it is just like a big conveyor belt of people making, packing, wrapping and boxing baskets. Here is a breakdown of the processes, during Christmas these processes are working constantly until after the New Year. 1. We get a large delivery of baskets well in advance, these are then stacked in the warehouse and used when needed until November. 2. During November we assemble the baskets, these are ready full prepared to be used for pre-packing, they are stacked within the warehouse until they are required. 3. From the middle of November we start receiving a weekly large deliveries of non-perishable products, these products are then used for pre-packing. 4. The prepared baskets are then brou...

BasketsGalore - St Patrick's Day Delivery Update

Customer Announcement – No Deliveries Within Ireland on 17th March Just a quick reminder that unfortunately there will be  no deliveries within Ireland and Northern Ireland on Monday 17th March  2014, due to the St Patrick’s Day holiday. St Patrick’s Day is a national holiday in Ireland so all businesses and schools tend to be closed, including the courier company we use for our deliveries. This means if you would like a gift basket to be delivered in time for  St Patrick's Day  you will need to  order by 3 pm on Thursday 13th March  (at the latest), so it will arrive on Friday 14th March. There are no weekend deliveries available either. Any orders placed on Friday 13th will be scheduled for delivery on Tuesday 18th, providing they have non-perishable contents. Any baskets ordered containing perishable items (such as fruit & salmon) cannot be dispatched until Tuesday 18th, for Wednesday 19th arrival. We will endeavour to email any customers who ...

Winter To Spring Gift Giving Occasions

Good afternoon bloggers, we hope you are all well. It's been a while since our last post but we hope you've been keeping up to date via Facebook & Twitter . Spring is always a busy time for us here at BasketsGalore, as there are quite a few upcoming occasions. After the extremely busy Christmas & New Year period, we have a little bit more time to breathe & so begin the process of creating lovely, new gift baskets! This tends to begin with Valentine's Day on 14th February. We find our romantic gift baskets are particularly popular as presents for men, perhaps as they say the way to a mans heart is via his stomach! BasketsGalore's Valentine's Day 2014 range included complimentary romantic gift wrap, a personalised gift card & silk red rose. After Valentine's Day we have a bit of a gap until St Patrick's Day on 17th March. We don't have to create lots of special St Patrick's Day themed baskets as the majority of our food is s...