Gordon Food Service Store — Local services in Memphis

It's not Kroger or one of the bougie "healthier foods" grocers. This is what happens when a decent food service store concept meets the interior of Memphis. I worked for GFS for 5 good years and this is disappointing. I've seen several stores in the Nashville and Louisville markets and this one scrapes the bottom of the food service store barrel. There is a gourmet popcorn trailer/booth set up at the front door as if popcorn is in high demand outside of craft fairs and local growers markets. No offense intended to popcorn fans. GFS goes big up north near their headquarters and could've taken a big step and put in at the Lake district, East Memphis, Summer near 40/240, Wolfchase, Germantown, Olive Branch, Southaven, to name a few but old Gordon had a better idea. Plop a shop down in an o.k. part of town and be mediocre. Gordon had very poor management when I left and this store seems to be standing by those principles. Don't get me wrong, you can get whatever you need when it comes to food service. You may have to order it in on the website which is convenient and you can get the same things that you can from a rep or on the truck. You just have to watch your back as you go in, while you shop, and when you're leaving. That being said, this is perhaps the worst location for what they are doing with this type of store. The workers seemed as if they were under some sort of gag order or they were practicing avoidance and denial of human contact, maybe prepping for the plague or a visit from Medusa. I think I saw her there, but thankfully we didn't make eye contact. I can only imagine what their losses are each day due to theft. Just hand cash out at the door already. This after one of the workers opened up and said it happens all the time and implied that she hated where they are located. Bad decisions perhaps? I'm sure it's profitable though. GFS was a great company before the decline in good leadership and the loss of some veteran employees in this region. I know this has more to do with the division I worked in but it bleeds down. Shout out to C.M. i.e. the worst manager ever who was able to take the best food service delivery to work for and turn it on its head. But, I digress. All of that said, if you need something food service and want to risk the trip then go ahead. (Go head) as we...

Last week was your grand opening I have shopped over the past 15 years back when I lived back North where they were readily available if you want bulk they got it they do have quality Meats Frozen and fresh whichever way you want to flip it we had a food cart business so we did a lot of our brats and beef hot dogs and so on and so on right on down to the paper platters in the serving to go containers napkins so where you name it they got it bulk is the name of the game they really have a really nice selection of produce not massive but the essentials of what you would be looking for wasn't too busy but I did managed to get 10 lb of ground beef 80/20 for 30 bucks Walmart which I really am not fond of their meat anyway cuz it's crazy you know it's about 35-36 depending upon how it goes so I have a better range of meats that you can get that will feed your family long-term you might pay up front but in the long run you'll always...

Larger sizes on most things. Depends on what you want as to whether it is a good deal or not. Pricing typical for a place that supplies restaurants ie. hit/miss like Lit. The products I buy weekly are the 2lb 2x washed spinach, 4lb frozen peas, small fresh juice and small fresh made popcorn. The deli did not have ingredients posted, and the workers did not know so if you have allergens or dietary issues use caution. Some of the popcorn flavors are vegan so safe for dairy sensitive also. Cashiers are always nice. I already BYOB but boxes available. On occasion they have a real good deal like a whole bag of onions for .59. Think harvest season Michigan as it is a MI based store. Store, restrooms clean, lot could use some work with litter build up. Plenty of parking. I also shop at Kroger and Viet Hoa Market weekly and Walmart once a month...