HOUSTON, June 28, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY) announced today that Ray D. Nicholas has been named president of Facciola Meat Company, a SYSCO subsidiary located in Fremont, California. Mr. Nicholas, who currently serves as executive vice president of that company, will assume his new position effective July 2, 2006, the beginning of SYSCO's fiscal year 2007. He succeeds Robert Facciola, who will become chairman of that company.
Mr. Nicholas, 54, has served in the foodservice industry for more than 30 years. In 1979 he joined Newport Meat Company, a SYSCO subsidiary located in Irvine, California, as a marketing associate. He progressed to General Manager the following year and continued to oversee various other positions before being named senior vice president of that company in 1989. He was appointed to his current position in 2006.
Mr. Nicholas was born and raised in Whittier, California. He is a 1974 graduate of California State University at Fullerton, where he earned his bachelor of science degree in business administration. He and his wife, Piper, have two sons and reside in Pleasanton, California.
Facciola Meat Company provides premium quality meats, fresh fish, poultry and other frozen and refrigerated food products to restaurants, hotels and other foodservice operations in northern California, Hawaii and Nevada.
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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