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Some managers say that corporate gifting is just an unnecessary expense. However, it is far from the truth. In fact, it is proven to boost relationships with clients and employees, at a relatively low cost. In this overview, we will cover the best practices of sending branded corporate gifts for customers, partners, and employees. 

The Ultimate Guide to Corporate Gifting & Workplace Snacks 2025

Corporate Gifting for Employees

Keeping staff happy and healthy is not only an HR issue. Happy employees are healthy employees, and they are also more productive. Whether you would like to occasionally reward your team with snacks and individually selected gift hampers, or want to provide healthy snacks during meetings, our flexible and completely tailor made solutions can be a good fit. 

According to statistics by Myshortlister.com, the number of companies that provide free office snacks is on the rise. While some businesses stick with free coffee and biscuits, Millennials and Gen Y employees are more health conscious than older employees. They try to avoid the vending machine and prefer healthy options. You will be surprised that according to HFCU, the most popular office snack is bananas! Getting fruit boxes delivered to your office is easy with our customisable services.

Apart from regular office snack deliveries, you can also surprise your employees with amazing gift hampers and fruit baskets. From food to self care packages to suit vegan, celiac, lactose intolerant, and nut free employees, you can really say you care much better than with just a card. All gift hampers are customisable, branded with your logo, and delivered to anywhere in the UK. Moreover, you can add a gift card, ribbon, or any other item you wish. Just send us a message and we create your custom order. 

Sensitive Corporate Gifting: Taking Care Of Allergies and Intolerances

Many food hamper and gift basket companies have standard packages with one-size-fits-all solutions and limited customisation options. However, according to Mintel’s recent report, dated in 2022, approximately 26 percent of  households avoid dairy products and shop for alternatives. Also, research shows that customers who are on a free-from diet are more likely to buy sustainable products. 

The main point of sending gifts to customers - whether it is a Thank-You gift, a birthday one, another special occasion, or a festive gift - is to show them that you care. Sending out a food hamper for customers containing a lot of items they are sensitive to or choose not to eat can be counterproductive. Knowing your customers and their dietary needs/preferences is a good business strategy. 

The Importance of Corporate Gifting

Corporate gifting is a powerful way to build relationships with your clients, reward your employees, and promote your brand. It has plenty of benefits for your business, including branding, staying in touch, and building reciprocity. It shows that you value and appreciate the people who matter most to your business. No matter if it's a gesture of gratitude or a strategic marketing move, corporate gifts can leave a lasting impression.

Benefits of Corporate Gifting

  • Builds Relationships: Corporate gifting, especially when customised, strengthens bonds with clients and employees.
  • Improves Employee Morale: Showing appreciation for hard work and dedication can go a long way. A recent study by Harvard Business Review shows that companies that sent personalised recognition reduced their voluntary turnover compared with those that did not. 
  • Promotes Brand: Increases brand visibility and loyalty. Whether you are sending gifts for suppliers, partners, or customers, you can strengthen positive associations with your brand. 

Branded Corporate Gifts: A Personal Touch

Branded corporate gifts are much more than just a thoughtful gesture; they can also be a great marketing tool. Are you trying to get hold of a client who hasn’t engaged with you for a long time? A personal touch will make them remember you. 

With our gift options, you can add your company's logo or branding onto the gift, to create a memorable and positive impression. Our standard corporate gift boxes are expertly curated to include a mix of tasty and healthy snacks that your clients and employees will love. Moreover, if you know your clients’ dietary needs or preferences, we can tailor the hampers and the contents of the gift box to their personal needs. Just send us a message with your specific requirements and we will customise each package for every client. 

Types of Our Branded Corporate Gifts

  • Branded Gift Boxes: These can be tailored to your team's or client's preferences. Whether they have specific dietary requirements or prefer alcohol-free options, we can create the right package. 
  • Branded Christmas Hampers: Perfect for the holiday season, these hampers will impress your employees, clients, and partners. Choose the ingredients for all of the boxes, or customise them based on the type of client you are sending it to. 
  • Branded Snack Boxes: Regular deliveries of healthy snacks to offices. These can be sent to remote teams, partners, even contractors who will appreciate the personal touch. 

Workplace Snacks: Fueling Productivity

According to Peapod, 67 percent of employees are happy or extremely happy when their employer supplies snacks during work. Moreover, the Gartner Group states that 20 percent of employee engagement is linked to feeling like the company cares about them and their wellbeing.

