Capalbo's Gift Baskets

CEO Fruit Gift Basket

Capalbo's Gift Baskets Review

This tall basket had 14 pieces of fruit and some very unique European gourmet items. Capalbo's Gift Baskets' Italian roots are evident in their items like Torino Classical Breadsticks and Tonon biscotti cookies; many gourmet items in their CEO basket were imported from Italy or have Italian or European roots. The fruit in the basket was reasonably fresh but doesn't compete with the quality of orchard direct fruit (fruit basket companies who grow their own fruit). Capalbo's CEO Fruit Gift Basket had some out-of-this-world Belgian truffles but the most of the gourmet items were ho-hum in regards to quality. While the basket was tall and showy and included a bright red satin bow, clear scotch tape was wrapped around the baskets contents to keep them in place so we took off some points for overall presentation.

 

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BASKET CONTENTS

3 Red Delicious Apples

2 Granny Smith Apples

3 Navel Oranges

1 Grapefruit

3 D'Anjou Pears

2 Bosc Pears

 

Tonon Dolci Fantasie Biscotti Wafers

Fielding Chocolat Classique Belgian Truffles

Ghirardelli Luxe Milk Hazelnut Chocolate

Royal Dansk Luxury Wafers

Ulker Dankek Baton (chocolate cake)

Torino Lady Fingers

Capalbo's Mixed Nuts

Torino Thin Classical Breadsticks

Monet Water Crackers

Muenster Cheese

 

FRUIT

 

Three Red Delicious and Two Granny Smith - Yup, more garden variety fruit. It's hard to say your fruit will be bad or good, since I have found, especially with Red Delicious, you can get a waxy, woody apple or one that is worth eating al the way to the core. The grannies in the basket were tart, firm, the kind you chop up and put in a pie. Capalbo's apples were in decent physical shape, no real bruises, dents or other blemishes to speak of but not the kind of apples that make you want to sing. Okay, there aren't many apples out there like that.

Three Navel Oranges and a Grapefruit - If I've said it once, I've said it a hundred times - the fruit in this basket is the same kind of stuff you find in a grocery store. Since Capalbo's doesn't grow their own fruit they have to get it from a supplier. Chances are, the are using the same supplier that your local grocery store uses, or at least a similar one. I have to be honest, one of the three oranges began to mold within about 36 hours of receiving the basket but cosmetically, I didn't see it when I opened it.

Three D'Anjou and Two Bosc Pears - Capalbo's pears were not bruised or blemished. One of the Bosc pears was missing its stem. We have seen this before in other baskets, so we can't criticize Capalbo's too much; it just generally makes the pear look sad, especially since Bosc pears have really cool stems. To see a pear without a stem is like seeing a mouse without a tail. The tail isn't necessary, it just looks kind of...crestfallen. The flavor of the D'Anjou pears was sweet and juicy when they ripened and the Bosc pears were fairly bland; as most Bosc pears are.

SWEET GOURMET

 

Melty Melterson - Capalbo's CEO basket had two types of chocolate: Fielding Chocolat Classique Belgian Truffles and Ghiradelli's Luxe Milk Chocolate with Hazelnut. My favorite was, hands down, the Belgian Truffles. They were absolutely perfect. Dark and rich, they simply evaporate in your mouth. Ghirardelli is a pretty good stand by since they don't use things like high fructose corn syrup in their chocolate bars.

Dissapointing Dankek - There was a chocolate cake from Ulker, a Turkish company. Maybe it just felt strange to eat cake out of plastic metallic bag but the quality of this cake shouldn't be expected to taste like cake you make at home. The cake has to ship well so the texture its firmer than normal cake. The cake also has to have a longer shelf life so they have added things to preserve it. It tasted saltier and less sweet than your average chocolate cake. To Capalbo's credit, the cake was in decent shape which is saying a lot considering the fact that it is a shipped gift.

Lady Fingers and "Luxury Wafers" - As far as lady fingers go, these are pretty standard; dry, bland, flaky and sugar topped. Torino includes a Lady Fingers recipe on the packaging so you can upcycle them. The Royal Dansk Luxury Wafers were in tact and again, pretty run of the mill "good". They didn't stand out as being bad or fabulous but we did laugh at the name "luxury" wafer. We felt like we had to eat them reclined in an italian leather chaise or in the back of a Rolls Royce or something.

SAVORY GOURMET

 

Muen-STAR - Capalbo's CEO Basket was the only basket we reviewed with Muenster cheese, REAL muenster, not some sort of Muenster flavored (italicize) cheese product. It was a mild flavor and good consistency. It went well with the Monet Water Crackers which have almost no flavor whatsoever (I wonder if that is why they are called water (italicize) crackers?). The breadsticks included are not the kind of breadsticks you get at a pizza joint, they are more like a long skinny, unsalted, saltine cracker. This seems to be sort of an upper East Coast thing, so people from out west or small cities (like me) don't see these very often - you New Yorkers probably see them all of the time.

