workplace wellness

Cheers to 27 Years of Corporate Fruit Delivery

By Erin Mittelstaedt on February 20, 2025

This week marks twenty-seven years since The FruitGuys—and the concept of corporate fruit delivery—was born. The story goes that my brother, Chris, and his wife, Pia, had recently moved back to San …

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15 Reasons Office Fruit Delivery Is a Win for Employees and HR

By The FruitGuys on February 17, 2025

Back in the early ‘90s, there was no such thing as office fruit delivery. Most workers powered up with a steady stream of vending machine candy bars and strong black coffee. But that all changed in …

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Employee Recognition vs. Appreciation: Why They Matter and How to Take Action

By Lex Flamm on February 13, 2025

I started to understand employee recognition vs. appreciation when I landed my first “real” office job in my early 20s. It came with a cubicle (which I was extremely excited to decorate) and weekly …

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How to Recognize Your Team: Employee Appreciation Questionnaire Templates

By The FruitGuys on February 5, 2025

There’s oodles of advice online about employee appreciation and how to show your team that you care (we’ve even written some of it). But here’s the truth: The best way to appreciate your employees …

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Employee Recognition Best Practices for Employee Appreciation Day

By The FruitGuys on February 5, 2025

Picture your workplace in your mind. Then, fill it up with all of your coworkers. Do you have that mental image? Good. Now think about this: Only two in every ten employees feel truly recognized …

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Pipcorn Launches New Gluten-Free Salty Snacks for the Office

By Lex Flamm on January 30, 2025

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 …

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Healthy Habits in the Workplace for Cold and Flu Season

By Harrison Berry on January 24, 2025

It usually starts with a sore throat. Cue the runny nose and a cough. Is it the flu, or just a cold? Tens of millions of Americans fall sick with one, the other, or both annually and spend days in …

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Fun Valentine’s Day Activities for Work: Ideas for Happy Employees

By The FruitGuys on January 17, 2025

According to a 2024 survey of 800 workers, almost 74% of men and 66% of women “crave more meaningful bonds with work colleagues.” Holidays are a great opportunity for HR and office managers to help …

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How to Keep Employees Happy: A Guide for HR & Office Managers

By Lex Flamm on December 6, 2024

Working in HR or office management can feel a little bit like trying to read the minds of the employees around you. What do they actually want? What would boost their wellbeing? Make them smile? Keep …

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10 Helpful Tips for Preventing Holiday Food Waste in the Office

By Rebecca Taggart on November 18, 2024

Thanksgiving is the ultimate food-centric holiday, and end-of-year office parties, potlucks, and treats are just around the corner. These cheerful events can easily turn into food waste disasters. …

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Fruit Is Brain Food! Health Benefits for Memory and More

By Lex Flamm on November 16, 2024

Erin Nella has a unique job at UC Davis Health. When a patient lands in the hospital with a brain injury, she tells them which foods they should eat to heal quickly—and fruit is always on the …

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Want Healthy Vegan Snacks for Work? Meet Rule Breaker

By Lex Flamm on October 31, 2024

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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Banana Dance Party in San Francisco

By Erin Mittelstaedt on October 23, 2024

If you were in downtown San Francisco last Tuesday, you might have seen me dancing around the sidewalk in a banana suit. I was hanging out at a busy intersection with Nicole and Fabian (long-time …

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How to Build Healthy Food Habits at Work or Home

By Erin Mittelstaedt on October 9, 2024

If you’re struggling to build healthy food habits, that doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you. It might just mean that the environment around you is setting you up to fail. I read about …

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Employee Health and Wellness Tip: Stop and Listen to the Bugs

By Erin Mittelstaedt on August 21, 2024

“What’s that noise?” My 8-year-old son asks. It’s almost pitch black as we walk across my in-laws’ front lawn in rural West Virginia. It's 9:30 p.m. and we’re in a holler (a narrow valley between …

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How to Stop Emotional Eating: Tips From a Nutritionist

By The FruitGuys on August 9, 2024

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 …

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Designing an Office Break Room? Focus on the Basics

By The FruitGuys on July 24, 2024

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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Protect Your Mental Health at Work With This Weekly Reset

By Jessica Bickis on July 12, 2024

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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Office Composting 101: How to Start Composting at Work

By The FruitGuys on April 12, 2024

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 …