WALLINGFORD, Conn., June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Across the country anxiety is already building for what to buy the guy who has everything for Father's Day. If history is any indication, more sons and daughters than ever will forget the tie, the grill tools or the smartphone gadget and opt to treat Dad's sweet tooth with a fresh fruit bouquet from Edible Arrangements^®.

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Edible Arrangements^®, which already has enjoyed record-breaking Valentine's Day and Mother's Day sales, is rolling out its Father's Day collection, available online and in more than 1,100 locations worldwide.

The collection features a variety of dipped fruit boxes and handcrafted fresh fruit arrangements, including the newest addition: Dad's Day Double Indulgence Box, filled with strawberries, apples and bananas, hand-dipped in gourmet chocolate and topped with chocolate morsels and swizzle.

"Our delicious fruit arrangements and chocolate-dipped fruit boxes are a fresh new way to tell Dad you care this Father's Day," said Tariq Farid, CEO of Edible Arrangements International. "And not just Dads will love these treats; the whole family will enjoy them as well."

Edible Arrangements'^® Father's Day Collection is filled with sports-inspired arrangements for the Dad who lives for basketball, golf, baseball or even NASCAR^®. Arrangements include:

• Triple Play Bouquet™ with Dipped Strawberries in a keepsake baseball container.
• A Hole in One Celebration™, overflowing with pineapples, strawberries, cantaloupe, honeydew and grapes, and arranged in a keepsake golf ball container.
• NASCAR^® Victory Celebration, featuring checkered flag-shaped pineapples, strawberries, oranges, cantaloupe, honeydew, grapes, and chocolate dipped apple wedges, arranged in a custom NASCAR^® container.

Edible Arrangements^® also offers Father's Day gifts under $30, including the Chocolate Dipped Apples and Strawberries Box, with crisp green Granny Smith apple wedges and strawberries, hand-dipped in semisweet chocolate.

More information on the Father's Day collection, including delivery options and same day shipping availability is at http://www.ediblearrangements.com/.

About Edible Arrangements
With over 1,100 franchise locations open or under development worldwide, Edible Arrangements International, LLC is the leading purveyor of delicious, high quality, artistically designed, fresh fruit arrangements that are practical and healthy gifts and centerpieces for everyday occasions and events. Brothers Tariq and Kamran Farid developed and launched the company in 1999 in East Haven, CT, after many years in the floral industry. The company has been recognized as an industry leader since its inception, including ranking first in its category in Entrepreneur magazine's annual "Franchise 500" for the past six years and also placing in Entrepreneur's Top 40 of "Fastest Growing Franchises" and "America's Top Global Franchises." Edible Arrangements^® was named one of the Top 5 Businesses in Connecticut by Inc. magazine's first Hire Power Awards in 2012 and has also ranked in Inc.'s Top 5,000 fastest growing privately-held companies for seven consecutive years. The company was recently recognized as one of the "Top 100 Internet Retailers" by Internet Retailer magazine and was also named as one of 1851's "Top 100 Social Franchises." Customers may order arrangements by telephone at 1-877-DO-FRUIT, at one of the company's retail stores, or online at EdibleArrangements.com. EDIBLE ARRANGEMENTS^® and other trademarks noted are registered trademarks of Edible Arrangements, LLC.

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