1st time purchase: A+ to Golden State Fruit! This was a huge step up from companies like Sherri's Berries. I have ordered their berries in the past and have been disgusted by their customer service, pathetically small berries, and thin shell of chocolate coating. Golden State Fruit, please keep doing the awesome job you do (safe packaging, cold but not frozen fresh berries, the large size of the berries, excellent amount and quality of chocolate, fast shipping, good price $29.99 and Prime shipping, etc) and you guys will outdo other competing companies! Right now you have won me over, so keep up the good work! I am so pleased by my order, thank you!
2nd time purchase (Mother's Day): as a disclaimer, just remember that with any holiday the shipping will probably be a little screwy, but it did come out very well in the end for me, and Amazon customer support was very courteous and apologetic. I had ordered the berries on the appropriate day so that they would arrive on Friday at my mother's workplace. Well, as you might expect the shipping was flooded with too many orders. At one point I didn't even know where my package was. I did call Amazon customer support and they were very helpful saying that if anything happened to the package or if it didn't arrive on time or it was ruined that I should call back and they would help me again. It turned out that the strawberries arrived on Saturday at my mom's work place, and she was able to go pick them up with no problem (just an extra drive for her since she had no work that day). The berries were once again very big and tasted delicious chocolate. (Shari's berries were incredibly small when I ordered them last year.) Even though the shipping was a little annoying, I am very satisfied again with this purchase. I would still highly recommend this company and these berries, just be prepared for the mad rush of the holidays. Thank you Amazon support, for backing up my purchase in case anything happened.
I ordered these for my sister, she loved them and said they were juicy and delicious! The shipping was really fast too! I was worried they would arrive melted or crushed after reading some reviews, but they were beautiful!
I just toured this facility and cannot believe how much pride they take in their work. They only use the best ingredients and they grow most of the fruit themselves as the owners also have a major agricultural presence in our region. Their were workers hand dipping individual cashews in chocolate and we got to taste the chocolate covered strawberries. Out of this world. I immediately went and ordered a box of these for each of the three mother figures in my life. This place is a treasure! They talked about how some of their fruit does arrive damaged due to the shippers but that they will always make it right even if the fruit was left unopened on the porch for three days. = )
I purchased this product in early February for my girlfriend as a Valentine's Day present, and scheduled the item to be delivered to her on Friday, February 14. Having received a tracking number, I monitored my package's progress and saw that, indeed, it was scheduled for delivery on Valentine's Day. Because I live in New York and that terrible winter storm occurred that week, I was very concerned that my package might not make it in time. That concern grew exponentially when I received an "exception notification" from UPS that the winter weather might prevent on-time delivery.
As it turns out, the berries weren't delivered until Saturday, February 15, missing the Valentine's Day deadline. What's worse, though, is that the berries, upon arriving, were no longer fresh, were "smushed" and, in general, were inedible. I got on the phone with Golden State Fruit and spoke to Cheryll, who apologized to me and said that Golden State Fruit guarantees customer satisfaction. As such, a new batch of berries would be shipped to my girlfriend at no cost. Cheryll also sent me an email confirmation, including a new tracking number, per my request.
Well, the berries arrived yesterday evening in great condition. This time, there was a much larger cold pack to ensure their freshness, and there was no "smushing." My girlfriend was really happy with the gift.
So, although I really dislike that my girlfriend had to wait several extra days to receive her Valentine's Day gift, I can't really fault Golden State Fruit in any substantial way. Moreover, their happy, no-headaches response to my concern was refreshing and much appreciated. If only all mail-order problems could be resolved so easily and with so few hassles!
Feature Product
- MOTHER'S DAY DELIVERY ON FRIDAY: Orders received on Thursday before 10: 00 am PST/11: 00 am EST will arrive next day. Orders placed after the Thursday cutoff time will ship the following Monday for delivery Tuesday.
- A sweet way to send your love! 12 fresh strawberries are lavishly hand-dipped in premium dark, milk and pink-tinted white chocolate, and decorated with chocolate drizzle and heart sprinkles
- Each berry is delicately hand dipped and decorated in REAL chocolate in our own kitchen for both culinary artistry and exquisitely decadent taste.
- Freshness and premium quality are 100% guaranteed. Made to order and shipped overnight with ice in our signature gift box to ensure perfect arrival.
- Gift messaging available in checkout.
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A dozen ways to say 'I love you'-in the most scrumptious possible style. Our giant strawberries are lavishly hand-dipped in premium dark, milk and cupid pink white chocolate in our own kitchen, then decorated with heart sprinkles and chocolate drizzles for a heartfelt gift. All of our real chocolate covered strawberries are beautifully packed in our signature gift box with ice packs, then shipped overnight to ensure perfect arrival.
Well worth the price. Was hesitant towards purchasing because of some of the negative reviews, but these strawberries had the wow factor!!! First and foremost they came beautifully packaged!!! Second the strawberries where very fresh! The chocolate on them was perfectly coated!! Was a early valentines day gift for my wife and she was impressed!! Better than our local venders strawberries, by far!!! This company has gained a new customer!
I was a little nervous about ordering from Golden State Fruit after seeing all the negative reviews, but since more than half of them were still positive and my mom loves chocolate covered strawberries I decided to take a chance. I had them delivered early, so I could inspect them before I gave them to her (and also so I had time for a plan b if needed). I was really pleasantly surprised - they arrived earlier than I thought they would, were all large, all of the chocolate was in tact / not broken at all. The only difference between the advertisement photo and what I received is that the cute tiny hearts in the pic were part of the chocolate coating rather than just sprinkled on top which we liked better because sprinkles tend to fall off. My mom loved them. I got to to try one and it was delicious. No issues with the freshness of the produce, either, which is what I was most concerned about. I might order some for myself next time.
Bought this for my wife on Valentines Day. The strawberries were huge, juicy, and had plenty of chocolate on it. Only problem I had was the shipping. The FedEx driver delivered the box late afternoon while I was at work and sent it to the leasing office rather than leaving it at the door. By time I got off work the office was closed and it sat in the office overnight. I was concerned it would have gone bad within that time frame. However, it was still okay but it wasn't cold either. I would probably recommend that deliveries on perishables should be dropped off at the door regardless. This could have been ruined. Anyway, she tried one and she loved it! Thanks.
I received these as a gift and they were absolutely gorgeous, plump, juicy and not even an imperfection 😩. If you want to indulge someone, these are the berries you want. I won't let anyone purchase from any other berry co now. These are the best. A++ So happy.
$30 for a dozen with free shipping... That's half the price of sites like Shari's berries where the berries are $40 + $17 shipping + tax. I wasn't gifting these to anyone and bought them for my family to try. Did the berries look exactly like the picture? No. We're they delicious? Yes.
Buying anything had dipped or assembled like flowers/fruit bouquets is going to result in variations from the photo. For $30 I am okay with this and would buy these again in a heartbeat. -1 star because the I didn't like the flavor of the pink berries... It's supposed to be white chocolate but I think it tasted like strawberry flavored chocolate.
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