Gordon Food Service® U.S. Stewardship Report 2016 2

A MESSAGE FROM THE GORDON FAMILY

Gordon Food Service is a multi-generational family-managed business. TABLE OF CONTENTS Taking care of what we have been blessed with and passing it on to those who come after us embodies the Gordon family philosophy. 2 A Message from the Our company was founded on serving the community. In 1897, Gordon Food Gordon Family Service began as a butter-and-egg delivery business, working with local farmers to ensure a steady supply of quality products to grocers. This built a deep 3 Environmental appreciation for the land and the people who grow the food that sustains us. Responsibility It also built personal ties to the communities we worked in and served along the way—a family that includes everyone connected to the food and products • Distribution Centers we deliver. • Transportation We recognize the responsibility we have to care about the people we interact with and employ, as well as to protect the resources we use while conducting • Corporate our business. This responsibility is called stewardship—a concept that describes our company’s history, our culture and our future aspirations. It’s integral to • Home Office our business practices and the decisions we make impacting our customers, • Supply Chain employees, vendors, and the communities we serve. • Customer Service In our fourth annual Gordon Food Service Stewardship Report, we take a look at our 2016 stewardship efforts in three major areas: • Product Offerings • Ensuring Corporate Sustainability 9 Social Responsibility • Minimizing Environmental Impact • Promoting Social Responsibility • Employees In 2016, we took a significant step towards our commitment to increase our • Diversity & Inclusion use of renewable energy sources by constructing a wind farm. Our investment • Community will contribute to our financial sustainability and reduce our environmental impact in the future. Service to our customers and communities is one of the most important ways we demonstrate the principle of stewardship and, ultimately, it’s one of the primary purposes of our family business. Our employees have a passion for serving their teams, their customers, and their communities—we call it their Heart to Serve. In 2016, our teams demonstrated their commitment to community service by supporting more than 80 organizations across North America. We are grateful to our customers and vendors who have helped us extend our corporate stewardship commitment. Sustained financial performance enables us to serve our customers, provide jobs, support communities and continue the environmental and social investments outlined in this report. The Gordon Family 3

ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY Stewardship is defined as “the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care.” We believe the planet has been entrusted to all of us to safeguard for future generations. Following are some of the most significant and recent steps we’ve taken to minimize our environmental impact.

ENERGY USED PER CASE Distribution Centers DELIVERED COOLER CONSERVATION We implemented process and technology changes in our DC refrigeration systems resulting in reduced energy utilization: -5.5% -9.5% • Applied variable frequency drive technology to compressors and -4.1% -2.4% evaporators in order to match energy delivered with varying load requirements to save energy. • Implemented higher suction pressures and lower discharge pressures in 2013 2014 2015 2016 order to minimize the compressor workload required to achieve and maintain internal pressures. 0.97 0.88 0.84 0.82 kwh/case kwh/case kwh/case kwh/case • Applied vapor barriers in order to minimize condensation and the amount of warm air infiltration into the refrigerated space which require energy to remove. • Implemented automated energy management tools to optimize system performance.

PROVIDING FOOD HANDLING PEACE OF MIND 31.9 % Our distribution centers earned high marks in five-point inspections conducted by AIB International. The AIB audit is not mandatory, but one we enter voluntarily—a 932 third-party analysis that assures customers of our food handling integrity. The AIB gives an overall grade based on our methods and practices, maintenance, cleaning, pest management, and overall management. A perfect AIB International score is 1,000. Among the high points, Taunton and yearly average score on cumulative reduction in food handling at our Houston distribution centers earned their highest scores distribution centers. kwh/case from 2011-2016. ever—975.

SPOTLIGHT ON CENTRAL STATES Three cross-functional action teams in our Central States Division worked together to implement ideas beneficial to the planet and produced cost savings results. A few highlights of the initiatives implemented in 2016: • Fuel savings: The Transportation Team initiated a campaign to reduce truck idle time—through communication and training they were able to cut down idle time by 15 hours a week, and reduce fuel consumption and emissions. • Electricity savings: The Warehouse Maintenance Team initiated use of LED lighting, motion sensors, energy audits and more, reducing energy consumption and saving more than $67,000 on the energy bill in year one. • Paper invoice savings: The division’s Information Systems and Technology Team championed an effort to reduce printing and paper usage, eliminating waste and saving $8,000 in its first year. • Zero-Credit Focus: The Transportation Team implemented a program to reward drivers with zero credits. Initial results have shown an improvement in delivery accuracy for customers and a reduction of $120,000 in transportation credits. 4

