Ambrosia Blooms

According to latest estimates, the U.S. wedding industry is worth
over $60 Billion annually, and the average wedding sets the happy
couple – or their parents – back by a whopping $44,000.


Weddings are big business today. And this has created all sorts
of opportunities for creative entrepreneurs who have figured out
how to offer goods and services to satisfy the fancy and both the
modest and lavish budget of every bride.


Blooms


Lauren Bercier is co-founder and CEO of Something Borrowed
Blooms, a startup company that offers rent-and return flowers for
your special day.


The company uses high-quality silk flowers and then does the
arrangements themselves, being mindful of the latest trends and
fashions in floral arrangements.


Lauren founded the company in 2015 with her cousin, Laken, based
on Lauren's experiences as a bride, and after a couple of years
of slow growth, company revenues shot up 400 percent in 2018 and
- despite the pandemic-driven dip -  it's been gangbusters
ever since. Lauren says the current generation of millennial
brides want picture perfect weddings but don’t necessary want to
spend money on pricey fresh flowers. With Something Borrowed
Blooms, they don’t have to.


Something Borrowed Blooms is nothing short of a game-changing
revolution in the multi billion dollar wedding industry. 


Ambrosia


Felix Sherman, Jr. is co-owner of one of Baton Rouge’s most
beloved bakeries—The Ambrosia Bakery and Deli, which is
particularly well known for its beautiful wedding cakes, as well
as  a whole bunch of other sinfully delicious confections.


Ambrosia was founded in 1991 by Felix’s parents, Felix and Cheryl
Sherman. Cheryl began decorating cakes in the 1980s and spent
some time working in other bakeries. Felix, after losing his job
due to a company merger in 1991, decided it was time to try
something new and the couple opened the bakery together. In the
years since, it has grown tremendously, expanded in size three
times, and been recognized not only locally but nationally,
picking up an award for being one of the Top 50 Wedding Cake
bakeries in America. 


You can see photos by Karry Hosford from this show, recorded over
lunch at Mansurs on the Boulevard, at our website.


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