SYSCO
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Sysco Corporation is the global leader 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
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Sysco, an acronym for Systems and Services Company, servicing over 400,000 customers which include a wide array of clientele, is the world's largest broadline food distributor. 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 . The company was founded by Herbert Irving and John F. Baugh in 1969. 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.
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
).
, which was acquired by Sobeys
in 1998.
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.
iCare partners include:
. 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.
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
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Sysco, an acronym for Systems and Services Company, servicing over 400,000 customers which include a wide array of clientele, is the world's largest broadline food distributor. Management consulting is also an integral part of their services. As of July 2, 2005, the company operated 170 facilities throughout the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Most recently, Sysco expanded its operation into Ireland with the purchase of a local food distribution firm . The company was founded by Herbert Irving and John F. Baugh in 1969. The company became public on March 3, 1970. On July 20, 2009, Fortune
Fortune (magazine)
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magazine ranked Sysco #204 in the annual Fortune 500
Fortune 500
The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks the top 500 U.S. closely held and public corporations as ranked by their gross revenue after adjustments made by Fortune to exclude the impact of excise taxes companies collect. The list includes publicly and...
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.
Sysco competes with national distributors US Foods
US Foods
US Foods is one of the country’s leading foodservice distributors. With nearly $19 billion in annual revenue, US Foods is the 10th largest private company in America. Many of the entities that make up US Foods were founded in the 19th century, including one that sold provisions to travelers...
, Performance Food Group
Performance Food Group
Performance Food Group Company is a company that was founded in 1875. Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, United States, the company distributes a range of food products....
, and Edward Don and Company, as well as regional companies such as Gordon Food Service
Gordon Food Service
Gordon Food Service is the largest privately held foodservice distributor in North America with sales of $5.5 billion in 2007. Headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, GFS has GFS Marketplace stores in the states of Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee...
, Ben E. Keith
Ben E. Keith
Ben E. Keith Company is the 9th largest broad line foodservice distributor and fourth largest beverage distributor in the United States. Its independent Food Division serves eleven states and supplies a full line of produce, frozen foods, meats, dry groceries, refrigerated foods, paper goods,...
, 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
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
and Dell
Dell
Dell, Inc. is an American multinational information technology corporation based in 1 Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas, United States, that develops, sells and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder, Michael Dell, the company is one of the largest...
).
SERCA Foodservices
In 2002, Sysco purchased SERCA Foodservices and renamed it Sysco Canada. SERCA had been owned by the supermarket giant Oshawa GroupOshawa Group
Oshawa Group was once a leading owner of supermarkets in Ontario, but it was sold to Sobeys in 1998.Stores under Oshawa Group included:* IGA* Tradition Market Fresh Food* Knechtel* Pharma Plus Drug Stores...
, which was acquired by Sobeys
Sobeys
Sobeys is the second largest food retailer in Canada, with over 1,300 supermarkets operating under a variety of banners. Headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia, it operates stores in all ten provinces and accumulated sales of more than $14 billion CAD in 2009...
in 1998.
Asian Foods
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 join Sysco Chicago in Sep, 2009.Management Consulting
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
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.
Brand Products
Every Sysco Brand products has an emblem of quality that shows standards for food safety, hygiene, and consistency. Sysco has 6 Brand Products, 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
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.iCare partners include:
- Applied Media Technologies CorporationApplied Media Technologies CorporationApplied Media Technologies Corporation is a Tampa, Florida-based provider of commercial sound equipment, "on hold" messaging to US and Canadian businesses under the brand name TelAdvantage, and background music for businesses as a partner of SIRIUS Satellite Radio and Eos Music Corporation.-...
, which provides background music and on-hold messagingMusic on holdMusic on hold is the business practice of playing recorded music to fill the silence that would be heard by telephone callers who have been placed on hold...
to Sysco customer restaurants. - The Franchise Edge, LLC., providing consultations and full service franchising programs to Sysco customer restaurant concepts.
Guest Supply
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
Sysco in 2009 bought out Pallas Foods which is the largest food distributor in the Republic Of Ireland.Governance
The company is governed by a board of directorsBoard of directors
A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...
. Current members of the board are: John Cassaday, Judith Craven, Jonathan Golden, Joseph Hafner, Richard Merrill
Richard Merrill
Richard Merrill was a Digital Equipment Corporation employee who invented the FOCAL programming language and programmed the first two interpreters for the language in 1968 and 1969, for the PDP-8...
, Nancy Newcomb, Richard Schnieders, Phyllis Sewell, John Stubblefield
John Stubblefield
John Stubblefield was an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, and oboist.Stubblefield was an adaptable musician; he was stationed with the World Saxophone Quartet , Reggie Workman , McCoy Tyner , Freddie Hubbard , and George Russell .-As leader:* Prelude with Onaje Allan Gumbs, Cecil McBee, Joe...
, Richard Tilghman
Richard Tilghman
Richard A. Tilghman is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate. He also served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1967 to 1968.-External links:* - official PA Senate website ...
, and Jackie M. Ward.