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Designing an Office Break Room? Focus on the Basics

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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 …

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A Tip For HR Managers From ‘The Bear’

By Erin Mittelstaedt on

Hands up if you’ve watched The Bear on Hulu. I’m a big fan! The show broke a TV record last week when it earned 23 Emmy nominations in the comedy category. If you haven’t seen it, it’s about a …

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Protect Your Mental Health at Work With This Weekly Reset

By Jessica Bickis on

As head of data and information systems at The FruitGuys, I’ve found that balancing work and personal time can be a challenge. Luckily, I discovered a three-step practice that helps me protect my …

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Are Your Employees Hoarding the Work Snacks? Try This

By Erin Mittelstaedt on

“People are hoarding the fruit and snacks!” a client told me as we toured their break room. “I saw someone walk away with a handful—more than they could eat in a day—and stash them in their desk …

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Frozen Grapes: A Healthy and Cooling Summer Snack

By Lex Flamm on

When I was a little girl, I knew grape season had arrived by the way the air looked in the grocery store parking lot. If it hung there still and sleepy above the asphalt, that meant I had to wait a …

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‘Structure’ Is the Magic Word: Employee Mental Health Tips

By Erin Mittelstaedt on

In 2013, I signed up for a weekly mediation class at the San Francisco Zen Center on a whim. I’m still not a regular meditator but it was a valuable and important class for me. The part that I …

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Need Pride Month Snacks for the Office? Try Two Chicks Jerky!

By Lex Flamm on

In the summer of 2012, married couple Shannon Ronan and Breelyn MacDonald put their bartending jobs on hold, tossed their backpacks into the back of their Honda Fit, and left their home in San Rafael, …

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The Ultimate Office Snack Box Guide

By The FruitGuys on

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 …

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My New Favorite Kumquat Mocktail Recipe

By Erin Mittelstaedt on

Last week, FruitGuys staff had the pleasure of participating in nearly a dozen different Earth Day events across the country. We brought a dancing banana man to an office lobby, ran a local honey …

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Snack Stories: Meet the Founders Behind 2 AAPI-Owned Snacks

By Lex Flamm on

The FruitGuys is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI Month) by featuring two AAPI-owned snacks as our Snacks of the Month. Learn more about Pan’s Mushroom Jerky and …

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Office Composting 101: How to Start Composting at Work

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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 …

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How to Plan an Office Snack Tasting or Fruit Tasting Like a Pro

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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 …

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3 Sustainable Snacks to Eat at Work for Earth Month

By Lex Flamm on

What if the snacks you ate at work didn’t just taste good, but helped fight climate change, too? Three of The FruitGuys’ snack partners—The Gluten Free Brothers, Climate Candy, and BjornQorn—are …

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5 Reasons Customers Love Our Office Snacks (In Their Words!)

By The FruitGuys on

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 …

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What to Do With Leftover Fruit at Work

By Lex Flamm on

It’s Friday afternoon, and you’re passing the office break room on your way out for the weekend. You pop in to grab a snack for the road and notice something strange: The fruit bowl still has fruit in …

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Support a Women-Owned Small Business: Try These Snacks!

By Lex Flamm on

Renée Dunn and Sydney Chasin lead very different lives, but they have two important things in common: They each founded a women-owned small business to sell snacks, and had their entrepreneurship “aha …

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Is It Safe to Put Citrus in Compost? A Guide for Office Workers

By Lex Flamm on

If you compost at your office, you probably know the basics: Eggshells, apple cores, and veggie peels are safe to add to your compost bucket, but raw meat and produce stickers should be trashed. Easy, …

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Black-Owned Business Spotlight: 2 Must-Try Snack Brands

By Lex Flamm on

When Denise Woodard started growing her allergy-friendly cookie company, Partake Foods, she had almost 10 years of experience working at Coca-Cola. But, she said, that food industry knowledge didn’t …

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7 Ways to Use Office Snacks for Employee Wellbeing in 2024

By Lex Flamm on

Promoting employee wellbeing isn’t just about encouraging physical fitness — it’s also about building connections, fostering community, supporting mental health, and more. Improving those …

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FruitGuy Noir in The Sugar Crash

By Chris Mittelstaedt on

I got the call around 2 p.m. They said a candy sugar crash had hit their place of work. This can be a tough town, I told them. There is always a clear plastic bowl filled with miniature chocolates in …

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