Zabars Gift Baskets and a bit of Company History

Zabars Gift Baskets and Deli Book Picture

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Zabars has become since many decades a synonym for quality and fair prices, many people wish to buy their products, such as the famous Zabars Gift Baskets, even if they don’t live in the neighborhood. These gift baskets are available in all different sizes, prices and contents, including kosher gift baskets (Zabar is a Jewish shop), special Purim Gift Basket, Breakfast Baskets and many more. Thankfully it is now possible to order them online, via the company website. Before you go off to it, here a bit of background information about Zabars New York:

Zabars Famous Deli Book, available still at Amazon, just click the image

The company story begins with Louis Zabar who came, after the Russian October Revolution, from the Ukraine to the USA and settled in New York City. Here he met Lilian, who was from the same village as . . . → Read More: Zabars Gift Baskets and a bit of Company History

Harry & David Gift Baskets

Harry and David is perhaps the best known retailer of gift baskets and surely one of the oldest ones. The company history started in 1910 when Harry and David’s father traded his hotel business for an orchard. After his dead, his two sons, Harry&David (hence the company name!), took on the business, catering mainly to luxurious hotels and restaurants with their home grown pears, called ‘Royal Riviera’. In 1934 they started to sell their fruits also by mail, making them one of the oldest mail order companies still in existence in the United States. Starting with fruits only, they soon added other products to their catalogue. Today they offer several thousand different products via their online store, as well as in over 120 retail stores in the US, whilst still growing peaches and pears in their own orchards. Also a lot of their other products, like cakes, cookies and . . . → Read More: Harry & David Gift Baskets