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FTD Fruit Basket Review

We were pleasantly surprised by the nice presentation of this basket since it is from a floral company. We soon discovered that the contents were hit and miss. The damaged pear was the biggest let down followed by the fake brie and nasty tasting jalapeno cheese straws. On the up side the basket had a nice nut assortment, Ghirardelli chocolate and Italian sausage.

The photo on the site is misleading because it has tiny flowers, blackberries and embellishments that didn't come in the box. The wicker basket was the same but the photo shows two pears and five apples but our basket had six apples and one pear.

 

VIDEO UNBOXING

 

BASKET CONTENTS

3 Granny Smith Apples

3 Red Delicious Apples

4 Navel Oranges

1 D'Anjou Pear

 

Ghirardelli Dark and Mint Chocolate

Simply Indulgent Gourmet English Tea Cookies

Columbus Italian Dry Salami

Good Gourmet Jalapeno Cheese Straws

Vineyard Collection Focaccia Crisps

Sonoma Jacks Gourmet Cheese Wedges

Dairyfood USA Brie Flavored Pasteurized Process Cheese Spread

Nunes Farms Roasted Almonds with Sea Salt

Nunes Farms Roasted Salted Mixed Nuts

Too Good Gourmet Honey Roasted Snack Mix

 

FRUIT

 

Three Granny Smith Three Red Delicious - Six Apples - The apples in FTD's basket were the same kind of fruit you buy at a grocery store. The Red Delicious were a little woody and gamey. The Granny Smith apples were tart and one was a little mealy. A couple of the apples had bruises or dents or were missing their stems. Not a huge deal but again, some fruit basket companies "do fruit" much better than others. FTD is a flower company, not a fruit company so the quality isn't the same as an orchard direct provider, which almost always have fabulous fruit since they pick it and ship it themselves.

Four Oranges - These were navel oranges with a sticker that said "USA Victor #3107". We did a little research to try and find the company's website or where the fruit was grown but had no luck. The oranges were hit and miss. Two oranges were fairly sweet and two were dry and bland.

The One Pear - Yeah, poor little D'Anjou pear was all beat up from the journey. You can see in the picture it was packed right in front and took some hard blows during shipping. Perhaps FTD shipped the pear after it started to ripen and was softer and less hearty for the trip. Whatever the reason we did take off points for the damaged pear. The flavor was just so so, not super sweet or rich.

SWEET GOURMET

 

Ghirardelli - You can see from the photo that the Ghirardelli Mint Chocolate bar was not just dark chocolate flavored like mint but actually had a gooey minty filling. We took a square and smashed it so you could see what we were talking about.

"English" Tea Cookies - Initially I thought Simply Indulgent Gourmet's English Tea Cookies with Cinnamon would be nice little shortbread cookies, light and flaky. They were actually more like small snicker doodles that were dense and hard. Perhaps I am just jaded by companies whose names have "indulgent" and "gourmet" in the title, as if they are try to convince us before we try it to trust them. I think the name oversells the product.

SAVORY GOURMET

 

Cheesy Items: Faux Brie, Cheese "Straws" and Sonoma Jacks - This was a first for me: "Brie flavored (italicize) Pasteurized Cheese Spread". Flavored? Yep. It basically Cheese Whiz in a little plastic dish that is flavored like brie. Doesn't even need to be refrigerated, kind of sad. The"Good Gourmet" cheese straws were absolutely horrible. I wont mince words, they tasted like spicy kitty treats. Dry and mealy they had a bad texture and a worse flavor. Maybe FTD will swap them out as a result of this review. The Sonoma Jacks cheese was another pasteurized cheese that was very soft and spreadable but came in foil-wrapped wedges. The photo on FTD website shows garlic flavored cheese but the kind we received was original so we assume the flavor varies from basket to basket.

Nunes Nuts - The Share the Health basket from FTD had two kinds of nut items from Nunes Farms: Roasted Almonds with Sea Salt and Roasted Salted Mixed Nuts. They were both fabulous. The mixed nuts were not too salty and had some very high quality nuts - just look at the photo. The packaging matched the product. We were pleasantly surprised to find whole pecans, cashews and almonds in very good condition and flavorful.

Dry Sausage & Snack Mix - If you are a vegetarian you may not care that there is meat in FTD's basket but frankly (no pun intended) few fruit basket companies include any sort of meat. Columbus' eight ounce dry Italian sausage had a nice texture and flavor and the package tells us there is no gluten, MSG or trans fat. The packaging was pretty cool - an Old World map The snack mix on the other hand was kind of lame: sesame sticks, peanuts, pretzels, raisins, rice crackers and chocolate candy pieces. It wasn't necessarily bad but hard to call it "gourmet".

