Get Inspired with Holiday Gift Baskets
Support your community and small-scale farmers around the world by offering conscious consumers meaningful and unique gift basket options. Consumable gifts like coffee, tea and chocolate are wonderful because they won’t collect dust on a shelf and are good gifts for “the person who has everything”. These are perfect for Hanukkah, Christmas and all holidays in between!
Combine your creative talents with recycled baskets and assemble one-of-a-kind pre-made gift baskets this year. By offering people a few kinds of gift-giving options, you’ll sell more and make things quick and convenient for last-minute shoppers or the less-than-crafty.
Collect your baskets and select your products
Send a call out to your congregation a few weeks in advance of your sale for donations of old baskets hanging out in the attic. Give them new life by putting together baskets full of organic, fairly traded coffee, tea, cocoa and chocolate purchased by the case at wholesale pricing. Most cases of coffee are 6 bags, chocolate bars are in cases of 12, cocoas, olive oil and teas are also in cases of 6. Order them on our webstore or call our Massachusetts-based customer service team to order at (774) 776-7366. You get free shipping on orders of $135 or more. We recommend leaving 10 business days between the time you order and when you want the products to arrive.
Assemble the baskets
When your order arrives, divide the cases up and make baskets with a variety of products that each make a delicious and practical gift! Have fun creating themed baskets like a “Baker’s Basket” with our Organic Baking Cocoa, Organic Chocolate Chips and Organic Olive Oil, or a “Be Bold” basket with Organic Lemon Ginger with Black Pepper Dark Chocolate, Organic Spicy Hot Cocoa and Organic French Roast coffee.
Dress each gift basket up with some colorful tissue paper, add a ribbon and a price tag that’s easy to remove and you’ve made a ready-to-give gift! We suggest offering a variety of price points so folks can choose the right gift for each person on their list, ranging from something small but thoughtful for your co-worker to an overflowing basket of goodies for a significant other.
For lower price point gifts, you can assemble bite-sized chocolate minis in gift bags and add your own special touches. Another option is to buy some bulk bags of whole bean coffee and let folks fill their own bags with beans. Decorate tin-tie or paper bags with stickers, then fill them with beans from some of our most popular blends and single-origin bulk coffee bags. This is a great activity for both kids and adults! Don’t be afraid to ask for help from others – this is a great way to get more folks involved and let their creativity shine.
Promote your gift basket sale
Announce your sale ahead of time in your church’s bulletin or put up posters that let people know they can come shop ready-made gift baskets. Let people know the price ranges you’ll be offering so they can bring enough cash with them. We recommend dividing your wholesale case price by the number of items in the case and then rounding up to the nearest dollar for product mark-up, but you can go higher if you’re raising money for a special cause.
If you’re short on time or not the craftiest, give each person an empty basket that they can fill with items of their choice. Offer a bow to top off the basket and charge a dollar or two to cover your costs.
