"Extremely busy," said Grayce McCullough, spokesperson for the Pacific Beach Hotel. "Restaurants sell out several weeks in advance."
The Oceanarium Restaurant at Pacific Beach Hotel is serving up over 2,000 meals for Mother’s Day brunch Saturday and Sunday.
This year in particular, the woman who puts herself last is being put first. Mother’s day spending is up over years past.
Wantanabe floral expects to sell close to 25,000 lei this mother’s day.
Monty Pereira says he brought in 30 additional staff members to help with floral arrangements, deliveries and phone orders, and phone are ringing around the clock.
The flower shop expects to deliver over 1,000 arrangements during this 2 day holiday.
"When they’re spending on arrangements, that’s when you know things are going well," said Pereira.
So far orders are up 15% over last year. Shoppers agree they will be saving less and spending more on mom.
"Probably hundred bucks – not sure," said shopper Kaui Ubando. "But mothers are forever it doesn’t matter the cost for them for everything we put them through."
"Like they say flowers might cost $100 and stuff like, that but mom priceless," said David Gosiaco, another shopper.
The National Retail Federation expects the average person to spend about $140 for Mother’s Day.
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