ABOUT FTD

FTD Fruit Basket Key Insider Information

While you've probably heard of the FTD (Florists' Transworld Delivery) company, you might be pleasantly surprised to learn that its product line doesn't just include lovely flowers.

History

FTD is the world's oldest organization providing floral services. The company's main tools for order flowers were once the telegraph and telephone. Today, you can also use the Internet to place your order for FTD products. So customers now have two fantastic options for ordering their quality products, such as fruit baskets.

FTD has been providing quality products for over a century. It all began in 1910 when the company was founded. At that time, 15 retail florists in the USA made an agreement to exchange orders whenever they needed to make deliveries outside their towns or cities. Interestingly, the original name of the company was Florists' Telegraph Delivery. While the telegraph itself has become obsolete, the fact that FTD was the first company to provide a service for "flowers-by-wire" is definitely noteworthy. Four years after its founding, FTD chose its official logo to be a figure of the god Mercury. "Mercury Man" has become an iconic symbol not only for FTD, but also for the floral industry at large.

Today, FTD has become Florists Transworld Delivery. Although customers now use telephones and computers to order, the essence of the company hasn't changed. Its network of florists now includes about 45,000 florists located in over 150 countries. That helps to ensure that FTD can provide its customers with a wide array of different quality flowers from around the world.

Overview

Here are some of the main features of FTD:

1. Delivery

Amazingly, FTD has the capability of delivering orders to virtually anyone in the USA. That's quite astounding, considering that the USA is the world's third largest country in terms of its land mass. Whether you're ordering fruit baskets or other products, FTD uses the Mercury Network to process your order. That's an electronic network that's the industry standard for filling electronic floral orders. Amazingly, the network processes about 15 million messages and orders annually. Due to this state-of-the-art technology, customers can be assured that their orders will be filled quickly and accurately.

One drawback of buying a fruit basket from FTD is that you won't be able to avail of same-day shipping. That's likely due to the fact that FTD doesn't specialize in fruit per se. Still, you can still be assured that you'll receive a fruit basket or fruit tower in a timely manner.

2. Quality

FTD gets its flowers, fruits, and other supplies for its products-from some of the top florists and farmers in the USA and abroad. In fact, FTD's network of florists includes over 16,000 national florists and 45,000 international florists. All of them must meet the extremely high quality standards of FTD. As a customer of products (such as fruit baskets), you can be assured that you'll be getting top-quality products whenever you place an order with FTD.

Interestingly, one of the ways that FTD has maintained its availability of top-notch products such as fruit baskets has been due to its contracting of independent florists. FTD insists that such florists maintain the highest standards possible when providing them with various floral and fruit basket arrangements.

3. Variety

Like their floral arrangements FTD gives your multiple options when choosing a fruit basket arrangement. Why is that important? You'll have the ability to choose a fruit basket that suits the person and occasion that you're buying it for. That includes factors such as the items included in the fruit basket, the arrangement of the fruit, and so on. Variety is indeed the spice of life. It's definitely a plus when you're ordering a gift for someone. If you want to choose a fruit gift that's an alternative to a fruit basket, then you could choose a fruit tower. The bottom line is that multiple options help to ensure that you'll choose the perfect gift for someone.

Products

If you're interested in order fruit baskets from FTD, you'll be pleased to learn that they offer four quality gourmet fruit baskets, and one fruit tower. Both types of products include top-quality fruit from some of the best fruit-growing farms in the USA. As when ordering flowers from FTD, you can be assured that you'll be getting the outstanding products and service that FTD has been providing its customers for about a century.

Some of the fruits contained in a FTD fruit basket include:

Apples: While there's no guarantee that eating apples will prevent you from getting sick, they certainly contain several vitamins and minerals that we need on a day-to-day basis. Apples are available in a cornucopia of different types, colors, and flavors (ranging from sweet to sour). So it's not surprising that they're one of the staples of FTD gift baskets containing fruit.

Grapes: While grapes contain a lot of water, they're also an excellent source of fiber and antioxidants. Antioxidants are crucial for helping you to avoid sickness and even certain diseases. In fact, many health experts recommended that we consume a glass of white or red wine on a daily basis. If you're not a fan of alcoholic beverages, then a viable alternative would be grapes-including the ones in an attractive fruit basket.

