EXHIBIT 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


           KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned
directors of G&K SERVICES, INC., a Minnesota corporation (the Company), hereby
constitute and appoint RICHARD M. FINK and JEFFREY L. WRIGHT, and each or any
of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for him and on his
behalf and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign,
execute and file the Annual Report of the Company and Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended July 1, 2000, to be filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 including any amendment or amendments, with
all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect
thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys full power
and authority to do and perform each and every thing, requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises in order to execute the same as fully to
all intents and purposes as he, himself, might or could do if personally
present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents may lawfully do or could cause to be done by virtue hereof.

           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, G&K SERVICES, INC. has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed in its name by its directors this 31st day of August
2000.

/s/ Richard Fink                            /s/ Donald Goldfus
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Richard Fink                                Donald Goldfus

/s/ Bruce Allbright                         /s/ William Hope
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Bruce Allbright                             William Hope

/s/ Paul Baszucki                           /s/ Bernard Sweet
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Paul Baszucki                               Bernard Sweet

/s/ Wayne Fortun
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Wayne Fortun





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