About Us

The FruitGuys is the industry leader in providing farm-fresh produce to the American workplace. 

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Francisco, The Fruitguys has pioneered this fast-growing category that provides viable solutions to the ever-challenging workplace health crisis. The company was founded on the premise that bringing healthy brain food to the office can boost productivity, improve wellness and help companies improve their bottom lines. 

The FruitGuys provides fresh seasonal fruit from local farms to thousands of American businesses, from small family- run businesses to major Fortune 50 corporations. The FruitGuys has been called upon by some of the most well known businesses in the nation, including Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, Littler Mendelson, Yahoo!, Yamaha, VMWare, Wells Fargo, among thousands of other industry leaders.

Chris Mittelstaedt
Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Chris Mittelstaedt is founder and chief executive officer of The FruitGuys, the industry leader in providing farm-fresh produce to the American workplace. Chris oversees the company’s overall business operation and is responsible for developing and articulating the vision – bringing healthy brain food to the office can boost productivity, improve wellness and help companies improve their bottom lines. 

Chris started The FruitGuys in 1998 with the dream of developing a unique and viable business, while advancing the noble cause of improving the overall well being of people in the workplace. What started out as a two-person operation and an old Honda filled with fruit, has become  a multimillion dollar enterprise employing approximately 25 staff. Under his leadership, Chris and The FruitGuys have created a practical and proven method by which to address the rising costs of workplace healthcare and overall corporate productivity levels. Chris’s unique concept has been copied in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom as an effective and proven tool in the improvement of workforce health.

Chris brings a wealth of entrepreneurship experience and business acumen to the company. As a university student, he owned and operated a franchise of College Pro Painters where he was the top interior painting revenue producer in the late 1980’s throughout the United States. 

Today some of Chris’ hobbies include dressing as a banana while passing out fruit to people on the street, writing about the farmers and fruit that appear in The FruitGuys boxes, designing and patenting the earth friendly packaging used by The FruitGuys and promoting health prevention as a path to better health care. 

Chris received his BS/BA from The American University in Washington DC. 

Chris is the chair of the steering committee for ShapeUP San Francisco – mayor Gavin Newsom’s initiative to help San Franciscans move more and eat healthier. Chris is also the chair of the Worksite Wellness Committee for the CA Taskforce on Youth and Workplace Wellness. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and three children who remain his most critical and trusted fruit tasters.