Florist News

dont know if i am repeating something you may already know but was on the "other side" and a florist who works for walmart and has profit shares in it was trying to join. naturally everyone booted her out as they would not feel comfortable chatting around her but my point is this. Walmart owns Asda so is this their next route, i know some of them have florists in their stores but this seemed so much more. Anyone heard anything?

I read on here somewhere recently that asda were putting full blown florist "shops" in all their new stores,,didn't someone on here say they had pictures of such a thing?

Anyway,,after reading that post I went to a town centre partnership meeting ,,I am a member of my town centre group,,and the ASDA folks were there as we are being blessed with a new store in the town centre in the next 18 months. I quizzed them quite bluntly about this both in the public meeting and then later in private afterwards. They gave me their word that it was not the case, they had not heard of any store in the UK that had this facility. The top bloke gave me his contact details and said if I could tell him which store had a working florist in it and where he would look into it properly for me but as far as they were concerned it was not an area they were interested in getting into. He said that they sold flowers obviously,,I told him this did not worry me as I could do much nicer things anyway and that people were fed up with cheap bunches!! It made me feel better anyway! So,,if there are any pictures,,I have the contact details of a top asda chap who promised me a full explanation if I could come up with proof of these rumours!!

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Asda has tried 3 times that i am aware of in my local store,each time has been a resounding flop,it's quite amusing(really it is)they buy all the stuff benches, stands, vases,cello cutters,you know all the stuff we need, too much to name...then they clear out a corner dress it all up...get a couple of semi florally articulate bods (kitchen sinkers/or church flower arrangers at best)then set them free to make things ,even a funeral tribute book appeared once,laugh i nearly split me kecks...they last approx 9months each time....then they close it all down and go back to bunches in buckets...i bet they make more money doing bunches in buckets, despite them being a non profit line in general.
Asda really don't have a clue how we do it...........

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safeway in reddish used to have a so called florist that looked appalling all the time but all the safeways seem to have disappeared now

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Sarah Creating Bespoke Wedding Flowers Cheshire

Would you pop a funeral tribute in your trolley along with the baked beans and toilet paper........they have no concept of what a florist provides.

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i have a visual picture in my mind that i never thought i would

Janeaway thanks for that reassurance - we shall watch this space!!

We have an ASDA in Swansea (a large one)

They have had a florist in there since the beginning (cant remember how long but must be between 5 and 10 yrs), Pain in the bloody Arse...... but peeps still use them....... then they come to us and complain about them,,,,,, but they are def.. busy there.

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janeaway could you bring up fba point with your head honcho man??

don't suppose theres any chance you could get a foto of this is there?? I need evidence. I know theres nothing I can do to stop the corporate beast on its rampage but I would enjoy making them explain in a public meeting of business owners !! The planning committee is deciding soon on their application,,it will almost definately be a yes due to the fact they are going to be investing around 30 million in my town and employing locals,,doesn't take a genius to work it out really does it. I have also requested that if there are any units within the proposed new store that I get first refusal!! Would I sell my soul to the devil though????

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