GRAND RAPIDS, MI, May 22, 2003--Gordon Food Service (GFS) announced today that the company has acquired the assets of M&S Foodservice Inc. of Moncton, New Brunswick.  Details of the transaction were not disclosed.

A new, state of the art distribution center currently under construction by GFS in Amherst Nova Scotia, will be operated as M&S Food Service, a GFS Canada Company.  It is due to open in late June 2003.  The M&S Foodservice Inc. senior management team has been hired to run this operation.

Gordon Food Service President Dan Gordon said, "We are excited about the extension of our distribution into Atlantic Canada and the leadership that the M&S team will provide."

"This is a unique and exciting opportunity for our employees and customers," said Russ Mallard who co-founded M&S with business partner Eric Sloan in 2000. "Our passion has always been finding value-added ways to service our customers throughout the region."

Gordon Food Service, is a 106 year old, family owned and managed, broadline foodservice distributor, with its Canadian head office located in Vancouver, B.C. The company's distribution network services over 30,000 customers with over 14,000 products.

M&S Foodservice began serving foodservice operators in the Maritimes in March 2000 and has grown to just under 100 employees during the past three years. The company services restaurants, hotels, universities and government facilities throughout the region.