Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Birthday and Beer Celebration

Have you ever considered looking at the notion of pairing beer with good food?  This doesn't mean that you go out and find a great brat and cook it in your best beer either. I am even suggesting that you go beyond pizza and burgers too. Try out some of the following ideas! You might find that there is more than one way to take pleasure in a fine bottle of beer.

birthday and beer gift
Cheese is one food that is mostly associated with wines and champagne. Discover how good a nice brie tastes with a fine wheat beer. Apples like Gravensteins is another winning pairing with a Belgian ale. There are the ester, or fruity, characteristics that are frequently found in apple or pear-like fruit while the truffle honey harmonizes with the slight honey notes Belgian ales are known to have. Also, the flavors of gouda cheese compliment the Brett characters that are found in the beer. Some American wild ale loosely bear a resemblance to top-fermenting beers that have been purposefully introduced to fermenting agents beyond the classic assortment of beer yeasts, sometimes replacing them altogether. Strains of wild yeasts such as Brettanomyces, along with the lactic acid-producing bacteria such as Lactobacillus and Pediococcus, which are usually considered contaminants in beer and wine making circles. They are used to deliver distinctive sensory profiles by brewers who are willing to take risks as to both the changeableness of the results and the perception of the public.


The company Baskets by Rita offers an assortment of beer baskets and beer tub gifts, birthday and beer gifts online as gifts to those beer authority . Their gifts are designed in useful containers that are functional when the goodies are being consumed and after they are gone. "Our beer tub gift is our most popular beer gift this year", say VanWoerkom, owner of the company.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Business Success Something to Celebrate

Administrative Professionals day calls for gift giving. DENVER, CO—Nationwide, the week of April 18-24, 2010, is set aside as a time to acknowledge administrative professionals for the necessary role they provide in the daily operations of American business. This year’s theme " Power of Commitment. Power of Commitment encompasses everything about administrative professionals and their standards. As admins show commitment in all their work, they fully give to the workplace.

wine and cheese gift basket
“Taking care of the human side of a company is one of the best investments a company can make in terms of increasing morale and productivity,” explained Corporate Relations Specialist, Marge Van Woerkom whose Denver/Fort Collins-based company, Baskets by Rita markets presents for any occasion.  “As a specialist in corporate relations, we aid our clients in taking care of the human aspect of business.”


One way of shielding and growing the human part of a company is grabbing the opportunity to identify the people who make the everyday operations happen. “During my corporate career at HP, Ilearned that an important part of acquiring a company was ensuring that the important employees felt valued and would remain loyal because they were the company,” elaborated Van Woerkom. “Gift baskets are a great way to recognize the “administrative professionals.”
Baskets by Rita is planning for the 18th year to play a central role in making Administrative Professionals feel appreciated and essential by offering high quality gifts specifically designed with employee recognition in mind, including. Thanks a Million, Starbucks and chocolate gift basket, World of thanks gift basket, Wine and Cheese gift basket, Executive Sweets gift just to name a few of the designs that will be offered. “You did a FABULOUS job on the baskets. They were a big hit. By far my favorite gift we’ve given yet. You do beautiful work,” Writes J Rice, Marketing Manager, Oakwood Homes, after she ordering admin day gifts for their associates in Denver Colorado.

“Baskets by Rita, Inc. was started with the business gifting in mind”, noted Van Woerkom, “and we know that Administrative Professionals week is one of many a time for us to help employers build upon the unified environment that makes companies successful.”

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Valentine's Holiday Filled with Chocolate Treats

Valentine's day is the season of love and time for chocolate gift giving. Our container for this basket is an useful file box to store papers, love letters or other treasures. We filled it with chocolates of all kinds. Everything from dark chocolate bars, Godiva bars, fruit dipped chocolate and even everyone's favorite turtles. Chocolate Valentines day gift basket

The naming of these seasonal gift is always fun so we came up with our Chocolate gift basket or  and our Chocolate Valentine's day Gift Basket. So you question yourself why would I order Valentines day gift basket and to whom would I send it? I would suggest sending one as a this Valentine's day to your college student or lover. A chocolate gift basket, thank you holiday gift basket, Boy friend gift basket or even as a substitute for flowers. These seasonal foods are great for celebrating the season.  Our aim is to have a new gift basket on our web site at least ever other week so come back often to check us out.  Some stay on for a long time and some just come and go like the seasons. Some baskets are motivated by the season some by holidays and others by yummy new product developments.http://www.basketsbyrita.com

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Gifts With Wine So They Won't Whine!

