September 22, 2009 marks the 50th Anniversary of Delaware Valley Wholesale Florist. Known commonly throughout the floral industry as "Delaware Valley" or just "DV", the company is a division of the Delaware Valley Floral Group. In honor of the occasion, the company and all its employees, along with the Wilkins' family owners, will be celebrating with lunch, gifts, prizes, and annual employee service awards.

On May 26,2009, Delaware Valley Floral Group (DVFG) completed an asset purchase agreement with Nyren-Seagroatt Wholesale Florist, LLC, doing business as Seagroatt Wholesale Florist, located in Cromwell, Connecticut. The business will reopen on June 1, 2009, operating as a full service branch of Delaware Valley Wholesale Florist (DVWF), a division of DVFG. The purchase does not include Seagroatt Floral Company in Albany, NY. Many of the former managers and supervisors of Seagroatt Wholesale Florist will be joining DVWF. Doug Carey will be the General Manager of the Cromwell branch. Jerry Greenleaf will be the Manager of Procurement and Assistant Branch Manager. Also joining DVWF will be all of the former sales representatives, and most of the administrative, operations, and distribution teams.

The Delaware Valley Floral Group (DVFG), a leading US floral distributor, announced the sale of its Flower Transfer Handling division to Lynx Global Corporation (Lynx). Located in Miami, Florida, Flower Transfer Handling provides customs clearing, box handling, and a wide variety of logistical services to DVFG and other third party customers. Lynx will continue to provide services to DVFG and its other customers. George Ackler, who has been the Director of Operations & Logistics of Flower Transfer Handling for the past 13 years, will continue to manage the business as the President of Lynx Global. The sale becomes effective on May 16, 2009.

Delaware Valley Floral Group (DVFG) and Finlay Flowers (Finlays) are delighted to announce the establishment of a strategic alliance between FreshBlooms, DVFG’s mass market division, and Omniflora, Finlays’ US subsidiary supplying retail mass markets. The alliance provides DVFG/FreshBlooms the exclusive right to distribute Omniflora/Finlays Africa-Sourced product to all floral segments throughout North America.

Delaware Valley Floral Group (DVFG) has announced the appointment of John J. “Jack” Chidester as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Delaware Valley Floral Group. Mr. Chidester officially joined DVFG on Monday, July 21, 2008. John R. Wilkins, Chairman of DVFG, stated, “After conducting a search over the past three months, DVFG's Board of Directors believes it has chosen an excellent leader who will provide a new level of direction to the organization.”

On January 11, 2008 Delaware Valley Wholesale Florist purchased Wild Flowers Quality Wholesale Florist, Inc. in Linwood, Pennsylvania. Wild Flowers owners, Bill and Sue Wilds, have decided to retire after 31 years of operating their full service wholesale operation in the Philadelphia area. Ken Wilkins, President of Delaware Valley Wholesale stated, “this is a perfect fit for us and we feel fortunate that after much thought and consideration, Bill and Sue Wilds chose to sell their operation to Delaware Valley.” He continued, “both companies share a passion for quality flowers and supplies coupled with excellent customer service.”

In 1959, after years selling flowers to wholesalers in Philadelphia, Robert Wilkins and his wife Doris leased a small store in Pitman, New Jersey, where they ended up sharing one desk and an adding machine. An expansion in 1973 led them to settle in Sewell, New Jersey, where the company's corporate headquarters now moves millions of flowers, plants, and gourmet food items across an area south of Connecticut to northern Virginia and over to Washington, D.C. They have grown to add four other company locations in California, Miami, Baltimore, and Edison, New Jersey.

Transflora™, a new fresh cut flower importer selling to wholesale florists throughout the U.S. and Canada, will begin shipping this month. Transflora™ specializes in high-end, designer flowers from the top growers in Bogota, Medellin, and Quito. “We’ve been buying for over 10 years and have upgraded our offerings to include only the best each grower has to offer”, says Guillermo Arellano, procurement manager. “We also bring in consolidations from Peru, Costa Rica and Holland. We buy from over 85 farms every week!”, he adds.

Delaware Valley Floral Group (DVFG) has recently been certified a VeriFlora™ Handler. VeriFlora™ is a sustainable agricultural certification standard for cut flowers and ornamental plants. The US-based agricultural certification assures best practices including environmental sustainability, social responsibility, and product quality. Certified companies of this standard include producers, distributors, importers, logistics service companies, and retailers of fresh cut flowers and plants. “We are proud of this certification because it positions us to promote best practices to our entire customer base. The ultimate goal is to benefit the consumer with fresh flowers and plants”, according to Hank Bowen, CEO/President DVFG.