Fallon's Flowers started preparing for Valentine's Day weeks ago
Florists woke up earlier than usual Monday to sell arrangements for Valentine's Day.
Local shops like Fallon's Flowers say they're not letting inflation and worker shortages get in the way of their busiest day of the year.
Pamela Classey with Fallon's Flowers North said they’ve been busy for months. All of this doesn’t happen overnight --they’ve been preparing since September.
”We wanted to be prepared. We wanted to have a good selection for our customers," said Classey. ”We have to hire additional staff for the holiday, so it’s always a task but always well worth it."
Like many others they’ve also dealt with staffing shortages, but Classey says they were able to hire enough hands to help make the hundreds of arrangements they will go out on Monday.
”We’re actually delivering to more residences rather than businesses this year," said Classey. ”We did about 1,300 arrangements. We started earlier this week."
While that may seem like a lot of work, Classey says it’s all worth it in the end.
”It’s not like an anniversary or birthday, it’s a special day where somebody can actually show their love in a different way," said Classey. ”We understand that we are delivering something to somebody else. That it’s their emotion and their feeling, so we take every arrangement and delivery very seriously."
If you've already picked up flowers or chocolates, you may have noticed they are more expensive this year.
CNBC reports supply chain shortages causes the price of roses jump to jump by 22% and chocolate by 9%.
