HOUSTON, March 30, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY) announced today that Rodney S. Stroud has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Sysco Food Services of Toronto, a SYSCO subsidiary located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Stroud, who most recently served as vice president, corporate multi-unit accounts and SYGMA Canada operations, will assume his new duties effective immediately.
Mr. Stroud, 47, has served in the foodservice industry for nearly 25 years, beginning in 1982 as a delivery associate for Burgess Wholesale, a division of Sobey's Inc. in Canada. He progressed through a variety of sales and management positions with that company before being named general manager of its Kingston, Ontario operation in 1991. In April of 2002 SYSCO Corporation acquired Sobey's foodservice operations, SERCA, and Mr. Stroud continued as general manager at its Kingston subsidiary. He was promoted to his current position in 2005. Mr. Stroud is a native of North Bay, Ontario. He and his wife, Shireen, have three children and will relocate to the Toronto area in the near future.
Sysco Food Services of Toronto markets and distributes food and related products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers throughout the greater Toronto 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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