HOUSTON, June 2, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY) announced today that George A. Futris has been named president and chief operating officer of Sysco Food Services of Jackson, LLC, a broadline foodservice distribution subsidiary located in Jackson, Mississippi. Mr. Futris, who currently serves as executive vice president of that company, will assume his new duties on July 3, 2005, the start of SYSCO's fiscal year 2006.
Mr. Futris, 53, joined SYSCO in 1982 as a marketing associate at the company's Memphis, Tennessee operation and was named center of the plate specialist in 1986. He advanced to SYSCO Brand manager in 1987, was promoted to district sales manager in 1989 and was named territory sales manager in 1991. Mr. Futris advanced to regional vice president of sales for the Memphis subsidiary in 1995 before transferring to the Jackson, Mississippi, operation in 1998 as vice president of sales. In 2002 he was promoted to senior vice president of sales and the following year he was appointed to his current position.
Mr. Futris is a native of Memphis and a 1975 graduate of Memphis State University, where he earned a bachelor of business administration degree in marketing. He and his wife, Linda, reside in Jackson.
Sysco Food Services of Jackson, LLC, provides products and services to foodservice operations including restaurants, country clubs, healthcare and educational institutions, business and industry locations, lodging establishments, multi-unit chain accounts and other foodservice operations throughout Mississippi and portions of Alabama and Louisiana.
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 $30.0 billion for calendar year 2004. SYSCO's operations, supported by approximately 46,000 associates, are located throughout the United States and Canada and include broadline foodservice distribution companies, specialty produce and custom-cut meat operations, Asian cuisine foodservice distributors, hotel supply operations and chain restaurant distribution subsidiaries. For more information about SYSCO visit the company's home page at www.sysco.com.
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