Foodservice operators can view theoretical food costs, track recipes and ingredients, as well as share photos and videos of recipes for staff training
March 9, 2023
Gordon Culinary Pro, powered by meez, enables chefs and culinary teams to create and organize their recipes efficiently as well as train staff quickly.
In the past year, Square Roots has deployed new, co-located farms on GFS distribution centers in Kenosha, Wisconsin; Springfield, Ohio; and now Shepherdsville, Kentucky.
Located at the Gordon Food Service distribution center in Kenosha, Square Roots grows a wide variety of fresh greens, including herbs like Basil, Dill, Parsley, and Cilantro; microgreens; and salad mixes.
New Wave Foods also partnered with DOT Foods for foodservice redistribution in February.
July 22, 2021
New Wave Foods announced a distribution agreement with Gordon Food Service that provides direct access to New Wave Shrimp, the innovative new plant-based shrimp, to any operator or foodservice customer east of the Mississippi River or in the Southwest. Ordering plant-based New Wave Shrimp is now even more turnkey for independent and chain restaurants and foodservice providers that work with Gordon Food Service.
The new facility will be semi-automated, using mini-loaders, mini-shuttles and conveyors designed to assist staff in moving products quickly and safely through the warehouse.
October 21, 2019
Gordon Food Service, Grand Rapids, Mich., announced plans to construct a new distribution center in Westfield, Ind.
This co-located modular, scalable farm-tech platform consists of 10 cloud-connected Square Roots Climate Containers.
October 2, 2019
Square Roots, Brooklyn, N.Y., partnered with Gordon Food Service to create a new farm campus at Gordon Food Service’s Grand Rapids, Mich., headquarters.
The Food Foundry program combines the resources of a national foodservice distributor with a premiere regional startup ecosystem and deep professional expertise in human-centered design and concept testing.
August 29, 2019
The Food Foundry, a Chicago-based growth accelerator by Relish Works, Chicago, in partnership with Gordon Food Service, Wyoming, Mich., and 1871, Chicago, will be launching its second cohort in January 2020.
This partnership brings together technology, agriculture, young farmers and scalability in a model that could revolutionize today's food systems.
March 27, 2019
Gordon Food Service and Square Roots, Brooklyn, N.Y., announced plans for their partnership’s first urban farm campus location, to be constructed on the site of Gordon Food Service’s headquarters in Wyoming, Mich.