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This month, Bagoy's will celebrate 85 years of providing flowers for beauty, for gifts, for romance, for celebration and for sympathy.
Current owners, Chanda Mines, and her husband, Randy, have been managing the store since 1992. Previously, the store was owned by Chanda's parents, Carol and Paul Humphrey, who purchased Bagoy's in 1980.
A family owned business, Bagoy's has been owned by a number of families. The original family started the business in Anchorage in 1922. In fact, the business literally originated in the Bagoy's home.
John Bagoy Sr. and wife, Mary, sold flowers out of their greenhouse in 1922. Soon they started shipping in potting plants from Seattle. In 1940, they joined FTD and began shipping in flowers from Seattle. Their daughter, Mary,...
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