Oranges: Citrus fruits such as oranges provide several health benefits. In particular, they're extremely high in Vitamin C. Oranges are also an outstanding way to increase your metabolism. A higher metabolism means that your body will burn calories and fat faster, which are crucial characteristics if you want to shed some pounds.

Pears: Pears are also an excellent source of several vitamins and minerals. So it's not surprising that you can also find them in a fruit basket from FTD.

Although FTD is known for their quality network of florists, FTD only offers 4 different gourmet fruit baskets and only one fruit tower. These fruit gift baskets are prepared by a fruit basket drop shipper in California and not by their florists. FTD fruit baskets are not available for same day shipping like fruit baskets from GiftTree. Fruit Basket Review strongly suggests buying fruit baskets directly from a fruit basket provider who specializes in fruit baskets who have a larger selection and not a florist based company like FTD.

Florists' Transworld Delivery, or better know as FTD, was founded in 1910 and is a network of approximately 20,000 retail florists in the United States and over 50,000 international florists in 154 countries around the world. FTD is proud to be able to deliver products to almost 100% of the U.S. population and gives all their deliveries with a Satisfaction Guarantee because their independent florists adhere to the highest service, standards and quality.

In 1910, 15 American retail florists agreed to exchange orders for deliveries that were out-of-town. First known as the "Florists' Telegraph Delivery", FTD was the world's first flowers-by-wire business model. 55 years later, FTD expanded to include transactions internationally. The name of the company was changed to "Florists Transworld Delivery" to better reflect the presence of their global enterprise. In 1914, FTD adopted the classic figure of Mercury as its official logo. The gold "Mercury Man" is recognized around the world and has become the floral industry's most recognized emblem of quality.

Contracting

The way that FTD runs its operations is to contract independent florists to get the jobs done. FTD is a marketer of floral arrangements and specialty gift baskets. While they sell them using their website and their telephone, they do not create these gifts themselves. Interestingly enough, this company is the world’s oldest floral services organization.

Contracting out their work to independent florists has worked out well for FTD’s business model. They ensure that these contracted agents commit to the highest standards of quality with their service. This remarkable company procures same-day delivery to almost the entire United States. With the variety of flower options available at FTD, they seem almost too good to be true.

A Variety to Choose From

Indeed, FTD can offer specialty gifts for every holiday or special event. If your occasion calls for a gift, you can feel certain that this fine company has something available for your needs. Because of the fact that FTD prides themselves on their artistic displays, reliable service and value if ingredients, they have made their way as one of the largest floral businesses in the world.

FTD has a huge network that includes about 16,000 contracted florists in the United States as well as about 45,000 other florists throughout 154 countries. Although this fine company contracts out many of its orders in the hope of being able to serve all who have a need, they have been able to keep their guarantee on all orders sent through FTD within both the United States and Canada. That’s an impressive promise given the fact that they outsource their gift baskets and flowers.

A Symbol of Quality

The Mercury figure was made the logo of that’s an impressive promise, which has since become one of the most recognized logos throughout the entire world. This was issued in 1914, just four years after the founding of FTD. The origination of FTD is an interesting story. Fifteen American retail store owners of flower arrangements came together to agree to help each other with out-of-town deliveries. It took a mere five years to expand into an international presence that brought international florists together in the spirit of mutual benefit. No doubt this impressive business model will continue on for decades.

FTD Coupon Codes, Fruit Baskets, Edible Arrangements

Fruit Basket Review orders fruit gift baskets, takes professional photographs, writes detailed reviews, and creates videos of the various purveyors of fruit baskets. We list valid FTD coupon codes on our Fruit Basket Coupons page. We like to dig deep in to FTD’s history, get the details, and make sure that all of your questions are answered regarding the gourmet fruit baskets they offer. If you have a question that isn’t answered, post it on our Fruit Basket Review Blog or click on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and you can send us your question via email. We love questions and welcome all comments!

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FTD Coupon Codes

In addition to providing you information about FTD we also believe in maintaining valid coupon codes for our loyal visitors. It’s a jungle out there in the world of fruit basket coupon codes. Finding valid coupon codes for FTD is no exception. So we are doing our best to help you navigate through all the websites that say they have FTD coupon codes but they turn out to be expired or invalid. You won’t find that on Fruit Basket Review. We negotiate valuable FTD free shipping coupon codes and FTD discount coupon codes directly with FTD. Detailed fruit basket reviews and edible fruit basket coupon codes can make all the difference for our visitors - and that has been our goals from the beginning.

