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Sysco Corporation (Systems and Services Company)

File:Sysco late 2008 logo.png
Type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: SYY S&P 500 Component
Industry	Retail
Founded	1969
Headquarters	1390 Enclave Parkway, Houston, Texas, U.S.
Key people	William J. DeLaney III, CEO Michael W. Green, Executive Vice President
Services	Food-service, food-away-from-home
Revenue	US$37.24 Billion (FY 2010)[1]
Operating income	US$1.97 Billion (FY 2010)[1]
Net income	US$1.18 Billion (FY 2010)[1]
Total assets	US$10.2 Billion (FY 2009)[2]
Total equity	US$3.45 Billion (FY 2009)[2]
Employees	47,000 (2009)
Website	www.sysco.com

Headquarters of Sysco in the Energy Corridor

Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY) is involved in marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, hotels and inns, and other foodservice and hospitality businesses. The company is headquartered in the Energy Corridor district of Houston, Texas.^[3]

Sysco, an acronym for Systems and Services Company, is the world's largest broadline food distributor; it has more than 400,000 clients in a wide array of fields. Management consulting is also an integral part of their services. As of July 2, 2005, the company operated 170 facilities throughout the United States and Canada. Most recently, Sysco expanded its operation into Ireland with the purchase of a local food distribution firm.^[4] The company was founded by Herbert Irving and John F. Baugh in 1969.^{[citation needed]} The company became public on March 3, 1970. On July 20, 2009, Fortune magazine ranked Sysco #204 in the annual Fortune 500 companies in world based on sales volume. On May 3, 2010, Fortune Magazine ranked Sysco as the 7th largest Fortune 500 Company in Texas and 55th largest in the US by total revenue.^[5]

Sysco competes with national distributors US Foods, Performance Food Group, and Edward Don and Company, as well as regional companies such as Gordon Food Service, Ben E. Keith, Maines Food and Paper, and local foodservice distributors.

Sysco is also the largest non-oil related company in Houston and the 3rd largest non-oil related company in Texas (Behind AT&T and Dell).^[5]

History[link]

In 1996 Sysco was the third largest company in Houston. It had over 30,000 employees.^[6]

SERCA Foodservices[link]

In 2002, Sysco purchased SERCA Foodservices and renamed it Sysco Canada. SERCA had been owned by the supermarket giant Oshawa Group, which was acquired by Sobeys in 1998.

Asian Foods[link]

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In 2003, Sysco purchased ASIAN FOODS, the largest Asian foods distribution in North America. The first group of Asian Foods joined Sysco Kansas City in 2006, followed by Asian Foods Chicago joining Sysco Chicago in Sep, 2009.

Management Consulting[link]

Sysco offers professional management consulting to its clients. The company helps restaurants to improve their performance through conducting market analysis, menu-designing, pricing strategy, and business planning.

SYGMA Network[link]

The SYGMA Network, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sysco that provides food and non-food products to chain restaurants throughout the United States.

SYGMA was founded in January 1984 when senior officers of Sysco Corporation started discussions for forming a new distribution company. The first products were shipped in May 1985 from SYGMA’s first distribution center in Oklahoma. In 1988, Sysco acquired CFS, increasing head count at the organization.

SYGMA's customers include over 14,000 restaurants representing 37 concepts. Operating from 17 distribution centers, SYGMA is one of the largest chain distributors in the United States with sales over $5.1 billion. 165 million cases of product are delivered each year. SYGMA currently employs approximately 2,800 employees.

Sysco truck docked at Duke University

Brand Products[link]

Every Sysco Brand products has an "emblem of quality" that supposedly indicates varying standards of food safety, hygiene, and consistency. Sysco has 6 Brand Products,^[7] which are:

• Supreme Sysco, premium and rare products targeted to upper-class customers.
• Imperial Sysco, high quality products produced in selected regions.
• Classic Sysco, fine quality products.
• Reliance Sysco, economy-relied products targeted to middle-class customers.
• Natural Sysco, fresh and natural products.
• Serene Sysco, Styrofoam products division.

iCare[link]

In 2006, Sysco announced the formation of the iCare Program. iCare partnered Sysco with numerous vendors of non-foodservice related products that serve the restaurant industry to provide value-added services. iCare partners are afforded booth space at Sysco food shows and are promoted vigorously by Sysco's Business Review Managers. In return, iCare vendors offer special discounts and incentives to Sysco customer restaurants.^{[citation needed]}

iCare partners include:

• Applied Media Technologies Corporation, which provides background music and on-hold messaging to Sysco customer restaurants.
• The Franchise Edge, LLC., providing consultations and full service franchising programs to Sysco customer restaurant concepts.

Guest Supply[link]

Sysco also owns Guest Supply, a more catalog-based service geared at hotels. Guest Supply does not employ marketing associates in the way Sysco does; most of the purchasing is done via their annual catalogs and online.

Pallas Foods[link]

Sysco in 2009 bought out Pallas Foods which is the largest food distributor in the Republic Of Ireland.

Governance[link]

The company is governed by a board of directors. Current members of the board are: John Cassaday, Judith Craven, Jonathan Golden, Joseph Hafner, Richard Merrill, Nancy Newcomb, Richard Schnieders, Phyllis Sewell, John Stubblefield, Richard Tilghman, and Jackie M. Ward.

References[link]

External links[link]

	Houston portal
	Companies portal
	Food portal

• Sysco Corporation
• List of customers
• Asian Foods
• BusinessWeek 50 ranking and analysis of Sysco
• SeekingAlpha analysis of Sysco
• The SYGMA Network, Inc.