# Turn Gordon Ordering into an API > Read Live Inventory for your Critical Items List, the ETA of your next truck and your order guide from Gordon Ordering with one API call each. Or have a workflow check your critical items before the kitchen opens and email you what is short. Page: https://fous.com/automate/gordon-ordering Updated: 2026-11-12 Works with your own Gordon Ordering account. Fous is an independent product. ## What you can build on Gordon Ordering ### Check stock on your Critical Items List Reads your Critical Items List in Gordon Ordering and the Live Inventory level shown for each item. - Takes: Nothing - Returns: Item number, description, pack size, inventory level, in stock or not ### Get your next delivery's ETA Asks Expo in Gordon Ordering for the delivery ETA of your next truck. - Takes: Nothing - Returns: Delivery date, ETA ### Get your order guide Reads the items on your Order Guide or a Custom Guide in Gordon Ordering, with what each line shows. - Takes: Guide name (optional) - Returns: Item number, description, brand, pack size, price, inventory level ### Change quantities on an open order Opens an order you have placed in Gordon Ordering and, with Order Editing, changes an item's quantity or cancels the item. - Takes: Order number, item number, new quantity or cancel - Returns: Order number, item number, quantity, order total ## Automate Gordon Ordering with a workflow A [workflow](/product/workflows) runs your methods as one process, with nobody at the screen. A schedule or a call from your own system starts it, the steps run in order, and the result arrives in your inbox or in the systems you already use. ### Critical items out of stock, before the kitchen opens Starts: Every day at 6:00 1. Check stock on your Critical Items List in Gordon Ordering. 2. Keep the items that are not in stock. 3. Email you the list with item number, description and pack size, or stop when nothing is short. ### Truck ETA posted to the kitchen's channel Starts: Every weekday at 7:00 1. Get your next delivery's ETA from Expo in Gordon Ordering. 2. Keep it when the delivery date is today. 3. Post the delivery date and ETA to your Slack webhook. ### Order guide price changes, every Monday Starts: Every Monday at 8:00 1. Get your Order Guide from Gordon Ordering. 2. Keep the items whose price changed since the last run. 3. Email you each one with item number, description, pack size, old price and new price. You can run a workflow by hand on every plan, Free included. Schedules and webhook triggers come with the paid plans, from $29 a month. ## Once built, one call from your code Once you have built a [method](/product/methods), it is one POST to /v1/runs from your backend, or a tool an AI agent calls over MCP. This is what “Check stock on your Critical Items List” would look like. Example request: ``` curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "method": "order.gfs.com/check_critical_items_stock", "input": {} }' ``` Example response: ``` { "status": "completed", "data": { "list": "Critical Items List", "items": [ { "item_number": "100245", "description": "Northwind chicken breast, boneless, skinless", "pack_size": "4 x 10 lb", "inventory_level": 312, "in_stock": true } ], "out_of_stock": 1 } } ``` An example with invented data, not a ready-made endpoint. The method exists in your organization once you build it, and its name, inputs and fields follow your request. ## Gordon Ordering’s own options Gordon Food Service offers EDI: its team connects your back office system to its own to place orders and receive invoices, with 850, 810, 832 and 855 documents. It has solutions in place for systems such as Clearview, MenuLink, Optimum Control, Micros, Adaco and CBORD. Its pages describe no public API for Gordon Ordering, and list no EDI prices. | Option | What it covers | What it takes | | --- | --- | --- | | EDI | 810 Invoice, 850 Purchase, 832 Price Catalogue and 855 PO Confirmation, among others, between your back office system and Gordon Food Service. | Set up with the dedicated Gordon Food Service team, on your current software. No price is listed. | | Inventory and procurement systems | Existing solutions with Clearview, MenuLink, Optimum Control, Micros, Branded Procurement, Tibersoft, Adaco and CBORD. | One of those systems, connected with the Gordon Food Service team. | | Gordon Reporting | Your purchase history for the last two years, with item velocity reports, saved views, and print and export. | For Education and Healthcare customers. | | Gordon Ordering by hand | Ordering with Live Inventory, Critical Item Lists, Order Editing, Cart Sharing, Expo delivery ETAs and the Inventory Worksheet. | A customer account, set up through your Gordon Food Service rep. | Read on November 12, 2026: [EDI integration](https://gfs.ca/en-ca/products-services/technology-solutions/ca-edi-integration/), [Gordon Ordering](https://gfs.com/en-us/products-services/technology-solutions/gordon-ordering/), [Gordon Reporting](https://gfs.com/en-us/products-services/technology-solutions/gordon-reporting/). ## Signing in to Gordon Ordering Gordon Ordering signs you in on Gordon Food Service's sign-in page with your email and password, with a Keep me signed in option, and invites you to enroll in multifactor authentication. The same login opens the Gordon Now app. With Fous you sign in once through that page with your own account: the login is sealed with AES-256, and