Chris Mittelstaedt founded The FruitGuys in 1998 as a way to bring healthy food to hard working people in offices. Growing up in the Philadelphia area, he learned about business and customer service while owning and operating a franchise of College Pro painters during his University years. Today his hobbies include: dressing as a banana while passing out fruit 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. His fondest FruitGuys memories include being asked to leave a building because his banana costume wasn’t formal enough, watching all the kids of FruitGuys employees jump in a bouncy-house for “bring your kids to work day” and talking with customers nationwide about how The FruitGuys has changed their corporate culture for the better.