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Gordon Food Service
 PROFILE
Gordon Food Service (GFS) helps satisfy the appetites of Midwesterners and Canadians. A food distributor serving schools, restaurants, and other institutions, GFS boasts more than 12,000 items ranging from fresh produce to sanitation systems. The company also makes its own line of foods under names such as Triumph Packaging and Ready, Set, Serve. Not merely a food distributor, GFS also sells food in bulk through its more than 75 GFS Marketplace retail stores across four states (think Sam's Club without the membership fee). The late Isaac VanWestenbrugge (great-grandfather of president Dan Gordon) founded the company as a butter and egg distributor in 1897. GFS is still owned by the Gordon family.

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: October
2000 Sales (mil.): 2,150.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 7.5%
Employees: 4,400
Revenue per employee: $488,636.36

 KEY PEOPLE
• Dan Gordon
    CEO
• Steve Plakmeyer
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
333 50th St. SW
Grand Rapids, MI 49548
US
Phone: 616-530-7000
Fax: 616-261-7600
Online: Web Site

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