Supporting small farms is a major part of our mission at The FruitGuys. We source fruit from independent farms for our fruit boxes whenever we can, and we also award farm grants every year through The …
Savory Apple Tarts: A Gravenstein Apple Recipe
For just a few glorious weeks every August, Gravenstein apple trees in Sebastopol, California, shower the farmers who tend them with a bounty of sweet-tart fruit. Some of these trees are more than 100 …
How to Stop Emotional Eating: Tips From a Nutritionist
About fifty percent of us are emotional eaters: people who turn to food not only when hungry, but when bored, lonely, or stressed. This is not a healthy approach to eating. An August 2004 report from …
What Does Organic Mean?
Every year, Americans buy about 8% more organic products than they did the year before. That’s a remarkable rate of industry growth. You’ve probably put a crisp organic apple or head of lettuce into …
Designing an Office Break Room? Focus on the Basics
Here’s a riddle for you: I have the power to make your employees more productive, less stressed, and happier with their work. What am I? If you guessed “the office break room”—maybe because the …
The Gravenstein Apple Is Coming!
For fruit lovers, Gravenstein apple season is like Christmas in August. The harvest of this endangered Northern California heirloom apple happens in a very short window of just two or three weeks …
Going Bananas: Your Complete Ripe Banana Guide
Long before our team at The FruitGuys started wearing banana suits to encourage people to eat more of them, the “1878 Domestic Cyclopaedia of Practical Information” instructed American consumers on …
Takeaways From West Coast Produce Expo: ‘Smell Some Crayons’
The idiom “stop and smell the roses” is pretty dang good—but at this year’s West Coast Produce Expo, it got a 21st-century upgrade. FruitGuys Produce Buyer Miguel Esteban Robles came back from the …
Summer Fruit Guide 2024
Have you ever eaten so many blackberries that they stained your fingers red, or bitten into a nectarine so ripe that its sticky juice dripped down your chin? Sweet fresh fruit is truly the taste of …
Meet The Fresh Fruit Delivery Drivers Bringing Produce to You
It would be pretty fantastic if the fruit in your office could magically replenish overnight. Imagine apples dropping from the ceiling like Christmas presents sliding down the chimney! The FruitGuys’ …
Upgrade Your Fruit Mix to Get the Widest Variety of Summer Fruit
Summer is the perfect time to upgrade your fruit mix! With the right mix, your team will get to taste all of the fantastic peaches, nectarines, plums, berries, grapes, and other fruits in season …
The Ultimate Office Snack Box Guide
Whether you’re already a FruitGuys customer or just scoping out our selection of office snacks, you might have wondered how we choose the bars, bites, jerkies, and more that end up in our snack …
Office Composting 101: How to Start Composting at Work
If you’re worried about the food waste piling up in trash cans at your office, composting at work might be the perfect solution. Composting is an incredible process that turns undesirable organic …
How to Plan an Office Snack Tasting or Fruit Tasting Like a Pro
Hosting group events like lunch-and-learns and holiday celebrations in the office is a great way to boost employee happiness, teach your team something new, and nourish their sense of community. When …
5 Reasons Customers Love Our Office Snacks (In Their Words!)
There are dozens of places to source office snacks—so why choose snack delivery from The FruitGuys? Our customers have shared a lot of thoughts on this over the years, so we rounded up a few of the …
Apricot: Taste, Nutrition, and Benefits Explained
Apricots are a sweet treat related to other fruit favorites like plums and peaches. Let’s dive into how these juicy wonders can brighten up your kitchen and your day. The Journey of …
Are Small Farms Important? 6 Reasons to Support Them
It’s hard to flip through a food magazine these days without coming across an article telling you to “shop small,” “eat local,” or “support a farmer.” That’s largely thanks to the farm-to-table …
Passing the Banana: A New CEO at The FruitGuys
The FruitGuys, the pioneering family-owned and B Corp Certified provider of farm-fresh fruit and healthy snacks to American workplaces, has announced new leadership. Erin Mittelstaedt, chief operating …
Temple Orange
Although the Temple orange is certainly tasty enough to offer up to the gods, it wasn’t actually named for a house of worship. Instead, it got its moniker from Florida orange grower William Chase …
Donate, Don’t Cancel During Holiday Closures
As the holiday season approaches, we want to thank you for your business and share how The FruitGuys Donate-a-Crate program makes it easy to forward deliveries or purchase fruit to send to people in …
