serving numerous customers throughout Canada. We thank you for your interest

in becoming a part of the GFS family. At Gordon Food Service,

we offer a competitive salary, great benefits, and a fun, high-energy

work environment. But we feel more than anything

it's the people that separates us from the rest of the crowd.

"Employees here at GFS are really great

they're very helpful and fun to work with, it's like a team atmosphere."

Founded over 100 years ago,

Gordon Food Service started delivering butter and eggs by horse and buggy

in the Midwest, United States. Since those humble beginnings

and through dedication and hard work, GFS has grown into the largest family-owned

foodservice distributor in North America, including multiple facilities across

Canada.

At the distribution centre there are three main jobs that make up the

majority of our workforce

selectors, loaders, and receiving specialists.

Once the product is loaded on the trucks our delivery service reps takeover

bringing the products to our customers. In order to serve our customers,

we operate 24 hours a day. Most functions have shifts that run throughout the entire day and night.

"Customer is king is basically the customer comes first. We do

everything that we can to help make sure the customer is very happy,

so we make sure we pick the right stuff, make sure we get it to them on time

so customer is number one in our standards."

"If I don't take care of what the customer has ordered,

first of all they're not getting what they want, so that's a big problem.

If you and I go to the grocery store and we get someone else's groceries when we

get home were not going to be too happy, so they need to get what they ordered."

Selectors start their day by punching in,

then perform a series of stretching exercises to prepare their bodies for

the day ahead.

From here the selector picks up the picking labels for the day

after the stickers have been picked up, the selector gets a pallet jack

and is ready to begin the selection process. The distribution centre

is divided into three temperature zones.

Dry, which can reach temperatures in excess of 32 degrees centigrade.

Cooler, which is kept at a temperature of two degrees.

And freezer, which is kept at a temperature of -23 degrees.

As a new selector, you will be required to work in each of these areas.

Product is selected

in the order the batch stickers with accuracy and speed

being up the utmost importance. Once the product has been properly

picked onto the pallet, it is shrink wrapped and taken to the loading area

where loaders move them onto the truck for delivery.

"The weight to the product that we work with ranges

anywhere from a pound to 50 to 75 pounds, so taking those products you need

to pay close attention to how you're lifting it just so you don't injure yourself."

"Well, the shift starts at five you are suppose to finish at 3:30,

sometimes you'll finish

before that, sometimes you might operate another two hours or an hour and a half more.

It all depends on whether we still have the work to be done.

We're all here until the job is done.

It's not a matter of coming in and going, 'My 10 hours is up, I go,' you know.

We are a team. So we try to finish whatever we have as soon as possible.

when the job is done, we can go home."

Gordon Food Service, is a diverse, family-owned company which strives to treat

our customers in an exceptional manner. We understand that to accomplish this goal

we also need to treat our team members exceptionally well.

As part of our commitment to our team members

we do offer a great compensation package including

competitive wages, exceptional benefits, generous vacation,

and excellent retirement plans.

We're proud you've chosen us as a possible career. The work is hard

and rewarding, the hours can be long but they can

also be enjoyable. "Yes, we have an incentive program, you know which

has been going on for... well, from the time I've been here.

So, in here, guys are happy because every week they are making money. So you're always happy."

"I worked for another company for 17 years and I never had that kind of a reward.

Two years ago I got,

I got my first gold ring in Edmonton,

so they definitely reward you for what you do best at your work."

"What keeps me coming back to work everyday is the employees that I work with.

Everyone here is very friendly

and I enjoy coming to work every day."

We firmly believe that hard work and high-performance should be rewarded.

And we hope that this is more than a good job,

we hope it becomes a great career.