How El Paso flower shops prepared for Valentine’s Day 2022
EL PASO, Texas – Another Valentine's day within a pandemic. This year, seeking something for that special someone comes with higher prices and the challenges brought on by supply shortages.
Marisa Guerrero, vice president at Debbie’s Bloomers, has been in the flower business for 20 years.
“Today is all about delivieries, people coming to the store and taking beautiful Valentine’s to their loved ones. We see lots of arrangements," Guerrero said. Guerrero also said that they always expect and prepare for the influx of customers on this day.
Guerrero expects Valentine's Day spikes, but she said this year has been busier. “We always anticipate this, but I think the volume this year has been greater than last year which has been exciting."
She says a lot of it has to do with the pandemic and the fact that people haven’t been able to be together.
“Deliveries are really, really big because they can’t be together as much and they might not want to go to dinner, but I am actually surprised how many walk-ins we are seeing this year.”
As for differences in the number of customers that have walked through their doors, Guerrero said it was too early to know the exact data, but “definitely more than ever.”
