Gordon Food Service

So I've had the hankering to make my own spaghetti sauce(this will be an upcoming Tutorial Tuesday post), and I wanted to purchase large cans of tomatoes that anyone could similarly purchase (without a Sam's Club or Costco membership) to make the sauce as well.

Normally I just run into Gordon Food Service to pick up my favorite salad dressing seasoning mix, but this time I strolled all of the aisles.

Here are my 'investment purchases' for future meals...

I purchased:
Three cans (19 pounds, 11 ounces) of tomatoes for $11.48.
Spring mix lettuce, $3.99.
Chili powder, $5.29/16 ounces.
*This is the equivalent of 12 envelopes... normally $1.09-$1.79 each.
1 pound bag of bacon crumbles, $6.79.
* Normally $2.79-ish for 3 oz bottles.
Total: $27.54

I could have just purchased a large can (equivalent to 4 jars) for $7.49 or $1.88/jar's worth. But purchasing a jar at a time with coupons is far more cost effective, and making my own sounds much more yummy.

I was pleasantly reminded that GFS will slice your whole meat purchases for FREE. These 10 pound turkey breasts are $18.79/each. Freshly sliced, this turkey is $1.87/pound. You could make a weekly rotation with a few friends and get a group rate turkey discount for kid's lunches.

This is what I fell in *LOVE* with... a NINE POUND TUB of FETA CHEESE!!!

*I actually asked for one of these for my birthday last year... now I know where I can really get one!!!

All in all, I was pleasantly surprised by many (not all) of the prices for food items at GFS. I would definitely consider re-purchasing the above items, deli meat for a large party, and produce. But, I won't even think about popping in for a gallon of milk... it was $1.25 higher than the grocery stores this week!

Do YOU shop at GFS?