A wicker basket of what is good this week, made up on the counter, delivered in the valley
Fruit baskets
A gift basket of the best fruit in the shop that week, made up on the counter in a wicker basket with a ribbon and a handwritten card: for a birthday, a get-well, a new baby, a funeral or a thank-you. From £25, delivered in the valley or collected.
A fruit basket is still the thing people send to the Princess of Wales when somebody is in, and to a house after a funeral, and we have made them on the counter since 1994. You tell us who it is for and roughly what they like; we choose the best of the week, which in winter means clementines, Cox, Comice pears and grapes, and in summer Welsh strawberries, cherries and peaches.
The small basket at £25 has about twelve pieces of fruit; the large at £45 about twenty-five with a pineapple or a melon at the top. A handwritten card goes in with your words. We can leave out bananas, grapes or anything somebody cannot eat, and make a no-sugar-added one with a jar of honey and nuts instead of chocolate.
Delivery is free in the Llynfi valley on the box rounds, and £4 to the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend, where we leave it with the ward. With a day's notice we can do any day the shop is open. For the same day, ring before ten.
What you get
- Small £25, large £45
- The best fruit in the shop that week
- Wicker basket, ribbon and a handwritten card
- Anything left out on request
- Free delivery in the valley; hospital £4
- A day's notice, or ring before ten for today
What it costs
Small basket £25, large £45. Delivery free in the Llynfi valley; Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend £4. A day's notice. The seasonal calendar says what is good this month; the boxes page builds this week's box with the delivery day.
Questions about fruit baskets
Can you put flowers in?
We do not sell flowers, but the florist on Talbot Street will make a posy and drop it in to us; ring and we arrange it.
Is the basket reusable?
It is a proper wicker basket. People bring them back for a refill, and a refill is £5 cheaper.
This week's box, with the day the van reaches your street.
Small £15, medium £21 or large £28, this month's veg, two swaps if you want them, and the next round for your area worked out before you order. Free delivery around the Llynfi valley. No subscription; pay on the doorstep.