Wesley Berry Flowers is holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, April 30 for its new flagship store and corporate office in Commerce Township.
The 10,000-square-foot store is located at 2985 Haggerty Road, north of Pontiac Trail, said owner Wesley Berry of West Bloomfield.
His parents, Wesley and Florence, opened the first floral store in 1946 at Schoolcraft Avenue in Detroit.
Wesley, 51, bought the business from his parents in the 1980s, he said.
The grand opening of the fifth store he operates will be 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. with champagne and hors d’oeuvres.
The ribbon-cutting will be at 5:30 p.m. and performed by Ida Goutman, president of the Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce.
Other Berry stores are located in the Penobscot Building in Detroit, West Bloomfield Township, northwest Detroit and Canton Township, said a spokesman for the company.
The new one-story store cost “in excess of $1 million,” Berry said. About 40 workers will be assigned to the store. The company employs about 60 workers, he said.
Wesley Berry is also conducting an essay contest, “Michigan’s Favorite Mom.” The winner of the 200-word essay will receive a $1,000 Mother’s Day bouquet and three dozen roses every week for a year, Berry said. The second-place prize is a $500 bouquet and a dozen roses each month for a year. Two thirdplace winners will receive a $100 Mother’s Day bouquet. The Oakland Press is one of the sponsors of the essay contest. A company spokesman said Berry’s stores do a lot of business online as a member of both Teleflora and Florist Transworld Delivery. “We’re worldwide,” said Berry. “We deliver flowers throughout the United States as well as in Russia and China.” The company contracts with companies in South America to acquire some of its unique selections. “We import the flowers ourselves,” Berry said. “They are flown from South America to Miami. When they reach Miami, they are separated and (transported) to us.” Even though the nation is in a recession, Berry said “we saw a big increase in February sales.” “Whenever there’s change, there’s an opportunity to capitalize on that transition if you can change quickly and react to it,” Berry said.
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2009/04/14/business/doc49e44f31431d6951067079.txt
Dam, I'm moving to Michigan. This guy needs some competition.
The 10,000-square-foot store is located at 2985 Haggerty Road, north of Pontiac Trail, said owner Wesley Berry of West Bloomfield.
His parents, Wesley and Florence, opened the first floral store in 1946 at Schoolcraft Avenue in Detroit.
Wesley, 51, bought the business from his parents in the 1980s, he said.
The grand opening of the fifth store he operates will be 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. with champagne and hors d’oeuvres.
The ribbon-cutting will be at 5:30 p.m. and performed by Ida Goutman, president of the Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce.
Other Berry stores are located in the Penobscot Building in Detroit, West Bloomfield Township, northwest Detroit and Canton Township, said a spokesman for the company.
The new one-story store cost “in excess of $1 million,” Berry said. About 40 workers will be assigned to the store. The company employs about 60 workers, he said.
Wesley Berry is also conducting an essay contest, “Michigan’s Favorite Mom.” The winner of the 200-word essay will receive a $1,000 Mother’s Day bouquet and three dozen roses every week for a year, Berry said. The second-place prize is a $500 bouquet and a dozen roses each month for a year. Two thirdplace winners will receive a $100 Mother’s Day bouquet. The Oakland Press is one of the sponsors of the essay contest. A company spokesman said Berry’s stores do a lot of business online as a member of both Teleflora and Florist Transworld Delivery. “We’re worldwide,” said Berry. “We deliver flowers throughout the United States as well as in Russia and China.” The company contracts with companies in South America to acquire some of its unique selections. “We import the flowers ourselves,” Berry said. “They are flown from South America to Miami. When they reach Miami, they are separated and (transported) to us.” Even though the nation is in a recession, Berry said “we saw a big increase in February sales.” “Whenever there’s change, there’s an opportunity to capitalize on that transition if you can change quickly and react to it,” Berry said.
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2009/04/14/business/doc49e44f31431d6951067079.txt
Dam, I'm moving to Michigan. This guy needs some competition.
