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 June 29,
2002, 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 29th day of August 2002.

/s/ Richard Fink                             /s/ William Hope
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Richard Fink                                 William Hope

/s/ Michael Allen                            /s/ Thomas Moberly
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Michael Allen                                Thomas Moberly

/s/ Paul Baszucki                            /s/ M. Lenny Pippin
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Paul Baszucki                                M. Lenny Pippin

/s/ Wayne Fortun                             /s/ D.R. Verdoorn
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Wayne Fortun                                 D.R. Verdoorn

/s/ Donald Goldfus
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Donald Goldfus








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