Likely to be half dead but still fresher than Moonpig's attempt!
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Locknloadharry
9 Mar 16#14
The price of flowers always gets inflated from about February 12th to just after Mother's Day.
These 2 events are quite a stable occurrence, Valentine's day and Mother's day, happens once a year?
Locknloadharry
8 Mar 16#12
Not surprised they have loads left, they were charging £10.00 for a bunch that was normally a fiver
asters to Locknloadharry
8 Mar 16#13
I am a flower buyer (not for Asda) wholesale price of many flowers this Mothers day were over double the cost compared to the prices just 1 week before. It was due to the combination of a very early date and falling within a few days of Ladies day (Ladies day/Women's day is the biggest date in the international flower calendar, especially in Russia) http://masterrussian.com/russianculture/womens_day_march8.htm
Flower prices are controlled by an auction, more demand and the higher the price. In 34 years of being a flower buyer I have never seen so much demand for flowers as I did this past week. The prices were out of control.
NUMBER1bargaininggirl
8 Mar 16#11
Excellent find heat added
le_petit_chou
7 Mar 16#10
Asda Longwell Green in Bristol had loads today.
boostii
7 Mar 16#9
Hot, will stick some in the freezer for next march :smile:
Preston Preston
7 Mar 16#8
Asda flowers are very good. I bought some roses for Valentine's Day & 3 weeks later they still look lovely
SWERVE_79
7 Mar 16#7
It should be known/expected they'll be half price they are now deleted lines
lucyscollins
7 Mar 161#5
I bought myself two lovely bunches of tulips there for half price today. No one to buy any for me yesterday , so I bought them myself today.
escortboy
7 Mar 16#4
Fresher than Moonpig and probably look a darn site better.
richt
7 Mar 16#2
Didn't see them reduced in my local ASDA superstore roughly 3 hours ago! Must be store specific.
chuckies27 to richt
7 Mar 16#3
Crikey - flowers must have sold well in your area, even the main florists up here are selling flowers at half price. No jokes about us Scots being tight on Mothers Day!
TehSheep to richt
7 Mar 16#6
If they're mother's day flowers they'll be reduced by half price. It wont have a whoops label on it because it's a HQ markdown and not a in-store markdown and it might not be advertised because whoever is running the show is incompetent, but the flowers will scan as half price.
kamenitzabrit
7 Mar 164#1
It's actually international women's day tomorrow 8th March, and in some countries it's traditional to give ladies you know a flower(s) - no romance implied, just a way to be nice to ladies.
In one country I lived in, it was a bigger thing than Valentine's day, with all the cafes and restaurants full of groups of ladies out socialising.
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These 2 events are quite a stable occurrence, Valentine's day and Mother's day, happens once a year?
Flower prices are controlled by an auction, more demand and the higher the price. In 34 years of being a flower buyer I have never seen so much demand for flowers as I did this past week. The prices were out of control.
In one country I lived in, it was a bigger thing than Valentine's day, with all the cafes and restaurants full of groups of ladies out socialising.