Flower deliveries - Snow Hinders Valentine's Deliveries
It's one of their busiest days of the year. Flower shops have been preparing for Valentine's Day for months, but one thing they weren't prepared for was this weather.
A Goldman Sachs analyst cut his rating on 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. stock on one of the busiest days of the Web-based flower delivery service's year, saying shares are overpriced.
Cupid needed a snow plow this year. Valentine's Day wasn't too sweet for local florists as Tuesday night's ice storm kept flower recipients away from their offices to accept deliveries and threw a slippery obstacle on delivery drivers' routes.
Rita Eckert is an expert at hectic daily schedules.
NEW YORK - Blowing snow and sleet glazed windshields and roads across the Northeast and the Midwest on yesterday, messing up Valentine's Day flower deliveries and wrecking couples' plans for romantic dinners. The storm grounded hundreds of flights and forced the closing of schools and businesses from Kentucky to Maine.
Snow and ice are putting a chill on Valentine's Day-typically the biggest day for florists. Flower deliveries throughout the county have been delayed.
Andrew M. Virzi photo Walden Drive resident John Hanson clears his driveway Wednesday morning.
STEUBENVILLE Everythings coming up daffodils for the Steubenville Area Relay for Life sponsored by the Jefferson County Unit of the American Cancer Society.
A Goldman Sachs analyst cut his rating on 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. stock on one of the busiest days of the Web-based flower delivery service's year, saying shares are overpriced.
Cupid needed a snow plow this year. Valentine's Day wasn't too sweet for local florists as Tuesday night's ice storm kept flower recipients away from their offices to accept deliveries and threw a slippery obstacle on delivery drivers' routes.
Rita Eckert is an expert at hectic daily schedules.
NEW YORK - Blowing snow and sleet glazed windshields and roads across the Northeast and the Midwest on yesterday, messing up Valentine's Day flower deliveries and wrecking couples' plans for romantic dinners. The storm grounded hundreds of flights and forced the closing of schools and businesses from Kentucky to Maine.
Snow and ice are putting a chill on Valentine's Day-typically the biggest day for florists. Flower deliveries throughout the county have been delayed.
Andrew M. Virzi photo Walden Drive resident John Hanson clears his driveway Wednesday morning.
STEUBENVILLE Everythings coming up daffodils for the Steubenville Area Relay for Life sponsored by the Jefferson County Unit of the American Cancer Society.
