About GFS Marketplace

• Family-Owned, 100 years of service

• Foodservice Distributor • 150 total stores throughout

Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Florida

• 5 of the 150 are in Wisconsin • General items sold in store:

grocery/cooler/frozen food, drinks, restaurant utensils, plates, cups, party supplies, fresh produce, cleaning supplies.

• Serve restaurant-quality products in the GFS Brand, GFS-served only brands, and other vendors

• Serve to the general public, restaurants, retail stores, churches, schools, and many more!

• No membership fee unlike Sam’s Club – anyone can shop!

Information about Visit

• Location:

1025 S. Green Bay Road Racine, WI 53406

• Size of company: Corporate, 150 Stores

• Type of Company:

Foodservice Distributor, Items mainly sold in bulk quantities

• Representative I spoke with:

Amber B - Assistant Manager

• Time it takes her to find things in the filing system: a few seconds

Managers Station Arranged in drawers/file cabinets/cabinets by: •New Hire Supplies •Office Supplies •Cards (register rolls, fundraising cards, etc.) •Employee training folders (manila folders, not in order) •Customer Profiles (manila folders, alphabetized, most recent in front) •Binders (bills, updates, sales calls)

Manager Office

Organized by:

•Fundraising Sales •Bags/Deposit Slips •Daily Summary (alphabetically by customer) •Employee Files (alphabetically by last name, colored folders) •Accounts Payable •Medical •Safe for register drawers

Express Order Room

Organized by:

•Person/Business Ordering •Store Supplies •Food Samples •Name is written on each box/order of person who ordered the product •Freezer and Cooler are also organized this way

Break Room

Organized on Boards By:

•Employee Training/Certifications (in order by hire date) •Store Contests •CPR Report (Secret Shops – 6) •Important Announcements •Company Handouts •Daily Schedule (Alphabetically by first name) •2013 Incentive/Bonus Chart

Customer Service (1)

Organized By:

•Drawer of Express Orders/Slicing Orders •Colors •Alphabetical Older to Newer •To Be Called •To Be Received •Slicing Orders

•Days of Week Order to be sliced on •Completed/Sliced Order

•Plastic Drawers Under Computer •Sign Holders •Office Supplies •Shelf tag Holders •Drawing/Contest Entry Forms •Push Pins •11 x 7 Sign Holders •Phone Books •Sale Sign Holders •Sticky Tab Holders/Zip Strings

Customer Service (2) Organized By:

•Endcap/Sale/Demo Signs •Product Guides •Chef Clothing Sheets •Tools of the Trade Books •Tax Exempt Forms •Express Order Forms •Portion Guide Sheets •It’s Party Time! Sheets •Candy/Cookie Fundraising Forms •Build Your Own Fundraiser Brochure •Fun Funds Form •Church/Bar/Tavern/Pizza/Restaurant Segment Sheets •Sale Stickers •Shelf Tags •Product Stickers •Label Book

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