1-800-Flowers.com to deliver millions of stems for Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is one of the busiest holidays of the year for 1-800-Flowers.com. The company, headquartered in New York, expects to deliver 17.8 million stems for the occasion, including 6.9 million roses and 2.8 million tulips. “Delivering so many flowers in such a tight timeframe, as with the Mother’s Day holiday, is a highly complex operational process,” Jim McCann, the founder of 1-800-Flowers.com Inc., told FOX Business. “But we have conducted nearly 50 Mother’s Day campaigns, and we know this holiday very well.”THE BEST ONLINE FLOWER DELIVERY SERVICES Planning for Mother’s Day, which this year falls on May 11, begins a…

As the country prepares for America’s 250th birthday celebrations this summer, several major food companies are getting in on the party by releasing limited-edition, patriotic-themed products. Cheerios, Coca-Cola, Mountain Dew and Oreo are among the iconic, all-American brands teasing special items to commemorate the country’s semiquincentennial anniversary, Allrecipes.com reported. Cheerios will release…

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Small Business Saturday encourages shoppers to support local

After many Americans go big for Thanksgiving and Black Friday, the Saturday that follows has become the moment to shop small. Observed annually during the first weekend after Thanksgiving, Small Business Saturday encourages consumers to redirect some of their holiday spending toward small businesses — the backbone of the U.S.…

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Mets’ Carson Benge lays out for incredible catch vs Angels

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Highlight reel plays have been few and far between for the slumping New York Mets this season, but rookie right fielder Carson Benge had one of the best catches of the year on Sunday night.Los Angeles Angels second baseman Vaughn Grissom hit…

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Forget the Met Gala, it’s ‘Melanoma Monday’ — how your outfit choice can up your cancer risk

Happy Met Gala Monday to those who celebrate — but if you’re going out during the daytime, you may want to rethink the “naked dress.” While fashion fans all know the first Monday in May is when stars strut the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala, the medical community knows it better as “Melanoma Monday,” marking the start of Skin Cancer Awareness Month. And as summer is right around the corner with sunnier days ahead, it’s important to take a look at how our wardrobe choices can affect cancer risk. Reducing the risk of skin cancer…

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