OVER AT 102.9 FM AT THE 6:00
HOUR.
HE HAS TICKETS FOR THOSE SHOWS
GIVING AWAY TODAY.
NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION
SAYS ABOUT HALF, 55% OF
AMERICANS, DO CELEBRATE
VALENTINE'S DAY, AND THE AVERAGE
IS TO SPEND A LITTLE SHY OF 150
BUCKS.
FLOWERS, OF COURSE, ALWAYS A
POPULAR PRESENT.
IN THE TWIN CITIES, ONE FLOWER
SHOP HAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE
ARRANGEMENT IT'S EVER OFFERED.
THIS MORNING, ASHLEY ROBERTS IS
LIVE AT BACHMAN'S IN MINNEAPOLIS
TO TELL US ABOUT IT.
HI, ASHLEY.
HI THERE.
GOOD MORNING, KIM.
VALENTINE'S DAY IS A POWER HOUSE
PRODUCTION, BUT THIS IS THE PART
YOU GUYS DON'T SEE, THE
PLANNING, THE PREPARATION, THE
DELIVERY.
DON'T ALL THESE ARRANGEMENTS
LOOK GORGEOUS BEHIND ME?
JOINING US THIS MORNING, SUSI E.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU.
THE ARRANGEMENT EVERYONE IS
DYING TO SEE.
THE 500 $ARRANGEMENT RIGHT HERE.
IT'S GORNLOUS.
TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY.
IT'S AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL
24, SO TWO DOZEN, 120 CENTIMETER
RED ROSES.
IT'S JUST STUNNING.
I'M ASSUMING IF SOMEONE
RECEIVES THIS FOR VALENTINE'S
DAY, THAT PRETTY MUCH MEANS THE
SENDER JUST WANTS TO BE FRIENDS?
SO SOMEONE IS LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING ON THE LOWER SCALE,
NOT QUITE $500, THERE ARE OTHER
OPTIONS, RIGHT?
WE HAVE A MULTITUDE OF
OPTIONS, AND THOUGH THAT MIGHT
NOT BE FOR EVERYONE, WE HAVE A
PLETHORA OF ARRANGEMENTS, AS
WELL AS CONSUMER BUNCH FLOWERS
IN VARIOUS BOUQUETS THAT
SOMEBODY CAN PICK UP AND TAKE
HOME.
YEAH.
LIKE THIS ONE, YOU -- SOMEBODY
CAN BUY, LIKE, A BUNCH FROM THE
GROCERY STORE AND ARRANGE IT
THEMSELVES.
THE GROCERY STORE OR OUR
STORES, AND THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL
ARRAY OF FLOWERS, AND I JUST DID
A REAL QUICK EXAMPLE HERE, HOW
YOU CAN TAKE THE WRAP AND PUT
OVER JUST A GLASS VASE THAT YOU
HAVE AT HOME OR IF YOU WOULD
HAVE A MASON JAR AND GIVE A
FRESH CUT TO THE FLOWERS AND
DROP THEM IN, KIND OF, YOU KNOW,
FLUFF THEM OUT A LITTLE.
AND IT LOOKS MAGNIFICENT AND
ALLOWS PEOPLE TO ADD THAT EXTRA
PERSONAL TOUCH.
VERY MUCH SO.
THERE'S ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT
CONFIGURATION OF VASES, TOO,
WHERE IT'S VERY EASY THAT YOU
CAN TAKE A BUNCH OF FLOWERS AND
JUST PUT A STEM OR TWO IN EACH
LITTLE COMPARTMENT, AND THEN YOU
GET A BEAUTIFUL-LOOKING BOUQUET
WHEN IT ALL COMES TOGETHER.
OF COURSE, THE RED ROSES, A
SYMBOL OF LOVE, BUT THERE'S
OTHER OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE IF THEY
TOENT WANT TO SEND THAT MESSAGE.
CORRECT.
YELLOW TYPICALLY MEANS
FRIENDSHIP OR JOY.
PINK IS GRACE.
PEACH IS DESIRE.
AND THEN THE RED, BEAUTY/LOVE.
AND YOU CAN PUT THEM ALL
TOGETHER.
THEY'RE A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT
ALL MIXED, OR YOU CAN HAVE A
SINGLE COLOR, AS WELL.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR PEOPLE
TO PLACE ORDERS, RIGHT?
IT IS NOT TOO LATE.
WE ARE DELIVERING ALL THE WAY
THROUGH VALUEN TAN --
VALENTINE'S DAY, AND OUR STORES
ARE OPEN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
COME IN AND PICK SOMETHING UP
AND HAND DELIVER IT TO YOUR
LOVED ONE.
WE'LL CHECK BACK IN IN THE
NEXT HOUR.
IN THE MEANTIME, JASON KIM, YOU
HEARD SUSIE SAY, IT'S NOT TOO
LATE TO PLACE AN ORDER SO I'M
EXPECTING THIS ON MY DESK AT
SOME POINT.
THE 6-FOOT-FLOWER ARRANGEMENT
ON YOUR DESK?
