Kimie: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
MAY IS THE SEASON FOR FLOWERS.
LEI DAY, MOTHER'S DAY AND GRADS
WAGES.
IS WORKING TIRELESSLY TO PRODUCE
ARRANGEMENTS AND LAIR LEI FOR EACH
OCCASION.
YOU CAN'T COME TO A FLOWER
SHOP WITHOUT GETTING FLOWERS.
I WANT TO THANK REECE FOR
ME THE LEI.
BERETANIA FLORIST IS GETTING
READY FOR THE BIGGEST DAY OF
YOUR YEAR, MOTHER'S DAY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US ON
"LIVING 808."
TELL ME ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO
GET INTO MOTHER'S DAY AND GET
EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO DO
DONE BEFORE THE BIG DAY.
YEAH, MOTHER'S DAY.
PLANNING IS EXTREME.
RIGHT AFTER VALENTINE'S DAY,
FULL SPEED AHEAD.
THERE'S A LOT OF PREPARATION
THAT GOES INTO IT.
COUPLE MONTHS BEFORE MOTHER'S
DAY, IT STARTS WITH OUR FLOWER
BUYING.
WE HAVE TO COORDINATE THE
FLOWERS TO COME IN FROM ACROSS
THE WORLD.
FROM SOUTH AMERICA TO THE EAST
COAST OF THE COUNTRY.
WEST COAST.
WE EVEN GET FLOWERS FROM THE BIG
ISLAND AND MAUI AND ON OAHU,
TOO.
WE KIND OF THINK OF IT ALMOST
LIKE COORDINATING AN ORGANIZE
EXTRA, IF YOU WILL.
THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS IN
PERFECT HARMONY.
John: YOU MENTIONED
DELIVERIES.
HOW MANY ARE YOU DOING FOR
MOTHER'S DAY?
DURING MOTHER'S DAY WEEK,
MAYBE 14 TO 1500 DELIVERIES.
A LOT GOING OUT ON SATURDAY
BEFORE MOTHER'S DAY.
ON MOTHER'S DAY, SUNDAY, AND A
LOT OF PEOPLE SEND FLOWERS THE
WEEK.
FLOWERS ON HER DESK.
HAVE ASKING FOR HER TO STARE AT.
John: YOU SAID IT WILL
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY
TO KNOW.
I WANT TO SOP YOU STOP YOU REAL QUICK.
DELIVERIES ON MOTHER'S DAY.
YOU'RE WORKING ON MOTHER'S DAY.
WE LIVE FOR MOTHER'S DAY.
IT'S ONE OF OUR THREE MAJOR
FLORAL HOLIDAYS.
THERE'S VALENTINE'S DAY,
MOTHER'S DAY AND ARSENAL.
-- CHRISTMAS.
John: AND GRADUATIONS.
MOTHER'S DAY IS ONE OF THOSE
HOLIDAYS THAT WE WANT TO BE HERE
FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.
WE FOREGO OUR SUNDAY.
John: WORKING HARD.
IT'S NOT JUST STICKING FLOWERS
IN A VASE.
A LOT OF THOUGHT GOES INTO AN
ARRANGEMENT.
I'M PRETTY SURE THIS IS WHAT YOU
MOST POPULAR ARRANGEMENTS WILL
BE.
THIS YEAR WE'RE FEATURING A
LOT OF BEAUTIFUL NEW THINGS THAT
WE'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE.
THIS YEAR WE'VE GOT A LOT OF
GIGANTIC PEONIES AND TROPICAL
FLOWERS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
WE HAVE ONE OF OUR BOUQUETS.
PEONY WITH ROSES AND HYDRANGEA.
WE'VE GOT THE PEONIES AND
HYDRANGEA.
ON TOP WE HAVE OUR EXTRA LONG
STEM ROSES.
WE LOVE IT.
FARMS THAT GROW IT DO SUCH A
GOOD JOB.
PROUD TO OFFER THAT TO OUR
CUSTOMERS.
THIS BOUQUET IS SUPER POPULAR.
FOR A DESK.
FOR A SMALL COFFEE TABLE.
ROSES AND HYDRANGEAS, INSTANT
CLASSIC.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE.
IT'S GOT GORGEOUS PEONIES.
IN THERE.
LONG STEM ROSES FROM SOUTH
AMERICA.
THERE'S HYDRANGEAS THAT ARE
LUSCIOUS.
AND WITH THE ORCHIDS.
WE'RE PROUD OF THIS.
WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT ONE.
John: YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN
AROUND SUCH A LONG TIME.
YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING
EVERYBODY WANTED AND THEN SOME.
YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT LONG TIME.
THE COMPANY IN 1937.
87 YEARS AGO.
AND AS JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS, THEY
HAD TO WORK REALLY HARD.
FIVE TIMES HARDER THAN ANYONE
ELSE.
ONE THINGS REMAINED, ANYTHING
THAT GOES OUT WITH OUR NAME,
IT'S GOT TO BE PERFECT.
IT'S GOT TO WOW MOM.
WE WANT OUR CUSTOMERS TO KNOW
THAT ANYTHING THAT GOES OUT IS
GOING TO BE JUST AS SPECIAL AS
IF IT WERE GOING TO OUR OWN
MOMS.
WE REALLY DO CARE AND WE WANT
OUR CUSTOMERS TO HAVE THE SAME
GREAT REACTION THAT ONLY FLOWERS
CAN DO.
John: AND THE NAME IS
BERETANIA FLORIST.
THANK YOU.
John: APPRECIATE IT.
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.
REALLY, IT'S A COUPLE WEEKS AWAY
BUT AROUND THE CORNER.
Kimie: I LOVE THAT.
MORE LEI.
MORE FLOWERS.
THEIR SHOP.
THEY MAKE SUCH GREAT
ARRANGEMENTS.
ARRANGEMENT, IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL
AND SMELLS AT THE HOUSE.
Kimie: WHENEVER I GET
FLOWERS FROM MY BOYFRIEND, I
FEEL LUXURY.
John: WHAT'S HIS NAME?