HOUSTON, June 19, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY) announced today that Bruce V. Luong has been named executive vice president at Sysco Food Services of San Francisco, Inc., a broadline foodservice distribution subsidiary located in Fremont, California. Mr. Luong, who currently serves as senior vice president of that operation, will assume his new position effective July 2, 2006, the beginning of SYSCO's fiscal year 2007.
Mr. Luong began his SYSCO career in 1995 as a junior staff accountant for the company's Portland, Oregon operation. He was promoted to staff accountant the following year, advanced to assistant controller in 1998 and was named controller in 2000. Mr. Luong relocated to California in 2002 when he was appointed chief financial officer of Sysco Food Services of San Francisco. In 2004 he was promoted to his current position.
Mr. Luong was born in Nha Trang, Vietnam. In 1975 his family immigrated to the United States, where he was raised in Portland, Oregon. He is a graduate of Portland State University, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in accounting in 1995. He and his wife, Dao, reside in Santa Clara, California.
Sysco Food Services of San Francisco, Inc. 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 the Bay Area.
SYSCO is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. For calendar year 2005 the company generated $31.4 billion in sales. For more information about SYSCO visit the company's Internet home page at www.sysco.com.
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