Christmas Holiday Gift Baskets what a mouth full
Christmas is a very accepted time of year for many businesses to give presents. Many businesses follow, what I believe, is a very smart option by avoiding anything that has religious implications. That means that the gifts they award will not include the words Christmas or will they use the words Merry Christmas in their card. A company wants to give a gift that will be remembered and appreciated.  This time of year is so emotionally charged with the feeling of another year gone by and reflection on the year as a whole. There is also optimism about the coming year too. The corporate holiday gift is an important way for companies to say thank you for your business and along with that is the trust there will be a feeling of loyalty for sustained business.  A Christmas holiday gift basket is an exceptional choice for a business.  A Christmas gift basket is great since everyone enjoys tasty food. However, take your time and choose wisely many gift baskets are quickly put together and contain foods that you can purchase in any grocery store. You want the presentation to be attractive and the food to taste fantastic. Otherwise the gift basket, which is a image of your business, will create a feeling of quick dismissive. Giving gifts automatically creates a kind of social obligation to want to do something for the person.
White wine gift basket
Business often times give wine gift baskets and beer basket at the holidays. I would encourage doing that only if you know the client well and you are confident that the alcohol will be cherished. Corporate holiday wine baskets come in all sizes and themes so corporate gifts can be selectedchosen to suggest the hierarchy of the recipient. This choice might also be driven by the amount of the group the gift basket is intended for. It often times is more gainful to gift a single gift to the team instead of one small one for each person.  The choice is yours. 
http://www.basketsbyrita.com

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Valentine's Holiday Filled with Chocolate Treats

Valentine's day is the season of love and time for chocolate gift giving. Our container for this basket is an useful file box to store papers, love letters or other treasures. We filled it with chocolates of all kinds. Everything from dark chocolate bars, Godiva bars, fruit dipped chocolate and even everyone's favorite turtles. Chocolate Valentines day gift basket

The naming of these seasonal gift is always fun so we came up with our Chocolate gift basket or  and our Chocolate Valentine's day Gift Basket. So you question yourself why would I order Valentines day gift basket and to whom would I send it? I would suggest sending one as a this Valentine's day to your college student or lover. A chocolate gift basket, thank you holiday gift basket, Boy friend gift basket or even as a substitute for flowers. These seasonal foods are great for celebrating the season.  Our aim is to have a new gift basket on our web site at least ever other week so come back often to check us out.  Some stay on for a long time and some just come and go like the seasons. Some baskets are motivated by the season some by holidays and others by yummy new product developments.http://www.basketsbyrita.com

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Gifts With Wine So They Won't Whine!

Christmas Holiday Gift Baskets what a mouth full
Christmas is a very accepted time of year for many businesses to give presents. Many businesses follow, what I believe, is a very smart option by avoiding anything that has religious implications. That means that the gifts they award will not include the words Christmas or will they use the words Merry Christmas in their card. A company wants to give a gift that will be remembered and appreciated.  This time of year is so emotionally charged with the feeling of another year gone by and reflection on the year as a whole. There is also optimism about the coming year too. The corporate holiday gift is an important way for companies to say thank you for your business and along with that is the trust there will be a feeling of loyalty for sustained business.  A Christmas holiday gift basket is an exceptional choice for a business.  A Christmas gift basket is great since everyone enjoys tasty food. However, take your time and choose wisely many gift baskets are quickly put together and contain foods that you can purchase in any grocery store. You want the presentation to be attractive and the food to taste fantastic. Otherwise the gift basket, which is a image of your business, will create a feeling of quick dismissive. Giving gifts automatically creates a kind of social obligation to want to do something for the person.
White wine gift basket
Business often times give wine gift baskets and beer basket at the holidays. I would encourage doing that only if you know the client well and you are confident that the alcohol will be cherished. Corporate holiday wine baskets come in all sizes and themes so corporate gifts can be selectedchosen to suggest the hierarchy of the recipient. This choice might also be driven by the amount of the group the gift basket is intended for. It often times is more gainful to gift a single gift to the team instead of one small one for each person.  The choice is yours. 
http://www.basketsbyrita.com

Monday, March 1, 2010

Baskets Filled By Easter Bunnies?

Easter celebrates Jesus Christ’s resurrection, making it the most essential of all Christian holy days. However, today the meaning of the holiday is obscured by painted eggs and bunnies. Easter can fall anytime between March 22 and April 25 since is occurs the first Sunday after the full moon. Easter is also coupled to the Jewish Passover in symbolism and it’s position in the calendar.


Now what about the rabbit and the eggs? Well the rabbit is a well know sexual symbol of fertility. Religions coupled with Babel connect the rabbit with periodicity, both human and lunar. The Mother Goddess Semiramis (Easter) is connected with the moon. Therefore, the Easter bunny symbolizes the Mother Goddess and is connected with annual Spring time fertility rituals worshiping the Mother Goddess.


Colored Easter eggs are a part of the festivities too that came from the egg which was a sacred symbol among the Babylonians. The believed that a amazing size egg fell from heaven into the Euphrates River from which the Goddess Semiramis was hatched.

easter bunnies and eggs gift
It makes you wonder how many of us truly think about the exact meaning of this holiday other than the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It has become another retail holiday and very commercialized. However, it is a time for families to join and celebrate the day. Kids love Easter for the gifts, candy and most of all the egg hunting which could take on a life of it’s own. Family member that are separated by geography many times send Easter bunnies and eggs gift baskets to their family members. Grandparents send Filled Easter baskets for Kids to grandchildren. Daughter and sons send Family Easter Basket to parents and siblings far away. These Easter food baskets contain candy, plastic eggs filled with goodies, cheese, crackers, brunch items and more