BATTLE OF THE BUILDINGS Five Michigan facilities—Clay Campus, 651 Freezer, Home Office, Brighton, and Green Oak—participated in the West Michigan U.S. Green Building Council competition with other companies in a “Biggest Loser”-style contest to reduce energy usage. The Clay Campus was awarded second place in the Mixed Use category for a 5.29 percent energy reduction across the four buildings that share an energy meter at that location. Initiatives included: • Refrigeration Process Changes: Small changes in settings created big impacts on our energy consumption, the most significant energy load on We recycle cardboard, plastic, our distribution centers. steel, aluminum, wood pallets • Lighting: Fixtures and bulbs were updated at both the 50th Street and and waste oil, diverting tons of Clay distribution centers. material from landfills in 2016. • Leak Detection Study: We partnered with Midwest Energy for a leak detection study at our Clay Distribution Center identifying sources of compressed air leaks, which place increased demand on air compressors. • Energy Audit: Identified additional opportunities and recommended action plans. SAVINGS SHINES As part of an ongoing sustainability program at one of our specialty companies, the Halperns’ Steak & Seafood plant in Kalamazoo, MI replaced its compressor with one that’s 50 percent more efficient. All of the plant’s processing area lights were replaced with LED fixtures equipped with occupancy sensors, increasing available light while using less energy.

GORDON FOOD SERVICE Transportation total gallons of fuel per case shipped: MANY HAPPY RETURN TRIPS Driving an empty truck wastes time and fuel. Our freight management partner, Capstone Logistics Services, works to make sure we maximize our fleet and -9.3% -1.6 % 0.0% reduce trips by bringing products from suppliers near customer delivery points 2011 2012 2013 back to the distribution center. Backhauls utilize our fleet in a much more sustainable manner.

product orders -0.2% 0.0% -2.2% 185,626 transported 2014 2015 2016

CAPSTONE U.S. ANNUAL POUNDS

6-year cumulative 2,894,425,450 lbs. 14 .4 % gallons/case reduction. FULLY LOADED = 72,361 53-FOOT TRAILERS

ENOUGH TO CIRCLE THE EARTH OVER CLOSING THE DISTANCE 564,000 delivery miles reduced in 2016 by route consolidation and 22 times realignments across our Great Lakes Central, Great Lakes West, Ohio Valley, Florida and Carolinas divisions. 5

Corporate ENERGY REVOLUTION We took a significant step toward minimizing our environmental impact by constructing a wind farm in Michigan’s Huron County with 14 turbines, each capable of generating up to 2 megawatts per hour of electrical power. The benefits: turbines • A fixed-cost renewable energy source to offset one-third of the power 14 needed to operate all of our U.S. locations. • Preventing about 120,000 tons of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions annually. PAPER SAVERS Each day, our drivers leave the distribution centers with a packet of paperwork including customer invoices and delivery instructions. By reformatting these documents to allow more lines per page, we were able to reduce the amount megawatt of paper used by thousands of pages. Paper invoices also were eliminated for per hour Store deliveries. capacity each E-PAY EFFICIENCY 2 Electronic payment enhancements introduced in 2016 enable customers to view payment history and pay invoices electronically reducing printed documents and handling time.

Home Office 12.6 WASTE NOT We have a corporate partnership with CompRenew, a non-profit recycler that educates youths, equips adults with work skills and closes the digital divide TONS by refurbishing equipment for poor families. In 2016 we recycled 12.6 tons of of electronic eWaste from our Home Office and the divisions who send their equipment waste recycled or to Grand Rapids. During an Employee Recycling Day at the Home Office, an refurbished instead additional 5,000 pounds of tech trash was collected for recycling. of taken to landfills. GROWING TOGETHER EQUIVALENT TO More than 200 Home Office gardeners enjoyed fresh produce 6 AVERAGE CARS and aided local charities by constructing and tending a community garden outside the corporate headquarters building. Split into 30 teams, each group grew foods such as kale, tomatoes, pumpkins and more, with more than 200 pounds donated to two Grand Rapids- area organizations that feed the hungry. 342, water bottles prevented from going to the landfill in one year due to our refrigerated, filtered drinking water system. 6

