Jim McCann,
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of
1-800-FLOWERS.COM
along with
Betsy Bernard,
President of AT&T
and her mom

Tuesday, May 6, 2003
at NASDAQ's MarketSite
in New York City.

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1-800-FLOWERS.COM^®

In honor of Bring Your MOM To Work Day and Mother's Day this Sunday, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM [FLWS] opens The NASDAQ Stock Market.

Bring Your MOM To Work Day was created by 1-800-FLOWERS.COM to raise awareness about ovarian cancer and benefit The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. More than a dozen states, including New York have officially proclaimed May 6, 2003 to be Bring Your MOM To Work Day.

About 1-800-FLOWERS.COM^® [FLWS]

For more than 25 years, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM has helped millions of customers connect to the people they care about with a broad range of thoughtful gifts, award-winning customer service and its unique technology and fulfillment infrastructure. The Company's product line - including flowers, plants, gourmet foods, candies, gift baskets and other unique gifts - is available to customers around the world via: the Internet (www.1800flowers.com); by calling 1-800-FLOWERS(r) (1-800-356-9377) 24 hours a day; or by visiting one of the Company-operated or franchised stores.

The Company's collection of thoughtful gifting brands includes home decor and garden merchandise from Plow & Hearth(r) (phone: 1-800-627-1712 and web: www.plowandhearth.com), premium popcorn and other food gifts from The Popcorn Factory(r) (phone: 1-800-541-2676 and web: www.thepopcornfactory.com), gourmet food products from GreatFood.com(r) (www.greatfood.com), and children's gifts from HearthSong(r) (www.hearthsong.com) and Magic Cabin (www.magiccabin.com). The Company's Class A common stock is listed on the NASDAQ National Market (ticker symbol "FLWS").