Fresh fruit and gourmet gift baskets — top-grade fruit chosen by hand, beautifully presented, and delivered in 1–3 days.
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Built on four decades of produce expertise
Most gift baskets are built around what is cheap and what ships well. Northstar starts with the moment of opening — top-grade fruit at its best, every piece looked over by hand before the basket is sealed, and the dietary detail that says someone actually thought about you.
Behind every Northstar basket is a produce career that started in the early 1980s, in the back of a Chicago grocery aisle, and never stopped. We know which orange is the best orange. We know which season is the right season. And we know how to get it to your door in great shape.
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Seasonal fruit baskets and citrus samplers — Honeycrisp apples, navel oranges, Anjou pears, and Sumo tangerines and Cara Caras in season — shipped to anywhere in the continental U.S. Honeycrisp is our apple of choice whenever the season allows.
Fresh fruit with cheese, crackers and preserves, plus nut and sweet-and-salty assortments. Curated for the moment of opening.
Birthday, sympathy, thank you, get well and the holidays. The right gesture, ready to send.
Employee appreciation, client gifts and closing gifts, with a card message in every basket. Built for HR and sales teams.
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Northstar Fruit & Gift Baskets is opening its online store soon. Join the email list above to hear the moment it opens. Until then, call (224) 836-7444 to order.
Baskets ship by UPS from Palatine, Illinois and arrive in 1–3 days, depending on destination. Need it sooner? UPS Next Day Air is available.
Northstar doesn't own orchards. Rob's buyers at Chicago's South Water Market shop several times a week to his exact sizes and trusted grower brands, such as Stemilt, Ghee Whiz and Sunkist, and every basket follows the season.
Yes. Tell us the need when you order and the basket is built to match. Northstar accommodates gluten-free, vegan, organic, and sugar-free/keto requests. None of our baskets are kosher-certified, and our facility is not nut-free.
Yes. Northstar offers corporate gifting for employee appreciation, client gifts, and closing gifts — including bulk orders to one address or many, with a card message in every basket.
Four lines: Hero Fresh Fruit (seasonal fruit baskets and citrus samplers), Fruit & Gourmet (fruit with cheese, crackers and preserves, plus nut assortments), Occasion baskets (birthday, sympathy, get well, thank you, holidays), and Corporate gifting.
Honeycrisp whenever we can get them. Because we care about top quality, Honeycrisp is our apple of choice — reliably crisp, sweet, and a cut above. When peak Honeycrisp isn't available, we hand-select the best comparable variety.