Supply Chain PRODUCT SAFETY We are responsible to our customers and their consumers for maintaining the highest standards of product safety, quality and consistency. Our unique centralized approach to Quality Assurance ensures that best practices are universally applied at all distribution centers, preventing many common food- SEAFOOD FRIENDLY safety hazards before they begin. Gordon Food Service We are proud to say that: has achieved Marine Stewardship Council • The Gordon Food Service Quality Assurance Team is centrally located at the certification. The Home Office, which enables traceability and recall management, product independent nonprofit complaint investigations and execution of consistent food-safety programs organization’s global across the organization. mission is to promote • Every recall, from bacterial or allergen contamination to product the health of the world’s mislabeling, is critically important to the safety of consumers, and that’s oceans by recognizing why the Gordon Food Service Quality Assurance Team continuously and rewarding sustainable monitors USDA and FDA recall information. We are on call 24/7 to provide fishing. The MSC logo immediate response to any recall. helps buyers source • Our robust recall process, which uses advanced tracking and monitoring seafood that can be traced of products we supply and distribute, allows us to identify customers who to the well-managed have received recalled products and provide them with prompt notification and certified sustainable to protect them and their guests. fishery that caught it. • All private-brand suppliers are required to undergo annual audits by authorized third-party organizations and are reviewed internally to ensure compliance with company standards. • U.S. distribution centers are equipped with sophisticated cold-chain management technology that notifies personnel when refrigeration and freezer temperatures deviate from targets. • Small orders or emergency requests from customers can be delivered to Gordon Food Service Stores, maintaining product integrity and product safety.

Customer Service CARING SHOWS Our Events team partnered with local food banks in cities where our food shows were held donating an average of 6,000 pounds after each show: Texas—Houston Food Bank Ohio—Mid-Ohio Food Bank and Greater Cleveland Food Bank Michigan—Feeding America West Michigan and Salvation Army-Dearborn Heights Citadel Donated an average of Kentucky—Dare to Care 6,000 lbs. Florida—We Care Food Bank Illinois—Greater Chicago Food Depository of food Georgia—Atlanta Community Food Bank after each show. Rhode Island—Rhode Island Community Food Bank 7

Product Offerings FOCUSED ON SUSTAINABILITY Consumers care about the food they eat. Sustainable practices are as important to us as they are to consumers. The impact on the environment and our resources affects the future of how and what we eat and our ability to provide it. That’s why we partner with suppliers who maintain sustainable operations and product offerings including: The NearBuy program makes it easier to identify • Natural beef, pork and chicken. local purchases using a • Grass-fed beef. comprehensive, vendor- supplied product-source • Cage-free eggs. database. The NearBuy • MSC and ASC certified seafood. product data was updated • GMO-free products. during 2016. Customers can request reports of supplier • Fair Trade and Rainforest Alliance Certified coffee and tea. headquarters, manufacturing • Environmentally friendly chemicals, cleaning solutions and locations, and predominant disposable products. ingredient state of origin.

FOOD WE HELP We have always insisted that our suppliers meet our industry-leading standards for CUSTOMERS food quality, safety and traceability—and we’ve instituted sophisticated controls CUT BACK ON to ensure their compliance. As our customers have grown more interested in the FOOD WASTE. sustainability of food production, we continue to respond with sustainable product offerings that meet customers’ needs and our safety and quality standards. On average, foodservice operators throw away 4–10% • We offer our customers: of the food they purchase • USDA-Certified organic products. • Grass-fed and grain-fed beef. before it even reaches a • Natural products. • Many more products from vendors customer’s plate. That’s a lot that practice sustainability in their of food and money wasted • Wild-caught and farm-raised seafood. own efforts. by overproduction, excessive • Cage-free and free-range products. trim, and spoiled or expired items. We help customers take control of this pre-consumer food waste and boost their bottom line with LeanPath CAGE-FREE AND BEYOND Food Waste Tracking Gordon Food Service has committed to offer cage-free eggs at each Systems at a discounted rate, distribution center throughout the U.S. and Canada and to work with suppliers helping customers reduce toward a 100% cage-free egg offering by 2026. This is just one way we promote waste economically. the humane treatment of animals. We require suppliers to comply with regulations in the areas where they operate, as well as to published industry standards in processing and manufacturing. For live-animal processors, we require: Committed to • Documented animal welfare policies and procedures. working with • Regular internal audits and documentation of conformity. suppliers toward a • Annual third-party audits by the Professional Animal Auditor 100% cage-free Certification Organization. egg offering • Swift corrective action plans for violations. by 2026. 8