THE $500 ARRANGEMENT.
YEAH, OKAY.
$500 ARRANGEMENT, JUST SO
A LONG-TIME TWIN CITIES
FLOWER COMPANY IS CRANKING OUT
HUNDREDS OF ARRANGEMENTS AHEAD
OF VALENTINE'S DAY.
THEY HAVE MORE THAN 30
DESIGNERS PREPARING FOR THE
BUSIEST FLORAL DAY OF THE YEAR
AT BACHMAN'S.
THAT IS WHERE WE FIND ASHLEY
ROBERTS LIFE THIS -- LIVE THIS
MORNING.
HI, ASHLEY.
HI, JASON.
ACTUALLY, HAVE A NICE SURPRISE
FOR YOU AND THE REST OF THE
ANCHORS THIS MORNING.
I CREATED THIS LOVELY
ARRANGEMENT FOR YOU GUYS JUST
FOR VALENTINE'S DAY.
YELLOW SIGNIFIES JOY AND
FRIENDSHIP.
WE HAVE GERBER DAISIES AND
LILIES.
I PICKED THEM BECAUSE IT HAS A
TINT OF RED AND, OF COURSE, RED
MEANS LOVE, AND YOU KNOW I LOVE
WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU GUYS.
WHAT TUNG?
DID I DO A GOOD JOB?
THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.
VERY NICE.
THAT IS REALLY NICE.
YEAH.
I'LL BRING THIS PACK TO THE
STATION FOR YOU GUYS, BUT THE
SHOW STOPPER OF THE HOUR IS NOT,
OF COURSE, MY ARRANGEMENT.
IT'S THIS $500 ARRANGEMENT RIGHT
HERE THAT IT HAS CREATED FOR THE
FIRST TIME EVER.
JOINING US THIS MORNING IS
SUSIE.
THIS IS JUST GORGEOUS.
IT DOES TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY.
IT'S A STUNNING ARRANGEMENT.
WHAT WENT INTO CREATING THIS?
FIRST OF ALL, WE FOUND THE
ROSES, AND THEY COME FROM
ECUADOR.
WE, TWO YEARS AGO, HAD TOLD THEM
AS SINGLE STEMS.
WE JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,
WOULDN'T IT JUST BE FUN TO
CREATE THIS JUST IMMENSE
ARRANGEMENT THAT KIND OF TAKES
YOUR BREATH AWAY AND IS SO
INCREDIBLY STUNNING.
NOW, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ORDERS
FOR THIS AT ALL THIS YEAR?
WE -- WE'VE MADE TWO OF THEM
THUS FAR, AND IT -- IT JUST --
YOU KNOW, IT'S BEAUTIFUL, AND IT
IS -- WHEN GIVEN AT VALENTINE'S
DAY, IT WILL BE A VALENTINE'S
THAT THAT RE#1I7 YENT WILL NEVER
FORGET.
NOW, THERE'S SOMEONE OUT
THERE WATCHING AND NOT GETTING
THIS FOR VALENTINE'S DAY THIS
YEAR.
THEY STILL HAVE A CHANCE BECAUSE
THERE'S A SWEEPSTAKES.
THERE IS A SWEEPSTAKES,
BLOOMS, BREWS, AND BARBECUE.
YOU CAN GO TO BACHMANS.COM AND
SIGN UP.
WE WILL DRAW THE NAME, AND ON
VALENTINE'S DAY, WE WILL DELIVER
A BEAUTIFUL ARRANGEMENT LIKE
THIS TO THE RECIPIENT OF YOUR
CHOICE, AS WELL AS A BARBECUE
GRILL AND SOME LOCAL BREWS.
GREAT.
WELL, THERE'S STILL A CHANCE FOR
EVERYONE OUT THERE.
SO FOR SOMETHING ON THE LOWER
BUDGETS, YOU HAVE SOME OTHER
OPTIONS, AS WELL, RIGHT?
WE HAVE A LOVELY ASSORTMENT
OF VARIOUS BOUQUETS THAT IS
JUST, YOU KNOW, PICK UP AND TAKE
HOME AND ARRANGE, BUT WE ALSO
HAVE BLOOMG PLANTS AS WELL AS
ARRANGEMENTS -- ONE OF H-A-KIND
ARRANGEMENTS MADE FROM OUR
DESIGNERS IN OUR STORE OR DOWN
IN THE STIEN ROOM.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR
EVERYONE.
IT ALL LOOKS SO GREAT THIS
MORNING.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
THERE'S STILL TIME TO PLACE THAT
ORDER FOR THAT SOMEONE SPECIAL
IN YOUR LIFE.
SO JASON, KIM, ALL IE, MATT,
HERE IS YOUR VALENTINE'S GIFT.
I'M EXPECTING ONE WHEN WE GET
BACK TO THE OFFER.
ALLIE HAS ME COVERED.
WE SHOULD TELL EVERYONE THAT
DAVE LEE SENT FLOWERS TO ALL OF
THE WOMEN IN THE NEWS ROOM.
I KNOW.
IT WAS SO NICE.