Salty Nut Mix - Almonds, cashews, Brazil nuts, hazelnuts came in Capalbo's nut mix. As a matter of fact, there were no peanuts in the mix, which is kind of nice, since peanuts tend to be the pigeons of the nut world, meaning common and undesirable. As you can see from the photo, they were pretty darn salty. Which may be a good thing, if you are all about the salt. - Almonds, cashews, Brazil nuts, hazelnuts came in Capalbo's nut mix. As a matter of fact, there were no peanuts in the mix, which is kind of nice, since peanuts tend to be the pigeons of the nut world, meaning common and undesirable. As you can see from the photo, they were pretty darn salty. Which may be a good thing, if you are all about the salt.

ABOUT CAPALBO'S GIFT BASKETS

Capalbo's Fruit Basket History

A Long Tradition

Since its beginnings in 1906, Capalbo’s Fruit has been in business for over 102 years. The success of this business is no doubt the absolute product of continuing the fundamentals that were set by Rose and Domenick Capalbo all that time ago. Rose and Domenick both focused on continually adjusting to the customers’ ever changing requests and working every day as it if was their last on Capalbo’s Fruit Company.

Neither Rose nor Domenick had much education to speak of. Back in those days, running a business like Capalbo’s Fruit Company was nothing like it is today. No phones were ringing, no computer programs to continually run on, and no internet sales. For the Capalbo’s Fruit Company, they did not even have a retail location to start. They started out selling their produce door to door with handpicked selections that were chosen just hours before they were sold.

The First Store

Needless to say, selling their delicious fruits door to door worked out for them. They were eventually able to open a retail location for Capalbo’s Fruit which is even open today. The next step involved Frank, their son. Frank realized that he could secure better prices on purchasing the fruits if they bought in bulk quantities. Of course, it is difficult for such a small company like Capalbo’s Fruit was at that time to buy in bulk. So Frank arranged with local produce operations to buy with buying cooperatives.

At this point, they had lowered expenses which meant they could sell their products for less. Paying attention to their spending habits paid off for Capalbo’s Fruit Company in the long run. Quality always was considered to be the first priority followed immediately with procuring reasonably priced supplies that could be sold for less. Capalbo’s Fruit has benefitted from this technique for years.

Enter The Fruit Basket

At this point, fruit baskets had not yet been tried for Capalbo’s Fruit Company. Frank and his wife introduced fruit baskets to the brand, which proved to be incredibly popular. Capalbo’s Fruit Company grew and grew. Their staffing needs are ever increasing, especially around the holidays which are the busiest time for Capalbo’s Fruit Company.

Capalbo’s Fruit Company has kept up with the changing business market as well. They have introduced a full color catalog with several images of beautiful fruit gift baskets for purchase. They have also jumped on the internet wagon to secure even easier ordering and tracking abilities for their beloved customers.

A Long Time Coming

This Capalbo’s Fruit Company and its owners are indeed proud to have made it where it has and claim it was not luck that has brought them to this point. Hard work, quality, heeding customer comments and creating value have proved to be the reason for success for Capalbo’s Fruit Company.

Capalbo's was a local humble store that started in 1906. The Capalbos came to America with very little resources, and education. However, they were both very hard workers, and they belived in the American dream. They started out with the little resources that they had. They sold vegetables out of a wagon door to door. They didn't even have the money for a store!

As their son Frank grew and took control of store operations, he educated himself regarding the variety of products that the store could carry, particularly gourmet products. This was great for the family's clientel, since they always had target affluent and well-to-do families who could afford gourmet products, and who had a standard for the freshest cuts of meat, and the freshest produce. To this end, Frank and his wife produced the company's fruit baskets. The word spread about the fruit baskets, and then, a new business division was born.

Unlike some companies that only specialize in fruit baskets, this is a company that tries to service all sorts of gift basket customers, for all sorts of occasions.  As such, they offer a wide array of fruit baskets, and other type of baskets that are themed around special occasions.  For example, a person can find baskets of all sorts for all the major holidays, as well as all of the minor holidays during the year.  There also specialized holidays such as Administrative Day for example, in which a person can find just the right and appropriate fruit baskets, as well as specialty baskets to purchase.  These baskets are simple in design.  They are made out of brown wicker, and some of them are made out of simple tin pails that are painted.  They are filled with stacked pieces of fruit that you would find in any grocery store such as apples, oranges, and pears.  Again, there is a wide variety of baskets that include candies and gourmet treats.  These gourmet treats include cookies, cakes, specialty chocolates, and also savory baskets that have bread sticks.

If you are interested in buying other gift baskets besides fruit baskets, then know that you can buy gift baskets that are filled with coffees and teas.  These can just as easily substitute for fruit baskets, and you don't have to worry about hot weather, because people like to drink coffee and tea all year around.  To this end, these will be especially great gift baskets to give to coworkers, bosses,or to business clients.  These are groups of people who will always love a nice tea or coffee, so you can be sure that you'll never go wrong when you buy gift baskets filled with these items, along with fruit baskets as well.