MARKON® BRAND PRODUCE SUPPORTS OUR STEWARDSHIP COMMITMENT Local growers. Markon works with hundreds of local family farms that use sustainable land-use practices. Conservation. Markon growers reduce water waste by using advanced watering controls and recycling plant water. They also protect groundwater from contamination by using Integrated Pest Management programs that reduce the use of pesticide. Sustainability. Markon growers rely on solar energy, wind turbines and fuel cells to reduce greenhouse emissions. They also work with packaging partners to develop recyclable packaging. Social responsibility. Every Markon supplier signs a Code of Conduct that supports workers’ rights on age, pay, hours, working conditions and benefits. Markon growers have a doctor or nurse on-site in case of illness and for preventive care; meanwhile, Markon, supports communities through food donations, financial gifts, leadership and scholarships.

Spotlight on Stores

SHRINK REDUCTION INVENTORY OPTIMIZATION Our Stores implemented an auto replenishment The implementation of an process for vegetable trays during holiday weeks, only Inventory Handling Optimization replacing the product that was sold. initiative reduced overstock in This move dramatically reduced the our Stores by 25 percent. This amount of vegetables needing to had a positive effect on truck be discarded due to spoilage. receiving and shelf stocking, saving energy and time, as well as reducing costs.

BRAND STANDARDS

We maintain the highest standards of product safety, quality, and consistency for all of our private brands. 9

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Being a good steward means caring for people and the planet. Gordon Food Service continues to invest in the welfare of our employees, customers, suppliers and the communities we serve. Following are some of our most recent social initiatives:

Employees EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION Regular employee satisfaction surveys enable everyone in the company to share opinions on working conditions, compensation, benefits and more. Department leaders are tasked to create action plans addressing any issues that come out of the surveys. The responses generated action plans in three areas: 1. Creating trust and sharing vision. 2. Recognizing employees for good work. 3. Communication.

91% 79% 81% would recommend of employees are satisfied Gordon Food Service with Gordon Food Service. as a good place to work. believe the company has 83% believe the company shows an outstanding future. commitment to ethical business decisions and conduct.

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS We believe in investing in our employees, as well as offering competitive benefits to recruit talent. Many programs are offered to employees, in addition to health insurance, life insurance, disability, etc. • LiveWell incentive for achieving health goals. • On-site health screenings for employees and spouses. • Tobacco cessation program with a $200 incentive. • Weight Watchers reimbursement of $150, paid once every 3 years. • Tuition assistance for employees, spouses, and their dependents. • Adoption assistance.

$1,677,580 was given back to $17,603 $5,200 $4,767 U.S. employees and their was given to was provided was given in families for college tuition employees for to employees Weight Watchers reimbursement in 2016. adoption assistance for tobacco reimbursements reimbursement. cessation support. in 2016. 10

Gordon Food Service is committed to helping employees save toward a financially secure retirement. In 2016, more than $73,200,000 was contributed to retirement plans in the United States and Canada on behalf of our employees.

DRIVER SAFETY U.S. Warehouse With more than 3,400 drivers on the Safe Work Percentage road in North America delivering 96.6% 96.8% products to customers, transportation 97.3% 97.3% safety is a vital concern. 51% • Onboard computer systems help of employees received the monitor driver behaviors. LiveWell Incentive in 2016. • A transportation manager rides along with each driver twice a year, 2013 2014 2015 2016 observing safety performance and suggesting improvements. • Drivers are required to attend quarterly safety meetings, and are eligible to $1,648,398 receive a safe-driving bonus. was paid back to employees for achieving Diversity & Inclusion their LiveWell Gordon Food Service recognizes suppliers who raise the bar with diversity and goals in 2016. inclusion efforts. In 2016, two suppliers—Kellogg’s and Sweet Street—went above and beyond and were honored with our Excellence in Diversity Award.

Companies chosen to receive an Excellence in Diversity Award at our annual Vendor Involvement Process (VIP) Ceremony. Recognizing the value 2 of the health insurance benefit Gordon Food Service provides, over 86% of employees are enrolled. 330 117 We partner women people with over in U.S. 182 of color women and people of leadership roles. in U.S. color owned vendors. leadership roles.

