Gordon Food Service Store — Local services in Benton Charter Township

I'm writing this from the perspective of a housewife shopping for my family, not as a business owner. I have shopped at food service stores in other states in the West Coast and found them to be an economic way to stock up my pantry. Not so here. While there are some bulk sizes, everything is very overpriced compared to other grocery stores in the area, ie Meijer, Aldi, Walmart. Fresh fruits and vegetables at Gordon Food Service Store are lacking in quality and are often twice the price of other stores. Their frozen vegetables were not at a quality I like to buy. While they have a decent cold cereal section, they're much overpriced. They don't have much, if any vegetarian section. There are a few things that may or may not be worthwhile. I enjoy the large bags of "tater puffs," an off brand tater tot. If you needed large amounts of paper dishes or napkins, etc., it also may be worth it. The shopping experience is also not a bad one! All the employees are kind and cheerful, which...

I have tried to remain positive and loyal to GFS over the years, but more than once, I have placed an order with multiple days notice with my phone number given to them. So if products were out or they had to make substitutions, they could call me today, I came into the store to pick up 200# baby carrots for our summer feeding program at our school. They were out of stock. The store chose not to call me to tell me they were out of stock. I made a 30 mile trip to pick these up. Gordon's this is why I don't like doing business with you. But we are stuck, because all the local produce stores have...

Love this hidden gem. My daughter loves the larger frozen sausage patties that come in bulk. Hashbrown come in bulk that aren't frozen in one large clump. The prices of some of our favorite foods at meijer are just $.50 to $1 cheaper, and for people who prep food, they have prep containers and plastic Tupperware here. When my daughter graduates, we will probably go here for some of the large quantity items (they have frozen cookies, plastic cups, and...