The company expands beyond fruit baskets to think about lovers as well.  To that end, one could purchase gift baskets that are filled with a wide variety of wines and champagnes.  These can be gifted for occasions such as engagements, weddings, anniversaries, or for any occasion in which the gift giver wants the recipient to feel loved, and special.  There are other type of specialty items for those with special needs.  For example, there are gift baskets that are made for those who have diabetic needs.  As such, they will need sugar free gift baskets.  These gift baskets include fruit baskets, sugar-free cookies, sugar-free cakes, and also sugar-free chocolates.  The most common complaints of those who have diabetes, or for those who are otherwise watching their sugar, is that they feel left out.  Just because a person has issues with their blood sugar doesn't mean that they don't enjoy these treats, and it's always a great thing when they can receive sugar-free gift baskets, along with fruit baskets from someone who cares about them.

There are also Kosher baskets for those with special Kosher dietary considerations.  All a potential customer has to do, is to look on the websites in order to find various gift baskets filled with kosher treats, foods, and wines.  Some of these Kosher gift baskets are from Israel.  For more information, one should consult the website, with regards to the appropriate gift baskets for their Kosher needs, as well as fruit baskets.

Fruit baskets, as well as other types of gift baskets, are great for personally occasions and celebrations.  There are moments such as anniversaries, birthdays, engagements weddings, as well as housewarming's and parties.  The great thing about gift baskets that include fruit baskets for these occasions, is that a person doesn't have to worry about their money being wasted when flowers die, for example.  The fruit makes a lovely statement on anyone's countertop, and people can actually eat the fruit and the other treats, which makes these gift baskets extremely practical.

The website also has links to other types of specialty baskets.  For example, there is a link that leads potential customers towards their baby baskets division.  For those who might be wondering just what a baby basket is, a baby basket is a type of gift basket that is filled with baby items such as bibs, diapers, and stuffed animals.  Of course, these would be very appropriate for the person who has just given birth to a baby, or for a baby shower.  There is also a link for wine gift baskets for the wine connoisseurs as well.

All major credit cards are accepted on the website and also, PayPal is an acceptable form of payment.  Customers who live in New Jersey, and in the New York City area should note that there is a retail store that will also offer the delivery of fruit baskets and other gift baskets by company van.  Finally, if a person wants to purchase one of the fruit plans that are available on this website, then they should know that there are fruit of the month clubs ranging from 3 to 12 months.

Capalbo’s Coupon Codes, Fruit Baskets, Edible Arrangements

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Capalbo’s Coupon Codes

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Capalbo’s Coupon Codes for Fruit Baskets

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Capalbo’s Discount Codes

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Capalbo’s Discount Codes for Fruit Baskets

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This is fabulous news for fruit basket fans! Just because the economy has slowed doesn’t mean our desire to give to family and friends should have to as well. With more and more Capalbo’s discount codes being offered, we can continue to give the elegant, thoughtful and unique fruit basket gifts. Having these fantastic fruit basket ideas and offers will absolutely help with the tension and stress of the upcoming holidays.

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Capalbo’s Promotional Codes

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Instead of just slashing their prices or cutting down on the goodies found in quality fruit baskets, one of the growing trends in the fruit gift basket industry is promotional codes. No doubt you’ve probably noticed as you’ve ordered various items online that there is nearly always a box labeled, ‘promotional codes’ or ‘coupon codes’ as you check out. No doubt you’ve wondered why you don’t have one and where to get one. If we don’t have one, our tendency is to always open another web and search for them. After all, why should other people have Capalbo’s promotion codes and you don’t?

Capalbo’s Promotional Codes for Fruit Baskets

While Capalbo’s promotional codes aren’t beating down your door, they are out there and available to you. Throughout the fruit gift basket industry, companies are making all sorts of efforts to get a competitive edge on their competition. The latest and greatest way to gain a competitive edge for companies that sell fruit gift baskets is to offer discounts. Now of course, companies that sell fruit gift baskets cannot give their baskets away. These Capalbo’s promotional codes do greatly reduce the prices. Fruit Basket Review is committed to always have valid Capalbo’s promotional codes available to you instedad of having to search all the generic coupon sites like Coupon Cabin, Retail Me Not, MyCoupons, Current Codes, Coupon Chief, Coupon Craze, Fat Wallet, and many others.

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Fruit Baskets

There are many kinds of occasions that are common for sending fruit baskets such as thank you fruit baskets, sympathy fruit baskets, Christmas fruit baskets, Holiday fruit baskets, the list goes on and on. You want to send fresh fruit baskets, eatable fruit baskets, and ones that can be delivered right to the door of your loved one or friend. When choosing to deliver a dried fruit basket, a chocolate fruit basket, a cheese and fruit basket, or a wine and fruit basket, you need to know the tastes and likes of your recipient. Would they prefer a Florida fruit basket (FL), a New York fruit basket (NY), a New Jersey fruit basket (NJ) or a California fruit basket (CA)? Do they care more about fresh fruit or the gourmet items that are local or would they prefer the food and fruit come from another region of the country. The United States has four main areas that fruit baskets come from because the fruit is grown local. Oregon Fruit Baskets, Washington Fruit Baskets, Florida Fruit Baskets, and California Fruit Baskets are the most common. Gourmet Nuts, Cheese, Chocolate, Wine, Sausage, and Cookies are all good additions to make up a great fruit basket.

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