HOUSTON, Dec. 11, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY), North America's largest foodservice marketer and distributor, announced today that Troy A. Vest has been named executive vice president of Sysco Food Services of Kansas City, Inc., a broadline foodservice distribution subsidiary that services customers in Kansas and Missouri. Mr. Vest has served most recently as senior vice president of this operation and will assume his new position effective January 1, 2007.
Mr. Vest, 41, first joined the Kansas City operation in 1993 as a merchandising trainee and became a marketing associate the following year. In 1999 he was promoted to district sales manager, advancing to regional sales manager in 2001 and then director of business development and review in 2004. Mr. Vest was named vice president of business development and review in 2005 and earlier this year he was appointed to his current position.
Mr. Vest was born and raised in Kansas City, MO and attended the Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas. He and his wife Holly have two children and reside in Olathe, Kansas.
Sysco Food Services of Kansas, Inc. markets and distributes a complete line of food and related products to restaurants, country clubs, healthcare and educational institutions, lodging establishments, business and industry locations and other foodservice operators throughout Kansas and Missouri.
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 the fiscal year 2006 that ended July 1, 2006, the company generated $32.6 billion in sales. For more information about SYSCO visit the company's Internet home page at www.sysco.com.
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