Hot Weather and Melting Gifts: buyers beware and some recommendations

The season of hot and unforgiving weather is upon us. Sending a gift basket with chocolate contents could be a hazard. Since a lot of baskets contain chocolate items we recommend not sending those. Many of the baskets will have the chocolate contents substituted with hard candies (make sure you read the substitution policies). Many gift basket stores will not guarantee damage to the chocolates (because they said not to order them). In addition, if you want to send a basket with chocolates to a hot climate, we recommend sending it next day delivery.

Our recommendations are to send a:

• Smoked Salmon Gift Basket


• Meat and Cheese Gift Basket


• Gourmet Picnic Basket


• Fruit Basket


• A Kids Gift Basket (without a lot of chocolate)

The option to sending chocolate gift baskets would be to send something along the plain gourmet, cheese (this is iffy too), picnic baskets, or even something with nuts (Nuts on the Net). This would be the way to prevent a messy delivery of a gift that you wanted someone to have.




Just some friendly reminders and suggestions to make your gift giving opportunity pleasant and money savvy.

Summer Gift Giving Ideas: a basket for the pool or beach

Summer time is a great time to give a gift basket; actually a picnic basket. Picnic baskets are a versatile and functional way to say thank you, welcome home, have a good trip, or for no reason at all. Our gourmet picnic baskets not only come filled with gourmet treats and snacks, but have the place settings, silverware, glasses, and napkins. This is a sure way to give the all in one gift.

Aside from the gourmet picnic baskets we have a whole line of just picnic baskets. These baskets range from service for one to service for four. If you have a family that is going on a trip or needs to get away you can give them a gift with everything they need in it. They can take these baskets to the beach, pool, barbecue, or just to the park.

Choose a Gourmet Picnic Basket Today

The all in one gift idea could be complemented with things like pre-made meals, a recipe book, or a nice bottle of wine (not for the kids though). If you have someone that likes something in particular you could always order the basket and stuff it yourself, adding a more even personal touch.