At The Goodness Project, we understand the importance of keeping your team happy, healthy, and fueled throughout the day. Our office snack delivery service provides healthy and delicious options that cater to various dietary needs. If you want, you can simply get fruit delivered fresh every day. From vegan and gluten-free, lactose-free, to nut-free options, we have something for everyone.

Benefits of Healthy Office Snacks

You know when your employees are too busy to go out for lunch. That web designer with an urgent deadline, or Emma from accounting who has her head inside spreadsheets. Unfortunately, the easy option for many employees is takeaways. It can be delivered to the office, but holds very little nutritional value. And it doesn’t make your staff more productive.  

That’s why many of our clients are opting for healthy office snacks. They are not only better for employees, but also contribute to their overall well-being, reducing absenteeism and burnout. When times are challenging and the bar is set high, employees who are supported by healthy snacks are more likely to pull through and stay productive.  

Here are some of the main benefits of regular office snack deliveries.

  • Boosts Productivity: Keeps your team energised and focused.
  • Supports Wellbeing: Promotes healthy eating habits.
  • Reduces Sugar Cravings: Offers balanced snack options instead of just a quick biscuit or energy drink.

Choosing the Perfect Corporate Gift

Guide to Selecting Meaningful and Personalised Gifts

Millennials and people younger than them like being treated as individuals. They don’t like the mainstream and being treated as one of many. That’s why personalised corporate gifts have gained popularity recently. Personalisation shows respect, consideration, and care. And that’s why they are more impactful than standard gift packages. 

Here are some tips on how to create a meaningful personalised corporate gifting strategy for your business: big or small.

  • Understand the Recipient:

In the United Kingdom, KYP or Know-Your-Customer is an important principle in accounting and marketing alike. You really need to know the cultural sensitivities, preferences, and interests of your clients, partners, and employees to create experiences that are tailored to their needs. 

Gathering information about your recipients’ interests, dietary needs and preferences, even hobbies is not optional in 2025. If you have a CRM system, this information can easily be recorded by client-facing employees and made accessible to the rest of your team. 

Make sure that you have a data protection policy in place, though, so you can ensure that information is only available to those who need it in  their role. 

  • Align with Your Company Values:

It’s important to choose a gift that has a meaning for the recipient but also represents your business. You might want to send Eco friendly corporate gifts or hampers for clients to show appreciation. Our selection of sustainable gifts is perfect for any business mission and ethos. 

  • Personal Touches:

People remember how you made them feel, not what you said. That personal touch with their favourite brand, a photo card (and of course your logo) helps them feel special. And which client doesn’t want to feel special? The more you customise your corporate hampers the more they will remember how you care and how you made them feel. 

You can add their name, a handwritten note, or custom elements that will put a smile on their face. 

  • Useful and Practical:

Of course, the gift you send should also have a useful element. Our edible gifts are great for client care packages or get well presents. Knowing your clients’ taste and preferences will help you craft a custom corporate package you can send as a gift. 

  • Experience-Based Gifts:

Did you know that you can add custom gift cards to your business hampers? You can. From wellness activities to organic self care kits, there are plenty to choose from when you customise your packages. You can also add e-gift cards to the order. 

Eco-Friendly and Socially Responsible Gift Options

When you craft your corporate gifting packages, you can always add a sustainable and eco-friendly item. From bookmarks to tea mugs and dried wildflowers and even seeds, you know your clients’ and employees’ hobbies and lifestyle, and we deliver. 

Today’s employees and business partners are growing more environmentally conscious every day. Sending a responsibly sourced gift will enhance your reputation and corporate image. 

Here’s how to get started with eco friendly corporate gifting:

  • Sustainable Materials: Look for products made from recycled or sustainable materials such as bamboo, organic cotton, or recycled paper

  • Support Local Artisans: Source gifts from local businesses or artisans, which supports the community and often reduces carbon footprints The less an item travels the more sustainable it is.

  • Fair Trade Certified: Ensure that your selected products are fair trade certified. That certification means that  workers receive fair wages and work in safe conditions.

  • Charitable Contributions: Consider corporate gifting options where a percentage of the proceeds go to charity. Align this with your company’s goals for positive social impact.

  • Minimal Packaging: Choose gifts with minimal or biodegradable packaging to reduce their environmental impact.

