A hamper for a gift

Jan 01, 2009

THE festive season might be coming to an end but the spirit of giving never does. If you are thinking maintaining the spirit, here is something new for you.

By A. Kyotalengerire

THE festive season might be coming to an end but the spirit of giving never does. If you are thinking maintaining the spirit, here is something new for you.

You can break away from the routine of giving the usual gift items from gift shops and stores in town. If your budget includes a gift for a friend or a family, it could be wise to try out the recent gift innovations: the gift hampers.

Gift hampers are baskets filled and wrapped with an assortment of items.
Choosing a this for a loved one or family will speak volumes.

For instance, christmas family hampers at Uchumi supermarket, are packaged with foodstuffs like baking flour, tilda rice, margarine, macaroon, golden fry cooking oil, salt, tea bags, sugar, detergents, tomato sauce top up and zesta red plum jam.

The price of the ranges from sh48, 300 to sh51,400 depending on the number of items.

The exciting bit is that besides the already packaged and designed hampers, you can alter the face of the hamper by changing items or adding extras such as wines, chocolates or beers. The sky is the limit.

Alternatively, you can create a hamper of your own. For example you can choose exactly what you want to be included in the hamper and it is equated to the sum of money of a category of hampers on sale.

A gift hamper can also be personalized for you depending on your preference and budget.

And if you are out to get ideal gifts for your staff, business partners or customers, there are special hampers in place. Uchumi Supermarket and other stores around town are flooded with special hampers to cater for your corporate gift needs.

These are packaged with such items as lumbrusco red wine, american garden mayonnaise, pringles, zesta jam and wine glasses all at a cost of about sh62, 900.

The hampers can be customised with ribbons and gift tags that can be designed in your company colors and branded with the company logo.

All you have to do is to let your employees or colleagues make selections that fall in the package price range.

Make the festive season exciting by choosing a perfect gift hamper for a loved one.

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