u/Reddittorv750

thanks to everyone that answered my previous post about florist waste and loss of revenue. And so the answer i understood was that at the end of the week a lot of florists, give away their flowers that they wouldn’t sell next week or sell them at a crazy discount like half price. So I was wondering why not do like a gradual discount? like if you know a bouquet on Monday will for sure go bad on next Monday why not do like a 20% off on Thursday then 30% on Saturday then 50% off Sunday to minimize losses?

One thing I think I might be missing though is demand timing. Like, a bouquet that hasn’t sold by Thursday might still sell Friday morning at full price just because someone walks in and likes it.

The other reason I thought of is that’s it’s just way too big a hassle to keep track of all that, especially for a smaller business that’s already juggling so many different things.

I’m guessing I might be misunderstanding something about how florists actually manage pricing and stock day-to-day.

Thank you.

just wondering how it works in the business, is it similar to a bakery where end of day products just get thrown out if there’s no sale? I’m assuming that flowers last like a week or so. So I’m wondering if florists have to regularly throw away ’bad’ flowers.

Then it makes me wonder if I were to order online, is it flowers that’s already in stock or is the florist then makes the order for my flowers after I’ve made the order online?

Thanks and sorry for the ignorant questions 😅