Gordon Food Service contributed Gordon Food Service employs more than 102 $4,422,000 3,700+ people of color and We expanded our involvement in to employee HSA accounts. the Women’s Foodservice Forum 3,400+ women in the U.S. by sending 102 attendees to the annual conference. 11

SPOTLIGHT ON DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

BACK TO SCHOOL Our Southeast Division based in Douglasville, Georgia, launched a work-based learning partnership with Douglas County Schools. BEHIND THE WHEEL More than 70 school professionals attended In 2016, Gordon Food Service joined the workshops and took away work-related Women in Trucking Association to positively experiential information which is being used to influence the recruitment and retention of educate more than 8,000 students on potential women in transportation. WIT encourages the careers in warehouse, transportation, sales, employment of women in transportation. marketing, nutrition, human resources, finance We have partnered with WIT to ensure and culinary arts. Gordon Food Service is viewed as an employer of choice for women seeking careers in transportation.

DIVERSITY DELIVERED Our Central Florida Division participated in a Tampa Bay Diversity Best Practices meeting where the division was recognized as having the company’s highest diversity percentage. General Manager Kirk Zell spoke about why being a diverse and inclusive company is “the right thing to do.”

CULTURE CLUB The Ohio Valley Division Diversity and Inclusion Team celebrated the flavors of many cultures—Indian, Mexican, Greek, Hungarian, Soul Food, etc.—by hosting a Springfield CultureFest event.

STORES REACH OUT Gordon Food Service Store added an Ethnic Category Manager to help our Stores increase the number of ethnic products on our shelves. Store Associates focused on diversity and inclusion by pinning their ancestry on a world map to generate awareness about their heritage. 12

Community COMMUNITY SERVICE We support the welfare of the communities we serve and maintain a legacy of charitable giving in many ways. We encourage our divisional business units to $33,735 donated to get involved in their communities by promoting employee volunteer efforts and service partnerships. charities from Home Office Charity Jeans Days. A MUSIC CONNECTION The 20-member Parental Care Ministries (PCM) Children’s Choir was welcomed by the Home Office on their 36 organizations have “Run to Win” tour. PCM supports poor benefited from Home Office and orphaned children in rural Uganda. Charity Jeans Days in the past Their tour is named for the Carry a year including Feeding America, Jerry race they ran at each stop. Jerrys Habitat for Humanity, Wounded are the 2.5-gallon water containers Warrior, Make a Wish, Ronald many African family members carry on McDonald House, Women at their heads, often for miles, to retrieve Risk and many others. drinking water.

WHAT’S IN A LOGO? After the Gordon Food Service logo was updated, employees took part in an O.L.D.—Old Logo Drive. They donated perfectly good clothing with outdated logos and the company sent them to Uganda. T-shirts, hats, sweatshirts, jackets and more are now providing much-needed clothing to people in need.

316 employees from the Home Office volunteered 2,256 hours over 39 days to build a new home with Habitat for Humanity.

FOOD DONATIONS

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Our Store employees are active in their communities. Three examples include: Saginaw, MI: Avis Gaines, Store Assistant Manager, earned a Great Women of Saginaw award for her volunteer work with shelters for women and the homeless, as well as Habitat for Humanity. Livonia, MI: Jim Mittlestat, Store Manager, and his team joined Life Remodeled/Livonia Stands with Detroit and traveled to East Detroit to help Thousands of pounds “de-blight” the neighborhood. of food donated Naples, FL: David Williams, Store Manager, and his team passed out free water from U.S. food shows in 2016 bottles at a 9/11 commemoration fitness event. 13

FOOD DONATIONS Food products that are no longer available for sale to customers but meet all food-safety standards are donated to local charities, decreasing the load on landfills. In 2016,over 5.4 million pounds of food was donated by our DCs to food banks throughout the U.S. Charities include Second Harvest Food Bank, The Sharing Center, Houston Food Bank, Mid-Ohio Food Bank, Feeding America West Michigan, Dare to Care, We Care Food Bank, Atlanta Community Food Bank, Mel Trotter Ministries and many more.

DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL AID The Gordon family also has matched employee contributions to causes ROAD WARRIORS around the world through Samaritan’s Purse. In 2016, match events were held for Houston flood, Ecuador earthquake and Hurricane Matthew in the western Atlantic. The Gordon family has chosen to help others in need through organizations such as CURE International and International Justice Mission by helping those that are not able to help themselves. 3,000+ Charitable giving is one of the most important ways we demonstrate the transportation team members principle of stewardship, and ultimately it is one of the primary purposes of trained in the Truckers Against our family business. Trafficking program to help stop human trafficking.

