Comments on: Valentine’s Day is Coming Up…

By: amistad

amistad — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 21:22:34 +0000

Even Being the owner of a flower shop in Manila (https://www.makulay.com), I always ask customers “seriously joking” as to why give roses? why not rice or groceries? I would always opt for rice. Wouldn’t you? The best answer I got so far is “with roses, it means you love, with rice, it means you’re too practical to afford roses or in other words cheap”

By: chewy

chewy — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 07:47:23 +0000

Mahal ang bouquet sa Valentines, not even cheap at this time in Dangwa. Chicharon bulaklak na lang ????????????

By: Dragon

Dragon — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 21:27:25 +0000

Hi MM – Myra P is correct. For the last 8 years, Dad himself goes to Dimasalang to get 4 bundles (not dozens) of roses, preferably short stemmed, for my departed mom. The last three months, I’ve been the one buying on his behalf. The lowest I’ve bought it for was 150 & the highest was at 320.

By: Ed B

Ed B — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 03:50:43 +0000

If the price of roses are astronomically high, one can always give chicharong bulaklak. Hey, it’s the thought that counts, right? ;D

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 23:11:34 +0000

leksus, thanks for that, I always make the mistake of lumping together the provinces in the mountains as the Mt. Province… yes, you are correct, Benguet. Thanks.

By: leksus

leksus — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 21:37:46 +0000

ummm, hi marketman.. just a humble correction. i don’t think we grow roses in Mountain province.. we grow them in Benguet. :)

By: myra_p

myra_p — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 07:22:08 +0000

Last year because of the cold snap, they reached 600/dozen. A historic high! A bargain during Vday week is everything not roses. A bargain one week after Vday is… you guessed it… roses :)

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 07:14:39 +0000

myra, YIPES! PHP500 a dozen for wholesale roses next week?! Thank goodness I got Mrs MM a few pots of butterfly orchids a couple of days ago instead! Now they seem like an incredible bargain!?

By: myra_p

myra_p — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 07:08:17 +0000

As of last night, wholesale local red roses were 300/dozen. My prediction is that it will reach 500/dozen.

At this point, I totally agree with you: Skip the red roses for Vday. If you must give flowers, everything else pretty much maintains price points with only a slight increase in others like carnations, daisies, and lilies. In fact, because they’re unpopular for Vday, a lot of basic flowers drop prices. Just a heads up :)

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 06:38:48 +0000

manny, we don’t jack up prices or do upscale menus for Valentine’s at Zubuchon. In fact, this year, I jokingly told staff I wanted a promo for singles or people without dates… they get the discount while couples pay full price…hahahaha.