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Hawaii florists welcome flurry of shoppers purchasing Valentine’s Day gifts

By Jamm Aquino

Feb. 11, 2022

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Valentine’s Day merchandise is seen at Watanabe Floral on Thursday in Honolulu. Many customers ordered weeks in advance in preparation for the rush of flower sales for Valentine’s Day.
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Valentine’s Day merchandise is seen at Watanabe Floral in Honolulu.
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Florist Ione Gumpfer arranges flowers for Valentine’s Day bouquets at Watanabe Floral on Thursday.
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Florist Ione Gumpfer arranges flowers for Valentine’s Day bouquets at Watanabe Floral on Thursday.
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2022 February 10 CTY - Honolulu Star-Advertiser photo by Jamm Aquino/jaquino@staradvertiser.com Monty Pereira, general manager at Watanabe Floral, walks inside one of the coolers containing hundreds of Valentine’s Day rose bouquets on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Honolulu. Many customers ordered weeks in advance in preparation for the rush of flower sales for Valentine’s Day.
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Monty Pereira, general manager at Watanabe Floral, walks inside one of the coolers containing hundreds of Valentine’s Day rose bouquets on Thursday.
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Monty Pereira, general manager at Watanabe Floral, walks inside one of the coolers containing hundreds of Valentine’s Day rose bouquets on Thursday.
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Monty Pereira, left, general manager at Watanabe Floral, watches as operations manager Justin Watanabe, second from left, and receiving team member Lock Eguchi unwrap flowers just delivered inside one of the floral coolers on Thursday.
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Operations manager Justin Watanabe, left, and receiving team member Lock Eguchi unwrap flowers just delivered inside one of the floral coolers on Thursday.
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Ashlee Cane wheels flowers for purchase for her friend’s shop, The Pua Bar in Kauai, at Watanabe Floral on Thursday.
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Valentine’s Day merchandise is seen at Watanabe Floral on Thursday.
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Florist Ione Gumpfer arranges flowers for Valentine’s Day bouquets at Watanabe Floral.

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