How to please a birthday boy who has everything? What a gift to make a picky and sophisticated gourmet? How not to miscalculate a gift to a stranger? Pay attention to gift grocery baskets. This is a great option for any celebration!
Who can give the grocery basket to?
A grocery gift basket is a universal and at the same time individual and special present. Due to the variety of filling, you can always pick up a gift for the most picky taste. A detailed description will let you know exactly what the gift basket contains. A photo will help evaluate its appearance and compliance with your aesthetic needs.
A separate advantage of such a gift is that it is convenient to send it by mail by courier, if it is not possible to hand it to a birthday person in person. The price categories of food baskets also vary greatly depending on the content and design, allowing you to choose a gift according to your financial capabilities.
Composition of Gift Grocery Baskets
Gift grocery basket may have a different content. The most popular are expensive alcoholic drinks - good champagne, wine, whiskey, fruits, including exotic, high-quality foreign chocolate and cheeses. The basket itself is made only of quality materials and is decorated with satin ribbons and various accessories. It will not be a shame to present such a gift both among friends and at a corporate party, and the hero of the occasion will certainly appreciate the attention paid.
Types of Gift Grocery Baskets
Gift shops give their customers a choice. A grocery gift basket can be presented with standard filling or can be equipped at the request of the customer in accordance with his wishes. In addition, it is possible to order an empty basket and fill it with delicacies or even self-made treats. At the same time, the basket may already be decorated and have a beautiful presentable appearance, but you can also purchase a simple wicker blank if you want to do your own gift decor.
Thus, a food gift basket is of the following types:
- Empty without registration is an ideal basic option for those who want to think through a presentation from and to.
- Empty with decoration - well suited for donating hand-made treats, or in case the offered assortment of filling is not suitable for the recipient of your gift.
- A ready-made basket with standard filling - this option is optimal for busy people who do not have enough time to do all the details of the gift themselves. Here everything is already thought out for you - it remains only to choose a gift to taste.
- Ready-made basket with individual filling. In this scenario, the contents are selected from the options offered by the manufacturer; usually. All classic products are available - alcohol, sweets, cheeses, fruits, decor elements.
Gift baskets for men and women
Like any good gift, a grocery gift basket should be selected in accordance with the tastes of the recipient and what the giver wants to say with his gift. Of course, much also depends on the gender of the addressee. For example, gift food baskets for men, in addition to expensive strong alcohol like whiskey or scotch tape, may contain objects that a woman hardly likes — ashtrays, cigars, guillotines and cases, matches, etc. Glasses or piles are often attached to alcohol. (depending on the type of drink), as well as Swiss or Belgian chocolate of various brands.
Gift grocery basket for women is less “harsh” filling. Instead of whiskey or scotch tape, wine or champagne is preferred, much attention is paid to decorative inserts that give the basket a solemn and festive look. In addition, almost every model has flowers - live or artificial. It all depends on the wishes of the customer. And of course, here is a wider assortment of sweets. If in men's baskets preference is given to classic chocolate with a minimum of fillers, then women's baskets are pleased with a variety of all kinds of fillings and additives. Sometimes a small soft toy or decoration may be attached to such a gift.
Themed Gift Grocery Baskets
Filling a gift basket can be either neutral, suitable for any occasion, or narrowly themed. For example, on sale you, depending on the season, may come across baskets:
- for New Year or Christmas;
- for Easter;
- by March 8 and February 23;
- to Valentine's Day, etc.
Such baskets differ not so much in filling as in external design. An elegant spruce twig, a little tinsel or even a small Christmas ball are traditionally added to New Year's presentations. For Valentine's Day baskets, Teddy's hearts and bears became an indispensable accessory, for Easter - painted eggs, etc. The content can also vary. For example, in the New Year’s basket you will certainly find a bottle of good champagne, which, by the way, can be opened to the chiming clock.
Fancy gift baskets
However, who said that a grocery gift basket should be exactly filled with products? Having studied the assortment, you will see that there are a wide variety of gift sets on sale:
- Tea or coffee sets. What could be a better gift than the opportunity to try new variations of your favorite drink?
- Cosmetic baskets. With the choice of such a set you need to be very careful, because cosmetics is a purely individual matter. But close friends of friends will easily pick each other such a box in accordance with individual preferences.
- In addition, it is not necessary to limit your imagination to a basket in the usual sense of the word. Your attention is given to felt products and gift boxes of various shapes and sizes.
And having decided on the choice of a gift basket, do not forget to purchase a beautiful bow, ribbon, soft toy or flowers with a card for it. Whoever you presented such a present to, this person will appreciate your prudence and individual approach. Indeed, elite delicacies will surely appeal to those who are cool about flowers and trinkets.