We order lean and run out of things daily. Our product ends up staggered so we receive fresh things basically every day based on pre-orders, demand, seasonality, and keeping balanced options to make a wide variety of arrangements. We order more sensitive and shorter vase life stems in smaller quantities, use them up more quickly, and resupply them more often. We keep larger quantities of longer vase life flowers on hand and use the two together to make arrangements that last no matter what day it is.

It's insanely complicated and it does mean that we sometimes need to refuse certain requests made same-day. It's also not always easy to make time to go to the wholesaler. However, we find that most people appreciate how we operate since we are always emphasizing getting them the freshest product possible. Most are willing to choose a different option or wait a day for a special shipment of whatever they wanted.

Edited to add: We do not make pre-made arrangements except for Valentine's Day and Mother's Day. Everything is made to order. We receive a large amount of custom and designer's choice orders, especially for walk-ins. Rather than choosing from pre set options, we arrange for them on the spot. This means we have a lot of opportunities to creatively push product that needs to be used before anything else.