Green Eco gifts for Christmas

I can sure tell that the seasons are changing especially in the morning when it is still dark even after the alarm rings. This makes it very difficult to convince myself it's time to get up. It's been the Winter holiday season here at Baskets by Rita for several months now. Seems like we spend over half the year getting ready and doing Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and of course New Years.

I have found that planning for these holidays forces me to stay connected with food and gift trends. Each year there are products that hit the market hard and you see them everywhere. If I miss that then my customers think that Baskets by Rita is just not with it.

This year we are ahead of the game. Early in the year we decided to offer an eco-friendly gift bag that our customers could choose instead of one of our baskets. Well right now it is our best seller for the year. It truly send the message that you are committed to helping save the environment.

So, for the holidays we are offering two of our holiday features our Colorado Christmas Gift Basket and our Holiday Gourmet Gift Basket in Green Eco Friendly bags. Our Holiday Eco Gifts have already started to sell and I know that we will sell out before the holidays are over.

If you are looking for something unique and trendy this holiday season consider one of our eco bags.

Halloween gifts for college students

Send your favorite college student a treats gift basket filled with all the great goodies they used to get when they went trick or treating. College students miss all the familiar things from home so why not help them recapture their childhood on Halloween. Our Halloween Gift Basket contains monster drink, candy bars, popcorn and more.
We want to make it easy for you to stay connected to your college student by offering our great products targeted to the homesick student or just the busy student.

Corporate Halloween Gifts Baskets

Consider sending your favorite office staff our Corporate Halloween gift basket filled with all the great goodies they all loved to get as a kid going trick or treating. Let that staff know that you are thinking of them and why not help them recapture their childhood on Halloween. Our Corporate Halloween Gift Basket contains monster drink, candy bars, popcorn and more.

We want to make it easy for you to stay connected to your top clients.

How to simplify your holiday shopping

With gas prices going through the roof many of us are looking for ways to do one stop shopping or shop on the web. There are all the big box stores that carry everything from underware to smoked salmon. The web has everything you can imagine it is just a matter of finding it.

Then the next question that gives all of us a lot of stress is what to give. Once you have your list prepared with who you will give gifts to then you can start the search. This could take weeks so start early.

Baskets by Rita offers a great selection of gifts for everyone on your list. If Uncle Jack love beer send him our Holiday Beer Tub filled with great micro brew beer and manly snacks.

Next time I will tell you about another great gift idea.

Oh I almost forgot to mention our Multiple order form. Just click on it and it opens in Microsoft Excel were you can list each recepeint, their address, the gift you want to send to them, when you want them to get it and what you want to say on the enclosure card. Then simply email to us at contactus@basketsbyrita.com and we take care of the rest.

Fall gift basket idea

Fall is a wonderful time of the year to design a new gift basket. Since it's harvest time for apples we have decided to feature many variations of apples. Our container for this basket is an old fashion bushel basket. We filled it with caramel apple popcorn, sunflower seeds with dried apples and caramel bit in a snack mix assortment, cranberry cheddar cheese and apple cider just to name a few of the great tasting goodies. The naming of these seasonal offering is always fun so we came up with our Fall Harvest Gift Basket and our Autumn Gourmet Gift Basket.

So you ask yourself why would I send fall gift basket and to whom would I send it. I would suggest send one of these basket for a birthday, anniversary, corporate thank you gift or even as a condolence gift.

Our goal is to have a new basket on our web site at least ever other week. Some stay on for a long time and some just come and go.

Fall Gift ideas

Fall is in the air and we have been sourcing new products and designing great new baskets for this great season. Our Fall Harvest basket is filled with season favorites like caramel apple snack mix, cider, cranberry cheddar cheese, crackers, choclates and more. We are always open to suggestions for new products and designs. See us at http://www.basketsbyrita.com

Reducing our carbon footprint

I was listening to NPR on the way to work today. They were talking about how bicycle messenger are struggling to stay in business since many companies were accepting form via the internet. Now that is a scary thought? The piece went on to tell about a messenger company that has started using a large heavy duty bike to deliver groceries to customers. Here at Baskets by Rita we have been delivering baskets by bike for a few years now. I must stress that not all of the time but when we can we do. This is one of the many ways that we are striving to lower or carbon footprint here. Our eco-friendly gift bags are really taking off. Our clients are ordering them to go to hotel guests, as a birthday gift with beer or even a welcome gift to a new employee.

At Baskets by Rita, we’ve made a commitment to be as green as we can. Our effort can only work if our customers are committed as well.

When considering your next gift remember to think green. Your recepient will love you for it.