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• Gordon Food Service to expand in Southeast

  - 2006-05-15

  GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. -- Gordon Food Service, the nation's fourth-largest broadline distributor with 2005 revenues of $3.7 billion, is in the process of establishing two new distribution centers. One will be located in Greenville, S.C., and is expected to be operational early next year. The other, in Ocala, Fla., will...

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• Gordon Food Service plans to build DC in SC

  - 2006-05-01

  Refrigerated Transporter 05-01-2006 Gordon Food Service GFS plans to implement a new 120,000-square-foot distribution operation in Greenville SC. The foodservice distributor first will acquire and expand an 82,000-sq-ft building on a 30-acre location in Greenville.The facility is expected to be operating in early 2007 with about 50 new...

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• Grand Rapids, Mich.-Based Gordon Food Service to Open Middletown, Ohio, Store.

  - 2003-07-10

  By Thomas Gnau, Middletown Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 10--MIDDLETOWN, Ohio--North America's largest private foods distributor is establishing a foothold in Middletown. Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Gordon Food Service is opening a "marketplace" store on Towne Boulevard north...

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• Smart & Final sheds Florida business.(sells business to Gordon Food Service)(Brief Article)

  - 2003-06-09

  Grand Rapids, MI-based foodservice distributor Gordon Food Service, plans to purchase the Florida food-service direct delivery and stores businesses of Los Angeles-based Smart & Final Inc. subject to the negotiation of a definitive agreement. "By selling our Florida operations, Smart & Final will be...

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• IFDA elects new officers, board members

  - 2002-03-25

  DALLAS -- The International Foodservice Distributors Association recently elected new officers and board members. The FDA board appointed Daniel Gordon, president of Gordon Food Service Inc., as chairman. Gordon succeeds Carolyn Doerle, president and chief executive of Doerle Food Services Inc. Michael Roach, president of Ben E. Keith Foods, was...

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• Sobeys Inc. and Sysco Corporation jointly announced the signing of a definitive agreement to sell the Pacific Division operations of Serca Foodservice Inc. to Gordon Food Service

  - 2002-03-25

  Sobeys Inc. and Sysco Corporation jointly announced the signing of a definitive agreement to sell the Pacific Division operations of Serca Foodservice Inc. to Gordon Food Service. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Pacific Division of Serca serves customers throughout British Columbia. The operations are offered for sale...

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• SYSCO and Sobeys Announce Definitive Agreement to Sell Pacific Division of SERCA Foodservice to Gordon Food Service

  - 2002-03-19

  Business Editors HOUSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--March 19, 2002 SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY), North America's largest foodservice marketer and distributor, and Sobeys Inc. (TSE:SBY) jointly announced today the signing of a definitive agreement to sell the Pacific Division operations of SERCA Foodservice Inc. to Gordon Food Service. Terms of the transaction were...

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• Retail: More in store for Gordon Food; Wholesale distributor plans to add 3 retail locations.(Gordon Food Service Inc., Northeast Ohio expansion)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

  - 2001-07-09

  Gordon Food Service Inc., a wholesale food distributor that also has taken steps into the retail side of the business, is gearing up to leave a much-larger footprint on the Cleveland market. The Grand Rapids, Mich.-based company plans to build three supermarkets in Northeast...

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• It's a gas: testing real-world performance of liquid natural gas truck fuel for food distribution.

  - 1995-01-01

  Food distributors can take a cue from Gordon Food Service Inc.'s usage of liquefied natural gas for its truck fleet. The company delivers some 10,000 assorted wholesale food items to five different states in the Great Lakes region. Gordon maintains a fleet of 300 trucks and terminals and initiated a...

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