Gordon Food Service

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the early morning fog, when most supermarkets are quiet and empty, a delivery driver noticed something strange. The shelves in one aisle seemed to rearrange themselves while he wasn’t looking. Curious, he glanced around but saw no one. When he looked back, everything was neatly arranged again. Over time, he started leaving small notes with jokes or compliments for his mysterious helper. One day, as he left, he found a handwritten note on his truck: ‘Thanks for your kindness! Have a great day.’ Signed simply, ‘A Grocery Genie.’

2. Late one night, as a delivery truck pulled up to Gordon Food Service, its cargo hatch opened with an eerie hum that echoed through the deserted parking lot. Suddenly, out of the shadows stepped a friendly neighborhood cat, who began curiously sniffing around the open hatch. The delivery driver chuckled and reached inside, pulling out a bag of freshly baked cookies. ‘Looks like someone’s been waiting for us,’ he said, offering a cookie to the cat. The two shared a midnight snack under the glow of the warehouse lights, making for quite an unusual yet charming late-night encounter.

3. Late one night, as a delivery driver was unloading crates of pasta into Gordon Food Service, he noticed an old lady slowly pushing a shopping cart filled with nothing but boxes of spaghetti. Curious, the driver followed her down the aisles until they reached the checkout counter. The cashier smiled and said, ‘She’s a regular around here—buys enough spaghetti for an army!’

4. At dawn, when the world around Gordon Food Service was waking up, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar in the loading bay. Among boxes of cereal and cans of soup stood an old shopping cart, filled not with groceries but with neatly arranged potted plants. Curious, he peered inside and found each plant tagged with tiny handwritten signs: ‘Tomato for Tom,’ ‘Carrot for Carrie.’ It turned out that every morning, an anonymous neighbor brought fresh produce from their garden, leaving it anonymously for employees who needed a little kindness on their way to work.