Hampers: Firstly A British Tradition
It wasn’t until the 19th Century when the hamper became an established British tradition, when it was the task of a noble lady to provide charity to the poor and needy living on her lands. This was usually a food hamper in the form of a wicker basket filled with seasonal fayre, which allowed air to circulate around the food to stay for fresh longer. Gifts of clothes were also used as padding to wrap fragile items. These may not have been gourmet hampers, but the tradition of giving hamper gifts had now been established.
During the later 1800's with the expansion of the railways it was possible for parcels, hampers and goods to be sent in a matter a just a few days to most parts of the UK. One prestigious London based department store during this period developed the concept for selling the food hamper as a gift that could be sent for Christmas to friends or family. This was at this time a preserve of the wealthy as the costs involved were considerable.
Over a hundered years on we find the concept of food hampers and gift baskets as a popular gift to send have spread through nearly every culture and country on a global scale.
Eden4hampers.co.uk is one of the few UK hamper delivery companies which is soley web based. Everything with regard to ordering, order tracking and payment can be done online by our customers day or night 365 days a year and with delivery to any UK delivery address as fast as 1pm next day this certainly have changed with regard to sending a hamper in the last 100 years.
This is what some of our customers say
Dear Eden4flowers,
I am a new customer that sent my mum sent some flowers as a Get Well Soon wish. They were delivered promptly and they were beautiful and plentiful. My mum was absolutely delighted. Thank you. I shall be recommending you to my friends.
With best wishes,
Mrs B Johnson.
Yesterday I placed an order to be delivered to my sister and she has rung to say they have arrived. She is a lovely person and I wanted a little Thank You gift as a token of my appreciation and she says the flowers, vase, chocolate and card are wonderful!
I am delighted with your product and service so just wanted to say thank you and apart from using you again, will definetly recommend your company to friends and family!
Cheers! Del
Del Bennett (Ms)
Just a quick note to comment on your service, my girlfriend received her flowers this morning on time and says they look amazing!!! I can tell they’ve really cheered her up and brightened up her day! The flowers are apparently beautifully presented and the message I wrote is in a lovely gift card. She’s over the moon with them! Thank you for your excellent service I’m sure I will use you again in the near future
Kind Regards
David Coles
