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The FruitGuys Donates Fresh Fruit to LA Firefighters and Evacuees

By Erin Mittelstaedt on January 15, 2025

I had a plan for what to write in this week’s Chief Banana blog—but the truth is, I haven’t been able to think about much other than the horrific, fast-moving wildfires in Los Angeles since they …

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2025 Real Leaders Impact Awards: The FruitGuys Is a ‘Top Impact Company’

By The FruitGuys on January 8, 2025

Every year, the global media and membership platform Real Leaders® hands out awards to companies that act as forces of good in the world and “prioritize both profit and purpose.” The FruitGuys made …

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What’s Coming for The FruitGuys? Looking Ahead to 2025

By Erin Mittelstaedt on January 2, 2025

I have a confession to make. I’m not a big resolution person. It's not that I don’t set goals—I just have a habit of “setting and forgetting” resolutions. So on New Year's, I try to ask myself a …

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A Very Mittelstaedt Christmas: TSA Pat Downs and Other Traditions

By Lex Flamm on December 26, 2024

A few days ago, I was talking to my wife and kids about family holiday traditions when one of our sons piped up. “I think getting stopped by TSA is our holiday tradition,” he said. He actually …

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The FruitGuys and HGFB Team Up to Feed Those In Need

By Lex Flamm on December 22, 2024

It’s bright and early on a Monday morning, and the team at Hawaiian Gardens Food Bank in Hawaiian Gardens, California, is busy packing bags to hand out to the community. Each one includes grains, …

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The FruitGuys Helps UMOM Reduce Hunger and Homelessness

By Lex Flamm on November 1, 2024

Every week, one of The FruitGuys’ fruit donations for hunger relief arrives at United Methodist Outreach Ministries New Day Centers (UMOM) in Phoenix, Arizona. One donation might be bruised …

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How B Corps Make a Difference: A Q&A With The FruitGuys

By Lex Flamm on March 1, 2024

March is National B Corp Month, and to kick off the festivities we sat down with The FruitGuys’ Head of Impact, Sheila Cassani. We brought a few FAQs about B Corps with us — and Sheila shared her …

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2018 GoodWorks Annual Report

By Elisabeth Flynn on February 26, 2019

The FruitGuys has donated nearly eight million servings of farm-fresh fruit to people in need across the United States over the last five years, with almost 2 million servings in 2018 alone. The …

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The FruitGuys has formed a new non-profit organization to promote sustainable agriculture practices for small farms, an evolution of the company’s Farm Steward Program, which has provided farmers with …

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Donate-A-Crate 2011 Fed Thousands

By Pia Hinckle on January 10, 2012

During the 2011 holiday season, generous FruitGuys' customers provided thousands of people fresh fruit at 22 community-based organizations across the country. "The produce donation went over …

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FruitGuys Donations are Backbone of Some Food Pantries

By Pia Hinckle on December 13, 2011

In a year when more people continued to struggle with less, The FruitGuys GoodWorks program responded to the realities of the continuing hard economy by making micro-loans to farmers; increasing …

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The FruitGuys Helps South Philly Refugee Service

By Kim Jordan on December 13, 2011

Photos courtesy of Nationalities Service Center Happy about apples! PHILADELPHIA–Every Monday morning Adam Forbes travels to The FruitGuys' Philadelphia warehouse to load his pick-up truck. …

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Good Fruit = GoodWorks

By The FruitGuys on March 4, 2010

The FruitGuys GoodWorks Project includes our Farm Steward and Community Outreach programs which have donated thousands of pieces of fruit to charitable organizations nationwide. Our Farm Steward …

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