Integrating Snacks and Gifts into Company Culture

Snacks can be a treat for your team, but an increasing number of companies now implement workspace snack deliveries regularly to make healthy snacking a part of a company culture. If one of your corporate goals is to keep employees motivated and healthy, and support their wellbeing with spa or gym memberships, providing fruit deliveries and healthy snacks is the next logical step. You can order your deliveries weekly, or just for team meetings. 

 

Here is a guide to implement snacking into your employee wellbeing programme. 

  • Identify Core Values:

    • Define your company values clearly and ensure snacks and gifting practices are aligned with these principles. If you support work-life balance, wellbeing, or diversity, you will need to implement these into the company’s snack delivery and employee gifting practices.

    • Communicate Purpose:

      • Employees who understand the meaning behind each gift and carefully selected hamper for staff will be more motivated and happier to receive them. Cultural diversity, company milestones, and recognition can also be added to your corporate gifting and workspace snacks routine. At The Goodness Project, we also offer branding as well as custom cards to be added to each hamper. 

      • Encourage Participation:

        • Asking your employees’ input about the snacks they prefer, especially their dietary requirements or preferences, cultural background will help you create gifts and workspace snack custom packages that are well received. If employees know that they are being listened to they will feel more motivated and become more engaged.

        • Celebrate Diversity:

          • The good news is that with our custom workspace snacks hampers and corporate gifts you can easily implement your diversity and inclusion guidelines. We offer vegan, gluten free, lactose free, sugar free, even alcohol free hampers for gifting and on regular subscriptions, too. Knowing the dietary needs of your clients you are looking to send a meaningful gift to will help you make them feel special, too. 

          • Consistency Across the Board:

            • Implementing the same guidelines and practices across different departments in your organisation will make your giving promote equality and diversity. There’s nothing worse than one department feeling left out from workplace snacks, for example. 

            Office Corporate Christmas Gifting for Your Clients and Employees 

            The end of the year is always busy for companies as they take account of their best clients and plan their holiday hampers or gift deliveries. Once you’ve got all the information you will need to discuss what would be the best gift for your main clients as well as all your partners. Most businesses plan holiday gifting for Christmas before September, so they have it ordered and finalised well before the cut off time for holiday deliveries. At The Goodness Project we offer customisable corporate Christmas gifting packages, with bulk orders delivered at your selected date. Find out more about our corporate gift hampers here



            Our Services: More Than Just Snacks

            We offer a wide range of services designed to support your organisation's health and wellbeing initiatives. Our services include:

            • Office Snack Delivery: Customisable snack boxes tailored to your team's preferences and dietary needs, delivered regularly to your office, or to remote workers’ addresses.
            • Office Fruit Snacks Delivery: We can deliver fresh fruit boxes to your team’s location to keep them hydrated, healthy, and energised.
            • Alcoholic and Soft Drinks Delivery: We offer a selection of organic champagne, wine, beer, and prosecco, along with a variety of soft drinks for everyday enjoyment. Great for team meetings or celebrations.

            Whether you are looking after the sales team in Cardiff or the accounts department in London, we can deliver custom corporate workspace snacks. And no matter where your clients are, we can take care of corporate gifting, too. 

            What Our Clients Say (Just an example of a few testimonials)

            Don't just take our word for it! Here's what some of our satisfied clients have to say:

            "The Goodness Project has been a game-changer for our large office of 300+ employees. They seamlessly manage our pantry supply week after week, ensuring a curated selection of bespoke snacks, drinks, fruits, and much more." - Verified Customer

            "Amazing gifts with great variety and super fast delivery. Highly recommend." - Verified Customer

            Getting Started with The Goodness Project

            Interested in learning more about our services? Request a quote today and start your office snack box journey!

            How to Get Started:

            We are more than happy to assist you with your corporate gifting or workspace snacks delivery. Getting a quote is easy as 1-2-3. 

            1. Tell us about your team's preferences.
            2. Ask for a quote.
            3. We prepare and deliver your customized snack and fruit boxes.
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            By choosing The Goodness Project, you're not just ordering a snack delivery service; you're also investing in the wellbeing and productivity of your team. Let's get started today!



            Resources: 

            https://www.myshortlister.com/insights/office-snacks-statistics 

            https://fruitguys.com/blog/what-is-the-best-fruit-to-eat-at-work/ 

            https://store.mintel.com/report/uk-free-from-foods-market-report 

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            My name is Anna and I'm the co-founder of The Goodness Project. This is a little place where we will be sharing some of the things that inspire us at The Goodness Project - the food, the brands, the people and the lifestyle. We hope you enjoy your stay! :)

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