healthy snacks

Want Healthy Vegan Snacks for Work? Meet Rule Breaker

By Lex Flamm on

In 2014, Nancy Kalish started a quest. She set out to make vegan, allergy-friendly brownies out of chickpeas—and get them to actually taste good.  “I kept working at it and kept torturing my family …

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These Snacks Made by Disabled Workers Empower With Each Bite

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In 1984, Phil Kosak—the founder of Carolina Fine Snacks—was having trouble keeping workers on staff to make his cheese curls, pork rinds, and other bites.  “With seven positions, we went through …

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Low-Sugar Office Snacks: How Rip Van Is Changing the Game

By Lex Flamm on

In 2017, business partners Rip Pruskin and Marco De Leon walked into a factory in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, with smiles on their faces. They were there to flip the ceremonial switch on the production …

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Want Healthy Snacks for the Office? Try Cooper Street

By Lex Flamm on

When Max Surnow was a kid, his family left Michigan every summer for their cabin in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. He and his brother Sam spent days mountain biking at the foot of Sunset Peak and hiking …

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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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Happy Pride Month and Juneteenth From The FruitGuys!

By Erin Mittelstaedt on

My wife and I celebrated twenty years together this year—but we’ve only been married for ten of them. Some people have asked me why it took us so long to get hitched, and well, the answer is …

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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

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

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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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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!)

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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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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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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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Wellness Washing: What It Is, and How to Avoid It

By Lex Flamm on

You’ve probably heard of “greenwashing” — the practice of making a product or company look more eco-friendly and sustainable than it actually is — but what about “wellness washing” or “well-being …

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B-eautiful Gifts from The FruitGuys

By Chris Mittelstaedt on

Editor's Note: The gifts listed below were available for the 2021 holiday season. To see our current gift lineup, click here.  This year is flying by and that means that gift season is just around …

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Easy Carrot Salad Snack

By Pia Hinckle on

Trying to eat healthier snacks while remote working? Try this quick and easy carrot snack salad that will satisfy your munchie-crunchie-salty cravings with something healthy. Carrots get their color …

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Roasted Tomatillo Salsa

By Rebecca Dienner on

Recipe by Rebecca Dienner for The FuitGuys INGREDIENTS 1 ½ cups whole tomatillos (about 6 medium-sized tomatillos), husked and washed well 1–3 hot peppers, depending on heat preference (such …

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