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Speaker 1: M hmm. I'm here with my good friend Chris McCann,

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Speaker 1: the CEO of one eight hundred flowers dot com and

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Speaker 1: one eight hundred flowers dot Com is the official florist,

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Speaker 1: ladies and guys of Valentine Today. Now, Chris, good morning

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Speaker 1: to you. Let's talk about the specials that one eight

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Speaker 1: hundred flowers dot Com has lined up for our listeners

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Speaker 1: this year. Big year, huh, it's a big year. You know.

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Speaker 1: We love that we are the official flowers to Valentine's Day, Shirley.

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Speaker 1: I'm just so happy you are. I spoke to you

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Speaker 1: off the air to tell you that I'm still looking

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Speaker 1: at my anniversary flowers that you gave me. They're still fresh,

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Speaker 1: they're still beautiful, and they're still fragrant, and I just

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Speaker 1: want to say thank you. Uh. There's so many options

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Speaker 1: when it comes to ordering Valentine's bouquets. So what makes

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Speaker 1: one eight hundred Flowers the official florist of Valentine's Day?

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Speaker 1: I know, but let the people know. Well, our customers

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Speaker 1: gave us this title. You know. We've been doing when this,

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Speaker 1: Shirley for over forty years. We create more than twenty

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Speaker 1: million gifts a year. One million alone just to Valentine's Day.

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Speaker 1: In fact, Valentine's Day will sell close to ten million

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Speaker 1: stems of roses. Uh, you know, I kind of so.

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Speaker 1: Our customers have told us where the official flowerist. I

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Speaker 1: like to think that I'm the official romantic at Valentine Today.

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Speaker 1: My wife might disagree with that, especially especially the year

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Speaker 1: I brought a home this beautiful bouquet of these white

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Speaker 1: cali lilies. They were just beautiful. She takes them, she

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Speaker 1: opens them up, She looks at me, She says, you

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Speaker 1: sold all the roses, didn't you. I love calililis, though,

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Speaker 1: and but I love your flowers, Chris. You know I've

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Speaker 1: always used one flowers to help me with my gifting needs.

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Speaker 1: I sent them to my mom, my daughter, my aunt.

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Speaker 1: And one thing that always stands out to me is

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Speaker 1: the service. What is behind that smile guarantee? Well, Shirley,

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Speaker 1: what's behind that smile guarantee is our caring team with

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Speaker 1: people who were just obsessed with service. That's what really

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Speaker 1: built this company over all of these years that we've

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Speaker 1: been doing this, and it's really what truly sets us apart.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, we create so many gifts. We delivered

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Speaker 1: so many smiles. There are times when something will go wrong.

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Speaker 1: The person isn't in the office, person isn't home sometimes

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Speaker 1: whether impacts us. What makes us different is how we

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Speaker 1: react to that, is how we jump for our customers.

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Speaker 1: And that's the most thing I'm most proud of is

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Speaker 1: all of the people on our team really understand that

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Speaker 1: our customers are trusting us to deliver a smile on

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Speaker 1: their behalf. So that's what makes up our smile guarantee.

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Speaker 1: That's right, And I'm smiling right now when I think

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Speaker 1: of the flowers, I really am because they're so beautiful

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Speaker 1: and I love flowers. One eight flowers dot com is

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Speaker 1: known for its stellar service. You've won numerous awards and

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Speaker 1: this is awesome and just from me and everyone on

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Speaker 1: the Steve Harvey Morning Show, congratulations for that because your

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Speaker 1: service is stellar. Uh. There have been issues, you know,

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Speaker 1: with whether or whatever, and customers have emailed me or

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Speaker 1: or texted me to let me know that there was

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Speaker 1: a problem. I got on the phone with you. You

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Speaker 1: fixed it immediately, immediately, and the customers say thank you,

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Speaker 1: and there is a smile behind that. So I just

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Speaker 1: wanted to say that you definitely stand behind your services.

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Speaker 1: And your product. Thank you. And again, that's what keeps

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Speaker 1: a company in business, that's what keeps a company growing.

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Speaker 1: So things we're the most proud of, Shirley, So thank

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Speaker 1: you for recognizing that. Oh absolutely, Now, Valentine's Day the

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Speaker 1: biggest love day, the biggest of flower day of the year. Now, now,

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Speaker 1: come on, Chris, you're you're the romantic guy, and I'm

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Speaker 1: sure your wife does agree. What's the one tip? Give

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Speaker 1: me one tip that we can give the guys this

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Speaker 1: Valentine's Day. Now, this is a tip we learned many

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Speaker 1: many years ago from one of the great creative flowers

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Speaker 1: that we work with all around the country. And for

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Speaker 1: this year, especially with Valentine's Day being on Tuesday, the fourteens,

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Speaker 1: we recommend send them to your office or to the home,

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Speaker 1: send them on the thirteenth with a note that says,

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Speaker 1: I couldn't wait until the fourteens to say I love you.

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Speaker 1: We people love it. I love that. It's just a

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Speaker 1: great idea. And if you're sending it to the office

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Speaker 1: on the third team, you get to be the first

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Speaker 1: one that creates all of that office envy and it

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Speaker 1: just makes you stand out as as as a hopeless romantic.

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Speaker 1: You heard it from the hopeless romantic himself, Chris McCann,

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Speaker 1: CEO of one eight hundred Flowers Fellas fellas one day early.

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Speaker 1: Valentine's Day falls on February fourteenth and a Tuesday, February

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Speaker 1: fourteenth every year, but on Tuesday this year, So February

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Speaker 1: be early, okay, because, as I always say, Chris, if

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Speaker 1: she has a great Valentine's Day, guys, you're gonna have

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Speaker 1: a great Valentine's Day night, okay, and be there ahead

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Speaker 1: of everyone. I love it, Chris, I love it. Thank

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Speaker 1: you as always. Now you can order any of one

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Speaker 1: eight hundred Flowers beautiful and vibrant Valentine's bouquets by checking

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Speaker 1: out their website. All you have to do is go

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Speaker 1: to one eight hundred flowers dot com, click on the

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Speaker 1: radio icon, enter Strawberry. I'll say it again. That's one

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Speaker 1: eight hundred flowers dot com. Remember to enter my promo

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Speaker 1: code Strawberry, and Happy Valentine's Day to everyone. Chris. You

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Speaker 1: know I love you. I thank you as always. You're

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Speaker 1: a great guy. And I love one eight hundred flowers

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Speaker 1: dot Com. And I'm smiling. Well, we love you too, Shirley,

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Speaker 1: and Happy Valentine's Day to everyone out there. Thank you, Chris,

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Speaker 1: thank you You're perfect as always. Appreciate all the help

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Speaker 1: and support all right, love you too, Thank you. Bye bye,