Fruit blog

Meet the Fruitful Office dream team: Joris

Name: Joris Hoekstra

Country: Netherlands

Business area: Commercial Buyer

A little bit about what you do?

Responsible for the selection and purchase of the fruits that we supply during the year. Also find new suppliers that can deliver the best fruit for our fruit baskets. Furthermore manage and oversee the operations and production during the week and ensure that our quality control is performed during production.

What do you like about working for Fruitful Office?

It is a diverse and challenging job where you need to keep up with the different seasons concerning the fruits. This to ensure that we offer the most ripe and seasonal fruits to our customers.

What do you think is the best part of the Fruitful Office service?

Providing all customers with a healthy snack during the day.

Most challenging thing about your job?

Provide a mix of different fruits during the year with as much of variety every week.

Name one thing that drives you crazy?

Ending seasons

Favourite fruit?

Mispel

Do you get to your 5-a-day?

Definitely I get my 5-a-day. When buying the fruits I always test the fruits ripeness and taste.

What are you passionate about?

Flying

If you could visit any place in the world, where would you go and why? Sum up

I would really like to visit Nepal and the Himalaya. The diversity of nature and people with mountains and monasteries that are hidden within the country. It would really be worth spending a few weeks in such an environment.

Fruitful Office in one or two words?

Fruitful Happiness