OK, so you canвЂ™t quite take someone out for a meal, but you can send them a restaurant-quality meal to eat at home. The team has two seasonal bouquets that change each week (both ВЈ42), which then get delivered around London by bicycle вЂ“В although they can also be delivered through next-day delivery if youвЂ™re based further afield.ДҐ% of the profit from PetalonвЂ™s bicycle deliveries go towards bee conservation, the team plants a tree for every 100 deliveries by carbon-neutral courier, and all the packaging is either recyclable or biodegradable, so a purchase from these guys will do a world of good.ДЄ restaurant-style meal: Pasta Evangelists, from ВЈ6.09 per person We love Petalon, which is based in De Beauvoir, Hackney. There are heaps of flower delivery services, but nowвЂ™s the time to choose someone local and help out an independent business at a time when theyвЂ™ll struggle. Beautiful bouquets of flowers are a particularly nice way to put a smile on someoneвЂ™s face, while also brightening up their home when theyвЂ™re stuck indoors. WhatвЂ™s more, most of Cocoa RunnersвЂ™ suppliers go above and beyond Fairtrade requirements to give farmers a better price in an industry that can be rife with ethical issues.ДЄt a time when weвЂ™re under lockdown and unable to even see a loved one on their birthday, itвЂ™s the little things that are most important. If youвЂ™re looking to buy a gift for a chocoholic вЂ“В or yourself вЂ“ try the starter hamper on for size, which comes packed with everything from Taza Chocolate Mexicano Cinnamon to a Madagascan dark chocolate stuffed with pink peppercorns. The online store currently offers a whopping 1,000 individual bars from 120 craft makers around the world, so thereвЂ™s masses to choose from and explore. Enter Cocoa Runners, a chocolate subscription service that scours the world for the worldвЂ™s best single estate chocolate bars (which means all the cocoa for the bar youвЂ™re enjoying comes from one estate). The problem with our favourite sweet treat is that people often donвЂ™t really understand it, or how diverse and complex it can be. WeвЂ™re talking about chocolate the kind thatвЂ™s miles away from the stuff you buy from the vending machine in a sugar emergency the kind of chocolate that makes you stop what youвЂ™re doing and really savour whatвЂ™s going on in your mouth. Smooth, rich and irresistibleвЂ¦ No, weвЂ™re not talking about your ideal lover вЂ“ although this comes pretty close. Gift delivery: 11 ideas to brighten someone's day Chocolate: Cocoa Runners The Chocolate Lovers Hamper, ВЈ59.95 YouвЂ™re welcomeвЂ¦ And donвЂ™t buy them all for yourself, OK? WeвЂ™ve done the hard work for you and tracked down the best gift delivery ideas. Even without meeting up, you can show your loved ones youвЂ™re thinking of them вЂ“В whether theyвЂ™re having a hard time or celebrating a birthday вЂ“ and even without going to the shops, there are heaps of gift delivery services that'll send something special right to their door.

During a global pandemic, itвЂ™s all too easy to think about yourself: where youвЂ™ll get more loo roll from, how youвЂ™ll miss your favourite exercise class, and how youвЂ™ll miss going to the pub.Д«ut youвЂ™ll also probably be thinking about the friends and family you won't see the special occasions that have now been cancelled and when youвЂ™ll next be able to get together.

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