HOUSTON, June 28, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY) announced today that Catherine M. Henry has been named executive vice president at Sysco Food Services - Chicago, Inc., a broadline subsidiary located in Des Plaines, Illinois. Ms. Henry, who currently serves as vice president of sales at that operation, will assume her new position effective July 2, 2006, the beginning of SYSCO's fiscal year 2007.
Ms. Henry, 43, began her SYSCO career in 1989 as a healthcare marketing associate for the Chicago operation. She became healthcare sales manager in 1996, progressed to program account sales manager in 1998 and was promoted to director of program sales later that same year. In 1999 she was appointed vice president of program sales and in 2003 she progressed to her current position. She is a five-time recipient of SYSCO's Torchbearer Award, presented annually to the organization's premier sales associates.
Ms. Henry was born and raised in Chicago, where she currently resides with her daughter.
Sysco Food Services - Chicago, 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 northern Illinois.
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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