Stejskal Florist's, Inc

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SallyAnn

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We are a traditional retail florist and have been delivering flowers
for all occasions since we purchased the shop in 1970. The original
owners were an aunt and uncle of my husband who founded the shop
in the 1930's and the location has been the same since 1945. This is
a fortunate thing since our beloved city has been under water for the
past week with catastrophic flooding never expected or seen in the history of the city. Iowa has had disaster after disaster with storms,
rain water and flooding this entire spring. This may make the entire
country hungry. One of the largest cereal plants, Quaker Oats, is located here and was under water, but promises to be back and running soon,
bringing its workforce of over 1800 people back to work. Our store specializes in sympathy work and works closely with several funeral directors throughout the city. We have been an FTD member since inception and also belong to Teleflora and the Bloomlink network. We have seen many changes in the industry over the years and expect to see many more.
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Welcome Sally Ann.
Glad to "hear" the upbeat tone of your voice in rising from the waters, so to say.
I have wondered how our florist friends were doing in those areas.
You'll find much to read, many opinions, and even more sage advice from this great group.
Enjoy.
 
We were not directly affected by the flooding so have been able to carry on business as usual, business being down by 45%, but one of my employees and her husband and dog are living with us since last Thursday and it looks to be a few more weeks as the clean up and rebuilding continues. Midwesterners are a tough lot and we will all
survive, but it certainly is a wake up call to what can happen in a short time period.
Some of our florist friends were directly affected and damage assessment at this point is still unknown, but everyone is helping everyone out in whatever way they can. I'm looking forward to advice and sharing.
 
Welcome from another Iowan. We were hit by the flood waters in our area also. Our city may be out of a sewer system for 6 weeks. At least we now have water we don't have to boil. Can you imagine hauling all the water a shop needs in a day. If you ever get to northeast Iowa look us up. I have sent direct orders to your shop in the past & have had good reviews.
 
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