The majority of Farid's friends thought Edible Arrangements would fail
Tariq Farid · Edible Arrangements: Tariq Farid · Aug 21, 2017 · at 22:37
Tariq Farid, founder of Edible Arrangements, recalls the initial reactions he received from friends when prototyping carved fruit bouquets in the late 1990s.
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“Towards end of 97 and beginning of 98. I started to send it out to friends and some thought it would be great, but majority of them thought it wouldn't work.”
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