POWER OF ATTORNEY

	For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints Jeffrey L. Wright and Neil I. Sell,
signing individually, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

1.	Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Initial
Statements of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on
Form 3, Statements of Changes of Beneficial Ownership
of Securities on Form 4 and Annual Statements of
Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 5, for the
purpose of reporting transactions by the undersigned in
securities issued by G&K Services, Inc. in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and the rules thereunder;

2.	Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete the execution of any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and
the timely filing thereof with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any other
applicable governmental or regulatory authority; and

3.	Take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be
in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his
discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as such attorney-in-fact might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-
in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights
and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and
5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by G&K Services, Inc., unless earlier revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney as of this _29th__ day of __August______, 2002.

			/s/ Richard Fink
/s/



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