HOUSTON, Dec. 13, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY), North America's largest foodservice marketer and distributor, announced today that Frank S. Recine has been named executive vice president of Sysco Food Services of Metro New York, LLC, a broadline foodservice distribution subsidiary located in Jersey City, New Jersey. Mr. Recine, who currently serves as senior vice president of transportation, fleet, safety and security for that operation, will assume his new role effective January 1, 2007.
Mr. Recine, 45, began his SYSCO career in 1989 as a marketing associate for the company's Albany, New York operation, where he advanced to district sales manager in 1992. In 1995 he joined Sysco Food Services of Metro New York in the same capacity and the following year he was named regional sales manager. Mr. Recine was promoted to regional vice president of that company in 1999, then vice president of territory sales in 2001, and in 2003 he was appointed to his current position.
Mr. Recine was born in Bronx, New York, and raised in Hastings on the Hudson, New York. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration in 1982 from Mercy College, and in 1984 was awarded his master of science degree in hotel and foodservice management from Florida International University. Mr. Recine has two sons and resides in New City, New York.
Sysco Food Services of Metro New York, LLC, provides products and services to foodservice operations including restaurants, country clubs, healthcare and educational institutions, lodging establishments, business and industry locations and other foodservice operations throughout northern New Jersey and the five boroughs of New York City.
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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