HOUSTON, April 27, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY), North America's largest foodservice marketer and distributor, today announced that Peter J. Scatamacchia has been named president and chief executive officer of Hardin's-Sysco Food Services, LLC, a broadline distribution subsidiary located in Memphis, Tennessee. Mr. Scatamacchia, who currently serves as president and chief executive officer of Sysco / Louisville Food Services Company, will assume his new position effective immediately. He succeeds William R. Bowden, who is retiring from the company following a 27-year career at SYSCO.
Mr. Scatamacchia, 47, began his career as a marketing associate at Hardin's-Sysco Food Services in 1980, a position he held until 1986 when he was promoted to district sales manager. In 1990 he transferred to Sysco Food Services of Atlanta to serve as general sales manager, progressing to vice president of sales in 1993, senior vice president of sales in 1996 and executive vice president in 1998. Mr. Scatamacchia was named to his current position at Sysco / Louisville Food Services Company in 2000.
A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mr. Scatamacchia received his bachelor of business administration degree from the University of Memphis in 1979. He and his wife, Karen, have two daughters and a son and will relocate to the Memphis area in the near future.
Hardin's-Sysco Food Services, LLC markets and distributes a complete line of food and related products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments, business and industry locations and other foodservice customers throughout western Tennessee and portions of Arkansas, Mississippi and southern Missouri.
SYSCO, the largest foodservice marketing and distribution organization in North America, provides food and related products and services to approximately 400,000 restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other foodservice customers, generating sales of approximately $30.0 billion for calendar year 2004. SYSCO's operations, supported by approximately 46,000 associates, are located throughout the United States and Canada. For more information about SYSCO visit the company's home page at www.sysco.com.
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