when your account uses a password alone, an expired session is signed back in. ## Worth knowing - **Online Payment is a separate site**: Invoices are paid in Online Payment at pay.gfs.com, not in Gordon Ordering. It uses the same Gordon Food Service sign-in page, so a method for payments is built on that site. - **Your rep sets up the account**: Gordon Food Service asks new users to contact their Gordon Food Service rep to get set up on Gordon Ordering. A method reads only the lists, guides and orders your own account can see. - **Orders can change after you place them**: Order Editing lets you add to an item's quantity, change it or cancel the item after the order is placed. Build the method that changes an order to return the new quantity and order total, so your system records the change. - **Purchase history sits in Gordon Reporting**: Gordon Reporting holds the last two years of purchases, with item velocity reports and export, and is offered to Education and Healthcare customers. ## More in Food service, restaurants and alcohol - [SGWS Proof](https://fous.com/automate/sgws-proof.md) - [Provi](https://fous.com/automate/provi.md) - [myCoke](https://fous.com/automate/mycoke.md) - [BEES](https://fous.com/automate/bees.md) - [METRO Online-Kundenkonto](https://fous.com/automate/metro-online-kundenkonto.md) - [Sligro](https://fous.com/automate/sligro.md) - [Deliveroo Partner Hub](https://fous.com/automate/deliveroo-partner-hub.md) - [DoorDash Merchant Portal](https://fous.com/automate/doordash-merchant-portal.md) - [foodpanda Partner Portal](https://fous.com/automate/foodpanda-partner-portal.md) - [Glovo Manager Portal](https://fous.com/automate/glovo-manager-portal.md) - [GrabMerchant](https://fous.com/automate/grabmerchant.md) - [Grubhub for Restaurants](https://fous.com/automate/grubhub-for-restaurants.md) - [iFood Portal do Parceiro](https://fous.com/automate/ifood-portal-do-parceiro.md) - [Just Eat Partner Hub](https://fous.com/automate/just-eat-partner-hub.md) - [PedidosYa Partner Portal](https://fous.com/automate/pedidosya-partner-portal.md) - [Rappi Aliados](https://fous.com/automate/rappi-aliados.md) - [Swiggy Partner](https://fous.com/automate/swiggy-partner.md) - [Uber Eats Manager](https://fous.com/automate/uber-eats-manager.md) - [Wolt Merchant Portal](https://fous.com/automate/wolt-merchant-portal.md) - [Zomato Restaurant Partner](https://fous.com/automate/zomato-restaurant-partner.md) - [饿了么商家版](https://fous.com/automate/ele-me-merchant-backend.md) - [배민셀프서비스](https://fous.com/automate/baemin-self-service.md) - [PFG CustomerFirst](https://fous.com/automate/pfg-customerfirst.md) - [Sysco Shop](https://fous.com/automate/sysco-shop.md) - [US Foods MOXē](https://fous.com/automate/us-foods-moxe.md) - [Bidfood Direct](https://fous.com/automate/bidfood-direct.md) - [Brakes](https://fous.com/automate/brakes.md) - [Transgourmet Webshop](https://fous.com/automate/transgourmet-webshop.md) - [レストランボード](https://fous.com/automate/restaurant-board.md) - [OpenTable GuestCenter](https://fous.com/automate/opentable-guestcenter.md) - [TheFork Manager](https://fous.com/automate/thefork-manager.md) - [Restaurant365](https://fous.com/automate/restaurant365.md) - [食べログ店舗管理画面](https://fous.com/automate/tabelog-owner-admin.md) - [Oracle MICROS Simphony Reporting & Analytics](https://fous.com/automate/oracle-micros-simphony-reporting-and-analytics.md) - [Toast Web](https://fous.com/automate/toast-web.md) - [Insights C3M](https://fous.com/automate/insights-c3m.md) Other industries: [RBC Express](/automate/rbc-express), [Moneris Merchant Direct](/automate/moneris-merchant-direct), [Virtual Pag-IBIG for Employers](/automate/virtual-pag-ibig-for-employers), [FBR IRIS](/automate/fbr-iris), [Agoda YCS](/automate/agoda-ycs), [Oficina Virtual DGII](/automate/oficina-virtual-dgii). ## Frequently asked questions ### Does Gordon Ordering have an API? Not a public one: Gordon Food Service's pages describe none for Gordon Ordering. What it offers is EDI, set up with its team, covering 850 Purchase, 810 Invoice, 832 Price Catalogue and 855 PO Confirmation, and existing solutions for systems such as Clearview, MenuLink, Micros and CBORD. ### Can I get Gordon Food Service invoices electronically? Yes, through EDI: the 810 Invoice is one of the documents Gordon Food Service supports, sent to your back office system once its team has set the connection up. Invoices are paid in Online Payment at pay.gfs.com. ### Does the Gordon Now app use the same account? Yes. Gordon Food Service says you sign in to the Gordon Now app with your existing Gordon Ordering username and password. The app adds delivery truck arrival tracking, what is on your truck, and what is out of stock or short-shipped. ### Can I change an order after placing it? Yes. Order Editing in Gordon Ordering lets you add to or edit an item's quantity, or cancel the item. With Fous you can build a method that makes that change from your own system, with your own account. ### Is Fous affiliated with Gordon Food Service? No. Fous is an independent product. You use it with your own Gordon Ordering account, and a method reads and does only what that account can. Fous is an independent product: it is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the operator of Gordon Ordering (Gordon Food Service). The name is used only to say which system this page is about. Something here wrong or out of date? Write to legal@fous.com.