Grenville Station Gift Baskets Blog

Secretary’s Day in Canada

One of the most important holidays or events for any business is Administrative Professionals Day. Why? Because office support staff ensures that your operation runs smoothly! Business owners and managers have enough to do these days in the competitive business environment and staying organized and on top of everything requires assistance. Administrative professionals often receive Secretary’s Day gifts to acknowledge their contribution to the workplace but this specific event is set aside to provide a clear focus on these valuable members of the team. The term Secretary’s Day was changed in 2000 to Administrative Professional’s Day to acknowledge the wide range of skills and responsibilities that today’s office staff has taken on… regardless of which name choice, remember the importance of recognizing their immense value! Have a peak at our new Administrative Professionals Day Gift Baskets category to see the types of gifts that may be suitable for your special recipients!

April 7th, 2009 | Posted in » Gift Baskets, Gift Giving by James

New Candy Bouquets Online!

Our candy bouquets category has been revamped. We are in the process of creating an additional 5-7 new designs that’ll be suitable for birthdays, get well, congratulations or just to say your ‘thinking of them’. Check back often as we re-design the majority of our gift baskets with new and exciting products in the coming weeks/months!

March 3rd, 2009 | Posted in » Gift Giving by James

Happy Thanksgiving from all of Us at GrenvilleStation.com!

Today is turkey day! Ok, that’s what gets everyone’s mouth watering waiting for this day. It’s a great time to relax and spend with family. Although we’ve been working on the big Christmas gift season, today we take time out and enjoy the day. Our Holiday catalog will be finalized later this week and all Christmas designs online. Join our mail list if would like to be notified when xmas 2008 gifts are online!

October 13th, 2008 | Posted in » Christmas and Hanukkah, Observances & Events by James

The holidays are coming…

Grenville Station is buzzing. New holiday stock is arriving daily and we’re running full tilt preparing for our favourite time of year. We have some really nice designs this year that we can’t wait to put online. Our Halloween gifts are almost ready and our Christmas baskets should be online in early October.  Although we don’t usually introduce new gifts after October 1st since we’re fully focused on Halloween/Christmas, this year we couldn’t help ourselves. Our new NHL Gifts arrived today. Well, the containers arrived today. We have all 6 Canadian teams (Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver). These gifts will be available just in time for the start of the hockey season. Join our Mail List and you’ll be notified as soon as they’re online!

September 11th, 2008 | Posted in » Christmas and Hanukkah, Words and Then Some... by James

Food Gift Baskets - Updating Tradition

At GrenvilleStation.com, we try to design unique and attractive food gift baskets. The process extends beyond just the contents. The container can sometimes be the most important part of the design. It can be a keepsake that the recipient keeps for months, maybe years. It’s important to remember that the recipient always be kept in mind when selecting unique gourmet food baskets. Their likes and dislikes can definitely help in deciding exactly which gift would best suit them for their special event or holiday.

August 9th, 2008 | Posted in » Gift Baskets, Gift Giving by James

Remaining 5 Reasons…

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5. Increased business. After Father’s Day we experience a bit of a lull for the summer. We make use of this time by completing other necessary tasks, such as taking inventory and redesigning existing baskets. Once autumn arrives, we have several holidays that we need to prepare for. We also find that the amount of orders we receive increase, largely due to the travelling season ending. Our customers are less likely to be able to visit their distant loved ones for occasions such as birthdays. That’s where we come in!

4. Thanksgiving. Turkey Day is one of my favourite holidays! I enjoy the family dinners, my Grandmother’s pumpkin pie and, most importantly, the Statutory Holiday! This is the time when most of our orders are for our fall designs. The baskets are usually sent as a “Thank you” for someone who has hosted a Thanksgiving Dinner, or sent between loved ones who unfortunately are not able to be together during the holidays.

3. Halloween. Arguably, one of the most exciting days of the year for kids! But for us, Halloween is a season, not just one day of fun. Designing our Halloween baskets is certainly some of the most fun we have here. We are literally kids in a candy story when the sweets start pouring into our design studio! Among the goodies are gummy tarantulas, candy mice and bloody eyeball gumballs. When it comes to candy, the grosser the better!

2. Christmas. You can’t help but be jolly when preparing for the holidays! Once the stock arrives and the new designs are online, we get to work pre-making the holiday orders. We need to start as early as possible to keep up with the hundreds of orders that pour in almost immediately. The Christmas season easily occupies about 4 or 5 months of the year for all of us here at Grenville Station. It may still be beautiful autumn weather outside, but we will be like busy little elves in Santa’s workshop! Ho ho ho!

1. Chocolate! Need we say more? Due to the aforementioned summer temperatures, we have to stop using chocolate in our designs by (usually) late spring. Normally we use a fair amount of chocolate, so we have to remove quite a few designs from the website. Instead we use chips, crackers, coffee/tea, and other such products that will be unaffected by the heat. Sure they’re tasty treats… but nothing as exciting as chocolate!

And there you have it, our Top Ten Reasons We Love Autumn!

July 22nd, 2008 | Posted in » Words and Then Some... by Tanya

Baby Gift Basket Ideas

Our baby gift basket category has alot of variation to choose from.  There is the obvious gender specific ones - or neutral if unknown - but sometimes you have to select the gift based on the parents and your knowledge of them. Is dad a sports fan? Is mom thrilled with soft and cuddly? Knowing the parents makes life alot easier.  If your intention is to send a baby gift basket in toronto, you might consider our Raptor Rapture, or Budding Leaf, both professional sports team-themed baby gifts.  Variety in price is also important.  Gifts under $50 are suitable if the relationship is growing and not well established, but still important enough to acknowledge.  Gifts over $150 come into play when a major relationship-builder is needed.  The boss and his wife would come to mind.  A key ally in Human Resources.  A supplier who helps out with extended credit or a long term customer who contributes significantly to the bottom line.  Regardless of the price or theme, it’s important to identify key personal or business relationships and gift accordingly.

June 28th, 2008 | Posted in » Baby Gift Baskets by James