With 1288% Three-Year Revenue Growth, GourmetGiftBaskets.com Ranks 238 on the Inc 5000 List of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the U.S.

MANCHESTER, N.H., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- GourmetGiftBaskets.com, an online source for hand-made, personally assembled gift baskets for every corporate or personal gift-giving need, has again earned a position on the Inc 5000 annual ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America.

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A three-year growth rate of 1288% placed the company at 238 on the Inc 500/5000 list and at number 6 on the list of the 50 fastest-growing companies in the Food and Beverage category.

Since launching online in 2002, the company has built its reputation on the quality, beauty, and diversity of its offerings along with service that includes same-day delivery of some gift baskets.

"We've built GourmetGiftBaskets.com on two premises," said founder and CEO Ryan Abood. "One is that people no longer have the time to shop personally in brick-and-mortar stores. The second," he said, "is that people really want to give just the right gift, one that is personal rather than generic.

"Our formula is pretty easy. We select the best available items from pasta to chocolate, fruits to nuts, tea to sweets and hundreds of other gift basket components," Ryan Abood said, and arrange them by theme (e.g., sports, chocolate), gender, holiday, occasion, dietary requirements, etc. To that we add beautiful and unusual containers, aim for best-in-industry customer service, and offer the lowest shipping prices in the country."

Newer themes include the company's car wash bucket (no food in that one) and care packages (camp, exam, health nut and many more). And with the Jewish holidays, Halloween and Thanksgiving just about here, the GourmetGiftBaskets.com has a large array of kosher, made-for-kids, and seasonal baskets that can't be found elsewhere.

"Our exponential growth," Ryan Abood said, "comes largely from repeat customers and from thrilled recipients who in turn look to our site when they need to find gifts whose quality they can trust.

GourmetGiftBaskets.com hand assembles its baskets at its own facility in Manchester, NH. It does not drop ship from a warehouse or have pre-assembled packages sitting on the shelf. The company's offerings extend beyond food to flowers, plants, toys, spa goods and many other items that people love to receive on any occasion or just like this.

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