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When I close my eyes, I can almost taste it: that first bite of a fresh-picked Gravenstein apple. The thin red-and-green-striped skin crunches under my teeth, and sweet-tart flavor floods my tongue. It’s a taste that only comes around for a few weeks each year—and it’s almost here again. 20 Years of Gravenstein Apples If you’ve never heard of them,
On April 22, Steve Frecon of Frecon Farms in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, woke up to a disaster. Overnight, the temperature had dropped to as low as 20 degrees F in some parts of his orchard. That cold snap was the second one in three weeks. It froze the flowers and young fruits on his peach, plum, apple, and cherry trees—destroying at
I’ve written and deleted the opening paragraph of this blog more times than I’d like to admit. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and while I want to talk about it, I’m not sure how. I’m not a counselor or a psychologist, so am I really qualified to talk to you about mental health at work? I’m not, but one
Have you ever picked up a round orange-colored fruit and wondered, “Is this an orange or a mandarin? Or wait … maybe a tangerine? Or a tangelo?” Winter brings an avalanche of citrus, but a lot of these fruits look so alike that it can be tricky to tell what you’re eating. That’s where this handy guide to different citrus
Let’s play a game. Every week, The FruitGuys donates fresh fruit, veggies, and snacks to feed people in need across the country. It’s not a big percentage of what we deliver, but it really adds up. So, how much do you think we donated in 2025? In 2025, The FruitGuys donated enough food to feed people in… 15 sold-out NFL
If you’re on the hunt for the perfect Christmas gift baskets for your employees, clients, or friends, you probably have a mental checklist that looks something like this: Gifts must be… Delicious and/or fun Thoughtful Affordable Allergy-friendly/inclusive Easy to send If that looks about right, you’re in luck! The FruitGuys’ hand-packed gift baskets check all of those boxes—and two more.
The verdict is in: The COVID-19 pandemic couldn’t keep The FruitGuys down! After losing more than 90% of our fruit and snack customers overnight when the pandemic closed offices in 2020, our family business is once again growing and thriving. In fact, we made the San Francisco Business Times’ 2025 list of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area.
If you want your office to feel merry and bright this season, then employee appreciation gifts are your shortcut to holiday cheer. Gifts are a simple perk with big benefits. They show your team that your company cares and sees their hard work, and employees who feel appreciated are: More engaged Less likely to burn out Less likely to leave
September brings an avalanche of fruit to Beechwood Orchards in Biglerville, Pennsylvania. For a few glorious and stressful weeks, Melissa Allen and her family are busy as bees picking peaches, apples, and Asian pears all at once. They sell their fruit at farmers’ markets and to The FruitGuys for its East Coast corporate fruit deliveries to offices like yours. “We’re
As a teenager, I went to sailing camp on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. It was a small part of a much larger sleepaway camp. In our little group, there were no more than 16 campers at a time. We all slept in one building—girls on the top floor, boys below—and we sailed on the bay every day. The problem
Your fruit has a story—but do you know it? We’ve gathered answers to some of the most common questions we get about where our produce comes from to help you get acquainted. 1. Where does The FruitGuys’ produce come from? We source our produce from small family farms near our regional hubs whenever we can. However, we can’t source from
Last Thursday, March 20, at 5:01 a.m. EDT, the sun crossed the celestial equator (an invisible line in the sky directly above Earth’s equator). It bathed the northern and southern hemispheres in equal light and effectively made the day and night the same length all over the world. While the symmetry isn’t exact—in North America, we receive roughly eight more
For thirteen years, the snack makers at Pipcorn have been obsessed with heirloom corn. They buy the kernels from family farmers and turn them into better-for-you, gluten-free salty snacks like miniature popcorn, cheese balls, and scoop-shaped dippers. In 2024, the company added something new to its office snack lineup: fries! Brainstorming New Gluten-Free Salty Snacks Pipcorn CEO Joe DePetrillo told
I’m happy to report that our 2025 grant cycle is now open! Each year since 2012, The FruitGuys Community Fund (TFGCF) has had the joy and pleasure of issuing farming grants for small farms across the US. To date, we’ve awarded 143 grants across 38 US states and territories. TFGCF’s Farming Grants for Small Farms When our committee picks a new class
Excitement was in the air when our team arrived in Sacramento, California, and started setting up our booth at the California School Nutrition Association’s Annual Conference (CSNA). We couldn’t wait to spread the word about our farm-to-school fruit and vegetable delivery program to new districts, pass out samples of our fresh fruit, and hug our clients. It was a whirlwind
Have you ever handed a shiny red apple or bright pink dragon fruit over to a child and watched their little face light up? On October 18, The FruitGuys Fruit Buyer Miguel Robles was lucky enough to do just that. He set up a booth for The FruitGuys at Twinhill Elementary School in Riverside, California, as part of its pop-up
Can you believe it’s Q4 already? Before you know it, your coworkers will be picking up turkeys, buying new candles, and humming holiday jingles between meetings. With the seasonal hubbub on the horizon, fall is the perfect time to pick out healthy gifts for employees and gifts for your clients, vendors, and friends. A small gift can go a long
Note: This is an older blog post. For the latest updates on this year’s Gravenstein season, please visit our Annual Gravenstein Apple Box page. 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 every year. It’s a
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 event with a bushel of ideas thanks in part to keynote speaker Erik Wahl. “His message was to be creative, think out of the box, be innovative,
The 2023-24 school year was the busiest yet for the FruitGuys Farm-to-School Program, and we couldn’t be more proud of the work our school team has done to bring fresh fruit and vegetables to students across California. Our Farm-to-School Program: By the Numbers These numbers were possible in part because we provide produce options for every meal that schools serve.
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