GRAND CENTRAL FLORAL, LLC
THE VILLAGES, FLORIDA

This floral company doesn’t just deliver flowers – it also delivers major charitable contributions to local nonprofits each month. Steven Dyme founded an innovative, flower-powered startup in 2012, while enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The idea was simple – he figured he could sell a few hundred floral bouquets to parents for a local high school graduation ceremony, donating half the money he made to charity and keeping the other half to cover some of his college costs. But soon families at other high schools caught wind of the project and wanted to buy bouquets too. Eventually, Dyme was able to turn his college side hustle into a fully fledged company, keeping charity a central component of its mission… Grand Central Floral Grand Central Floral is a curated collection of industry information, news, tools and communication brought to you from around the world. Whether you are a retailer, supplier, manufacturer, consultant or trade organization, the goal of Grand Central Floral is to provide daily, 24-7 information to assist in the overall success of your floral business. generation florist, whose ancestors began their first floral business in 1875 upon arriving to the United States from Germany. From inhaling the magnificent fragrance, digging in the greenhouse, floral designing, watering plants, to assisting customers in select the perfect gift, my grandparents’ florist shop set me on a most magnificent journey that would stay with me forever. Then in 1974, I had the unique opportunity to serve the supermarket industry from its inception of an in-store floral shop, to the industry giant the mass market floral business is today.