BUILDING A PARTNERSHIP The North American Events Team aligned with GiGi’s Playhouse, a Down Syndrome Achievement Center with more than 30 U.S. locations. As part of helping a group of GiGi’s Playhouse interns achieve goals and gain acceptance, they attended the Gordon Food Service Education Showcase in the Chicago area. They sampled food and voted on potential new product offerings. After this show, two carloads of leftover food was donated to their Hoffman $89,000 Estates facility. raised for cancer research by 19 New England Division employees who rode in the Pan-Mass Challenge and 20 employees who served in the lunch tent at the event.

ONE HOUR OF CARING For the fifth year, more than 30 Home Office employees worked with Affinity Mentoring giving an hour each week to mentor K–8 students at two schools in the Grand Rapids, Michigan, area. They read, play games, help with homework, build social skills and, in some cases, simply listen—all in an attempt to impact Home Office Employees the life of a child. 30+ mentored K–8 students 14

RAYS OF SUNSHINE MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY 17 Home Office employees Great Lakes West Division team volunteered their time members—about 325 employees and family at Starlite Shores Family members—tackled 16 projects to help in their Camp, a camp where community. Among the work they performed children with cancer and was volunteering at a food pantry, beach their families can get cleanup, delivering for Meals on Wheels, away from the worries of Veterans Home outreach and more. treatment. Team members hosted a carnival for the kids and took them on a fishing trip.

PADDLE POWER Our Central States Division entered two transportation and warehouse teams in the Voyageur World Championship Canoe Race on the Ohio River. All proceeds from the event went to the Dare to Care Food Bank in Louisville, Kentucky.

GIVING WARMTH Our Ohio Valley Division supported the Perrin Woods Elementary after-school program, Perrin Promise, through financial support and by building summer backpacks at their Spring Leadership Conference. Backpacks included waterpark day passes, Gordon Food Service Store gift cards, an age-appropriate book and a Jenga game. FIT TO HELP OTHERS Our Great Lakes East Division held a four- week fitness challenge with the Crim Fitness RIDING FOR THE CURE Foundation, with 70 participants raising more The company became a sponsor of the Pan- than $2,500 to help the children of Flint, Mass Challenge, a bicycle race fundraiser for Michigan, many of whom were affected by the cancer research at the Dana Farber Cancer Flint water crisis. The program helped teach Institute. A team of 19 New England Division about nutrition, exercise and mindfulness— employees rode in the race and 20 company three key factors that help mitigate the volunteers served in the lunch tent. The 2016 consequences of lead exposure. team raised more than $89,000. Including this year’s donation, the company and its employees have donated more than $850,000 SEEDS OF PROMISE through this event. Our Great Lakes Central Division offered financial support and assistance with marketing material development to Seeds of Promise, a Grand Rapids ministry launching a faith-based culinary program that provides job training and life skills to help neighborhood residents reach financial independence. 15

SUPPORTING STUDENTS FILLING OTHERS’ TABLES Our Florida Division sponsored a total of 35 Products sometimes get damaged, but rather than apples (students) from the Salvation Army Apple dispose of them, our Allegheny Valley Division Tree Program. Sponsors provided $1,400 to buy works to salvage food products and donate them backpacks, school supplies, clothing and shoes for to the 412 Food Rescue Group. In one month children in need. alone, our donations helped make a difference for 39 needy families in the Pittsburgh area.

A HELPING HAND Our Mid-Atlantic Division has partnered with FILLING THE HUNGER GAP Our Daily Bread Employment Center in Team members in the Carolinas Division work with Baltimore, providing weekly food donations the Second Harvest food bank to sort food, fill food as well as volunteers to serve food to the hungry backpacks and even assist with food drives. During and homeless. 2016 we donated 295,000 pounds to help families in a 19-county area that includes parts of North and South Carolina. BUILDING THE FUTURE The Houston office of theTexas Division provided 15 volunteers who taught kindergartners and first- graders about workforce readiness as part of the Junior Achievement program.

FEEDING A NEED Southeast Division employees volunteered at the Atlanta Community Food Bank, where they boxed and provided meals for senior citizens. They were part of a team that sorted 20,160 pounds of food and provided 16,800 meals.

MAKING SPIRITS BRIGHT The Gordon Food Service Store in Avon, Indiana, worked with a local church to make Christmas brighter for families in need. The store collected toys and worked at the church where breakfast was served, children were entertained and parents selected toys that were then wrapped as gifts.

LEARN To view a video about our 2016 stewardship initiatives and to learn more about our Stewardship Statements MORE of Direction, please visit gfs.com/stewardship