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shop in mid-January - just in time for Valentine’s Day,” said Natalie.
“With so many people passing the shop to drop their children to the two schools nearby, we created an immediate impact and the business took off straight away.”
Natalie’s sales were further boosted with a huge workload for Mother’s Day and she is now looking forward to the wedding season and summer parties as a further boost for business.
“The feedback we have had from customers has been fantastic and word is spreading fast. Most of our business comes through people talking about us or personal recommendation,” she said.
Natalie creates her bouquets from a wide range of succulent fruits including pineapples, cantaloupe melons, strawberries, grapes, reducurrants, kiwi fruit and many others.
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“We have developed a range of bouquets for special occasions, but can tailor the bouquet to suit the customer’s precise needs and tastes,” she said. “The great thing is that they are not only unusual and attractive, but taste good too!
“We have lots of new and exciting bouquets to launch as we go through the seasons of the year from Mother’s Day bouquets in vases and gift boxes to wedding, sweet sixteen celebrations and engagement congratulations – we have gifts for all occasions big or small.
“Our Baby Bouquets for new mums are proving very popular: while everyone is fussing around the baby, mum deserves a really healthy treat which a fruit bouquet can certainly provide.”
Prices range from around £15 through to £50 or more for fruit bouquets with free delivery within a 15 mile radius of Plymouth. “I want our products to be affordable and our prices are certainly a lot lower than those charged by similar companies in other parts of the country.
“We do have some products - such as hand dipped strawberry gift boxes - which can be delivered by next day courier anywhere in the UK.”
Table arrangements start from £25 and Natalie offers strawberry towers as a stunning alternative to a floral table arrangement.
“They can be as simple or as bespoke as customers want and are hand dipped in ‘Green & Blacks’ organic dark, milk or white chocolate. We can also produce bombonieres, hand dipped fruits, gift wrapped for wedding guests.”
Natalie sources all of her produce locally from Tamar Fruit at St Mellion and makes good use of any fruit left over from her creations by making fruit kebabs, smoothies and
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natalie puts the finishing touches to one of her fruit bouquets
fruit juices which she sells over the counter in her Beacon Park shop.
“The school children love our smoothies and kebabs. We get very busy in the afternoons when the school day ends,” she said.
Natalie prides herself on providing a unique and first-class service and receives plenty of positive comments from customers on her website.
With word spreading fast she was delighted to receive an enquiry recently from a customer in the USA who wanted a fruit gift box delivered to an address in the UK.
“I can see lots of potential for the business in the future and will consider franchising the concept at some stage. My priority at present is establishing the brand and developing a strong, successful product range.”
customer comments
“I bought a new baby fruit bouquet for a very close friend of mine. it was absolutely beautiful and my friend loved it, all the midwives on the ward were talking about it. It certainly beats flowers any day! a lot of time and care goes into making these bouquets - simply wonderful.”
“I took delivery of a fruit bouquet for my birthday today - absolutely amazing. a real centrepiece to the party. looked fabulous and tasted delicious. top quality fruit, yummy chocolate too. thank you so very much!!”
“The fruit bouquet was spectacular. A real change from sending flowers. Thoroughly recommended. Natalie was extremely polite and helpful. You won’t be disappointed.”
For more information contact Tutti-Fruiti Bouquets, 51a North Down Road, Beacon Park, Plymouth. Tel 07960 373729
Web www.tutti-fruitibouquets.co.uk Opening hours Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm (closed Wednesday). Saturday 9am to 1pm.
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