Not only do we want to help you make the best fruit basket online decisions for you or your company, we also have decided to use Gift Reviews’ leverage of reviewing gift baskets to negotiate coupon codes for the many gourmet fruit basket web sites out there. If FTD provides coupon codes, we will always have a valid one for you. If for some reason the discount codes we have listed on our Fruit Basket Coupons page is invalid, please email us immediately by clicking: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Be sure to tell us what code you tried to use, on what website, and what error message you saw. The more information you can give us about what went wrong, the easier it is for us to fix the FTD coupon discount.

FTD Coupon Codes for Fruit Baskets

Keep in mind that our favorite fruit basket provider very well may change from time to time (as may yours). As a result, so will our fruit basket coupon codes. We keep our reviews current with updated information at all times. Each year we will review new providers and fruit basket edible arrangements. If our favorite provider becomes complacent and the quality starts to drop, we will drop them as our number one choice. You can rest assured that we’ve done the research, weighed the facts, and feel confident about our fruit basket delivery recommendations to you. We are also ecstatic to be able to provide some gourmet fruit basket coupon codes for online fruit basket companies. We feel good that you are saving money on your fruit basket deliveries. We want to get more fruit baskets delivered. Some coupons give you FTD free shipping, some vouchers give you a FTD percent off or FTD discount, but rest assured that whatever is available Fruit Basket Review will do its best to provide you with the best coupon codes available.

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As part of our mission to help you send fruit baskets, these FTD coupon codes are not just any regular discounts. They are absolutely unique and only available to our valued readers. We call them our Exclusive Coupon Codes. Why? Why did we get involved in this business? One reason is that we can’t sit by and let companies cheat the consumers out of quality. We like you and we want you to send the best edible arrangements available and save the most money with the FTD coupon codes we were able to negotiate for you.

FTD Discount Codes

Times are certainly changing. People are realizing more and more the value of obtaining discount codes for all of their FTD fruit basket purchases. Unfortunately, many do not realize that given a little effort, they can save a lot of money. If you are like many, you probably thought that special offers are really only available when they are thrown right in front of your face during check out or an email. This is not entirely so, especially when it comes to FTD fruit baskets.

Fruit Basket Review has access to great FTD discount codes for all the leading organic fruit gift basket suppliers. It’s simply a matter of keeping an eye on us and we’ll give you best FTD discount codes for all your fruit basket purchases. Just bookmark our Fruit Basket Coupons page and you’ll have access to “Always Valid” FTD coupon codes. This isn’t a onetime deal, either. This is an ongoing situation in which you will get the latest information on fruit basket promotions as well as fruit basket industry trends.

FTD Discount Codes for Fruit Baskets

Right now, with the economy the way it is, fruit basket discount codes are absolutely the current trends. Everyone searches for them before they purchase. If you are tired of invalid Coupon Cabin FTD coupon codes, RetailMeNot FTD coupon codes, MyCoupon FTD coupon codes, stick with Fruit Basket Review for your FTD coupon codes for fruit baskets online. These other coupon sites try to get coupons for every website in the world. We are focused just on FTD  coupon codes for edible fruit baskets. FTD knows that it’s not as easy to spend money these days. All the fruit gift basket companies are determined to do something about it. Discount codes are becoming more and more common all the time.

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 FTD 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.

Don’t feel bad for the organic fruit basket companies out there that are giving these good deals. Discount codes are a great way for the companies to advertise and get their name out. Capitalism is still working hard and one of the ways to win is to provide the best products and services at the best price. Fruit basket delivery companies are no exception to this rule. So keep an eye out for some great discount codes on your favorite fruit basket assortments. These great deals will help you to give some fabulous gifts this holiday season.

FTD Promotional Codes

We’re probably all sick of hearing about the effects of the current economy. Talking about it is relatively unavoidable, though. While talking about it is not always fun, the good news is that fruit gift basket companies are making great efforts to lower prices and offer FTD promotional codes for their products. More than ever, the fruit gift basket industry is striving to make their products less expensive to meet your financial needs. Cheap FTD fruit baskets isn’t their goal. Providing you with the best value for your money is. FTD promotions, like FTD free shipping, is how they can do this.

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 FTD promotion codes and you don’t?

FTD Promotional Codes for Fruit Baskets

While FTD 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 FTD promotional codes do greatly reduce the prices. Fruit Basket Review is committed to always have valid FTD 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.

So how do you get FTD promotional codes when buying FTD fruit gifts? An untapped resource you may not have considered for FTD promotional codes is bookmarking the coupon page on Fruit Basket Review called: Fruit Basket Coupons.

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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