HOUSTON, Jan. 3, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY) announced today that Harry C. Cotros has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Sysco Food Services of Arkansas, LLC, a broadline distribution subsidiary located in Little Rock. Mr. Cotros, who currently serves as executive vice president of SYSCO's broadline subsidiary in Houston, will assume his new position effective immediately. He succeeds Henry P. Jolly, who was named president and chief executive officer of Sysco Food Services of Kansas City (Olathe, KS) in an earlier announcement.
Mr. Cotros, 37, began his SYSCO career in 1991 as a marketing associate at Hardin's-Sysco Food Services, located in Memphis, Tennessee, before transferring to SYSCO's Orlando, Florida operation as district sales manager in 1994. In 1996 he joined SYSCO's West Coast Florida company in the same position and in 1998 progressed to regional vice president of sales for that company. In 1999 Mr. Cotros was promoted to vice president of territory sales at SYSCO's Houston subsidiary. He advanced to senior vice president of sales the following year and in 200l he was appointed to his current position.
A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Mr. Cotros is a 1991 graduate of the University of Mississippi, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in business. He and his wife, Joelle, have three daughters and will relocate to the Arkansas area in the near future.
Sysco Food Services of Arkansas, LLC, provides food and related products to restaurants, healthcare and educational institutions, lodging establishments and other foodservice operations throughout the state of Arkansas.
SYSCO is the largest foodservice marketing and distribution organization in North America, providing food and related products and services to approximately 390,000 restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other foodservice customers. The company generated sales of $30.3 billion for the fiscal year 2005 that ended July 2, 2005. SYSCO's operations are located throughout the United States and Canada and include broadline companies, specialty produce and custom-cut meat operations, Asian foodservice, hotel supply operations and chain restaurant distribution subsidiaries. For more information about SYSCO visit the company's Internet home page at www.sysco.com.
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