KATY, TX - (Covering Katy News) - The new Gordon Food Service store at 649 South Mason Road is now open. The store is located at the corner of Kingsland Boulevard in the former Sears Hardware location.
Gordon is opening six food service stores in the greater Houston area to serve local restaurants, food operations, and the public. The new stores are the first Texas locations and the most opened by the company at one time.
Primarily designed to provide chef-quality food products to restaurant owners and food service professionals, the stores will also cater to home shoppers with an assortment of packaged and fresh produce and goods, some will be prepared on site.
Each facility will employ an average of 40 full and part-time team members and be between 25,000 to 30,000 square feet in size. A press release says the interior has "a modern, fresh decor and easy-to-navigate layouts for quick shopping."
Other Gordon Food Service Stores opening March 14:
- Houston - FM 1960 W, located at Champions, FM 1960 at Stuebner Airline
- Houston - Westheimer Rd., located at Westheimer at Dairy Ashford
- League City, located at West Main at Hwy 3
Other stores opening later:
- Houston - Antoine Dr., located at Antoine and Pinemont
- Houston - Braeswood Blvd., located at North Braeswood and Chimney Rock
"Gordon Food Service Store believes in the power of good food and its ability to bring people together and make moments special," said company president Tim Grabar. "We are excited to open our doors to the greater Houston community and provide the chef-quality food products our stores are known for."
Gordon Food Service Stores will operate 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. CST on Sunday. Customers can learn more and register to receive emails at GFSstore.com/Houston.
Shoppers can expect to find:
- Large seasonal produce department with an assortment of the best market-direct items available
- Fresh meats available by the piece, pound, or case
- Meal solutions for shoppers looking for a quick dinner
- Wholesale walk-in customer coolers housing cases of produce, meats, and dairy items
- Grab-and-go meal solutions with an assortment of ready-to-eat and ready-to-heat items like rotisserie and fried chicken, ribs, deli sandwiches, hand-made guacamole, cut fruit, and freshly squeezed juices
- Tortillerias that produce fresh tortillas daily
- 15 varieties of gourmet fresh popped popcorn
- Gordon Go!, a free wholesale loyalty program available to businesses and nonprofit customers to earn points that can be spent like cash or redeemed for $1,000 checks
- Convenient online ordering for same-day in-store pick up
- Same-day Express Van Delivery
Gordon's first store location opened in Wyoming, Mich., in 1979 for restaurants that ran out of products between deliveries. Today, more than 175 Gordon Food Service Store locations exist in 13 states.
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Gordon Food Service, the largest family-operated broadline food distribution company in North America, is opening six new Gordon Food Service Stores in the greater Houston area, one in Katy. Primarily designed to provide chef-quality food products to restaurant owners and foodservice professionals of all types, the new Gordon Food Service Stores will also cater to home shoppers with an assortment of packaged and fresh produce and goods.
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Inside Gordon Food Service
Gordon Food Service Stores have a large line of in-store made gourmet popcorn.