HOUSTON, Feb. 19, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY), North America's largest foodservice marketer and distributor, announced today that Nicholas J. Zouboukos has been promoted to president and CEO of Sysco Food Services of New Orleans, LLC. He succeeds Edwin W. Solomon, who has been promoted to president and chief executive officer of SYSCO's West Coast Florida operation. Mr. Zouboukos currently serves as executive vice president of Hardin's-Sysco Foodservices, LLC, SYSCO's Memphis, Tennessee subsidiary. Both promotions are effective March 31, 2008.
Mr. Zouboukos, 50, joined SYSCO in 1979 as a marketing associate for the company's Jackson, Mississippi operating company. He advanced to district manager in 1986, then regional sales manager in 1992. He transferred to the company's Albuquerque, New Mexico company in 1997 as vice president of territory sales and in 2000 was appointed senior vice president of sales for SYSCO's Jacksonville, Florida operation. He transferred to the company's Memphis, Tennessee subsidiary in 2002 to assume his current responsibilities.
Mr. Zouboukos is a native of Jackson, Mississippi. He earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration from the University of Mississippi in 1979. He and his wife Carol have a son and a daughter and will be relocating to the New Orleans area in the near future.
Sysco Food Services of New Orleans, LLC markets and distributes a complete line of food and related products to restaurants, country clubs, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments, business and industry locations, multi-unit chain accounts and other foodservice operations throughout southern Louisiana and southern Mississippi.
SYSCO is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers that prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. For the fiscal year 2007, the company generated $35.0 billion in sales. For more information about SYSCO visit www.sysco.com.
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