Holiday Treats for Hybrid Teams: How to Include Remote Employees in the Celebration

In the office, the holiday party is in full swing.

There’s a table of donuts, people are laughing, someone brought a speaker.

On Zoom, a remote employee is watching it all through a webcam, smiling at a screen while everyone else reaches for dessert.

If you’re in HR or People Ops, you feel that gap. The good news: it’s fixable—and not that complicated.

Here’s how to use holiday treats to include your hybrid team so remote employees feel like part of the celebration, not spectators.

Step 1: Decide what the in-office crew is getting

Start with the room you can see.

Best in-office picks:

  • Corporate Bundle – 8 dozen baked cake donuts in flavors like Vanilla, Lemon, and Red Velvet. Perfect for 40–80 people, depending on whether they grab 1 or 2.
  • Party Bundle – 1 dozen donuts, 1 dozen cookies, and 1 Naked Cake for smaller teams or departments.

Everything is dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free, and soy-free, so you’re not juggling separate orders for allergies and preferences.

If you’re in San Antonio or nearby, we’ll deliver to your office or event space in bakery boxes. Want grab-and-go?

Add a note in your cart: “Please individually wrap the donuts for our event.”

Step 2: Mirror the experience for remote employees

Now, take that same experience and put it on their doorstep.

Options for remote or hybrid employees:

  • Half-dozen or dozen donuts shipped to their homes
  • Half-dozen or dozen cookies they can enjoy over several days
  • Perfect Pair Bundles (½ dozen donuts + ½ dozen cookies) for a fuller moment

The key is timing:

  • Aim for boxes to arrive just before your virtual holiday party or all-hands.
  • Ask remote employees to bring their box to the call and open it together.

Suddenly, everyone is unboxing the same style of treats at the same time. Different locations, shared experience.

To handle multiple addresses, use our corporate gifting form and we’ll build a multi-ship plan for you.

Step 3: Use your note to close the distance

A simple, specific note goes a long way, especially for remote folks:

  • “Thank you for everything you’ve carried this year—even from afar.”
  • “We see you, even when you’re not in the building.”

Printed and tucked into the box, it lands like a real acknowledgment, not just a transaction.

Step 4: Watch what happens

Remote employees:

  • Get to share the treats with their families or roommates.
  • Feel like their role in the company is visible, not invisible.
  • Have a story to tell: “My company sent this.”

Hybrid teams feel less like two classes of employees and more like one group, celebrating in different places.

If you want hybrid holidays to feel fair and joyful, dessert is one of the easiest levers you can pull.

Design your plan—Corporate Bundles and Party Bundles for the office, boxes of donuts and cookies shipped home for remote teammates—and let Southern Roots Vegan Bakery handle the rest.

Our menu is built around the treats people reach for first and reorder again.

Cake Donuts

Cookies

Naked Cakes

Dense, hearty layers with homemade buttercream, in flavors like:

Pies (local only)

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