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Gordon Food Service (commonly abbreviated GFS) is the largest privately held foodservice distributor in North America with sales of $5.5 billion in 2007 and expected to finish 2012 with over $10 billion.

Headquartered in Wyoming, Michigan, GFS has stores in the states of Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

Gordon Food Service also distributes to portions of Wisconsin, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

GFS was founded in 1897 by Isaac van Westenbrugge, a 23-year-old Dutch immigrant, and by his son-in-law Ben Gordon.

It was started by Van Westenbrugge with only 300 dollars borrowed from his brother to start an egg and butter delivery service.

In 2009, GFS opened a new distribution center in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and opened a warehouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin the next year.

The company continued expanding by building a distribution center in Kannapolis in 2016, and now has warehouses in twelve states.

According to Forbes Magazine, GFS is the 26th largest privately held company in the United States, a list that excludes publicly traded corporations.

was a Japanese political party.

History.

Led by Yoshimi Watanabe, who split from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the party was founded on August 8, 2009 after then-Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolved the lower house.

One concept behind the party was to make the government more democratic, and to eliminate control of the government by non-elected members established in the bureaucracy.

In this respect, Watanabe has repeatedly stated that his position is compatible with the Democratic Party of Japan.

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