EXHIBIT 31.1



CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
RULE 13a-15(e)/15d-15(e) AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


I, Thomas R. Moberly, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of G&K Services, Inc.;

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of
     a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
     statement made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
     were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
     report;

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
     information included in this report, fairly present in all material
     respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of
     the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.   G&K Services, Inc.'s other certifying officer and I are responsible for
     establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
     in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for G&K Services, Inc., and
     have:

         (a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
     disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
     ensure that material information relating to G&K Services, Inc., including
     its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
     entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
     prepared;

         (b) evaluated the effectiveness of G&K Services, Inc.'s disclosure
     controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about
     the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end
     of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

         (c) disclosed in this report any change in G&K Services, Inc.'s
     internal control over financial reporting that occurred during G&K
     Services, Inc.'s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected,
     or is reasonably likely to materially affect, G&K Services, Inc.'s internal
     control over financial reporting;

5.   G&K Services, Inc.'s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based
     on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
     to G&K Services, Inc.'s auditors and the audit committee of G&K Services,
     Inc.'s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

         (a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
     or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
     reasonably likely to adversely affect G&K Services, Inc.'s ability to
     record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

         (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
     other employees who have a significant role in G&K Services, Inc.'s
     internal control over financial reporting.


Date: September 26, 2003

                                 By: /s/ Thomas R. Moberly
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                                     Thomas R. Moberly, Chief Executive Officer
                                     (Principal Executive Officer)