HOUSTON, July 14, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY) announced today that Christopher J. Shepardson has been named assistant vice president, merchandising. Currently, he serves as senior director, merchandising, a position he has held since 2002. He will assume his new role immediately.
Mr. Shepardson joined SYSCO's Pocomoke City, Maryland operating company in 1990 as brand manager and moved to SYSCO's Atlantic City operation as director of marketing in 1993. He transferred to the corporate office in 1996 as senior manager, supplies and equipment and in 2000 was promoted to director of merchandising, disposables. Prior to joining SYSCO he held various sales and operations positions for a paper and chemical distributor.
Mr. Shepardson was born and raised in Canton, Ohio and attended Salisbury State College in Salisbury, Maryland. He and his wife, Esther, have three children and live in Katy, Texas.
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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