G&K Honored for the Fifth Consecutive Year
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 26, 2012--
G&K
Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: GKSR) announced today that its
facility in Phoenix, Arizona has been awarded by the City of Phoenix for
its outstanding commitment to preserving water quality. G&K’s facility
achieved full compliance with the city’s requirements for waste water
pretreatment. This is the fifth consecutive year G&K has been recognized
by the City of Phoenix for this accomplishment.
“We are proud to be recognized for our effort to maintain water quality
in Phoenix,” said Dick Stutz, G&K’s Senior Vice President of Operations.
“Achieving our fifth consecutive year of full compliance reflects G&K’s
company-wide commitment to environmental stewardship and reducing
wastewater pollution.”
G&K Services is an industry leader in the design, development and
implementation of environmentally responsible industrial laundry
practices. The company continually strives to maximize efficiency and
reduce its consumption of water, energy and chemicals. G&K Services has
processes in place to minimize wastewater pollutants and ensure
compliance with environmental regulations at all of its locations. For
more information on G&K Services’ commitment to environmental
sustainability, please visit the company’s web site at www.gkservices.com/about/green.html.
About G&K Services, Inc.
G&K
Services, Inc. is a service-focused market leader of rental and
purchased uniform and facility services programs in the United States,
and is the largest such provider in Canada. Headquartered in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, G&K Services has over 7,500 employees serving
approximately 165,000 customers from over 160 facilities in North
America. G&K Services is a publicly held company traded over the NASDAQ
Global Select Market under the symbol GKSR and is a component of the
Standard & Poor’s SmallCap 600 Index. For more information on G&K
Services, visit the company’s web site at www.gkservices.com.
Source: G&K Services, Inc.
G&K Services, Inc.
Jeff Huebschen, Director, Investor
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