Buy elsewhere! Customer service lacks and, more importantly, so does their gourmet berries! Read review!
"As a valued customer of Shari’s Berries for well over ten years, I have received dozens of strawberries from their company and have enjoyed them immensely. The taste of their white chocolate, the presentation, along with the sweetness and juiciness of the berry itself has always made me come back for more.
It's been a couple of years since I’ve ordered from Shari’s Berries and told my husband I would like some for my birthday. He had a dozen of ‘white chocolate berries’ delivered, along with beautiful roses and lilies from Flowers.com (through Shari’s Berries), this past Friday in celebration of my birthday.
Immediately, thrilled to have Shari’s Berries, I opened the dozen! I immediately noticed the presentation of the berries weren’t as previously experienced. Their appearance reminded me of white chocolate dipped strawberries that I get from the food trucks in our neighborhood. They were not fully coated like the strawberries I used to receive from Shari’s Berries. The backsides of the strawberries weren’t fully covered as they were placed on a sheet to dry/harden after getting dipped in the white chocolate.
The strawberries were large in size, like normal, with Shari’s Berries. However, they weren’t sweet whatsoever. I’m not used to that with Shari’s Berries. In fact, I always ordered from Shari’s Berries because of the sweetness of the berries and the incredible taste of the white chocolate, followed by the beautiful presentation of the strawberries in general.
Upon their delivery, I noticed they weren’t delivered the way I’ve always had them delivered before. Instead of receiving a shipment in the mail from California, packed on ice, the Shari’s Berries box itself was delivered on the ground at my front door, while the driver rang the doorbell. This tells me that a local supplier working with Shari’s Berries is the one who processed our order and the very reason why my berries weren’t like they’ve always been previously.
I called Shari’s Berries customer service to inquire about how you process orders now. If they’re shipped from California or if they’re made locally. The customer service rep said they are outsourced to the local area for freshness. Well, I always had freshness when they were shipped to me from California – along with sweetness, presentation, and the juiciness of the strawberries. Quality and taste now lacks greatly.
Please don’t get me wrong, I ate my berries but certainly didn’t enjoy them like I have for many years and many previous deliveries. Now that Shari’s Berries has gone this route, I’ll be searching for a different company which is very unfortunate. I have always been so loyal to Shari’s Berries when it comes to ordering from a company. My advice is to order elsewhere for gourmet strawberries."