Sysco

Sysco Corporation (an acronym for Systems and Services Company) is an American multinational corporation involved in marketing and distributing food products, smallwares, kitchen equipment and tabletop items to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, hospitality businesses like hotels and inns, and wholesale to other companies that provide foodservice (like Aramark and Sodexo). The company is headquartered in the Energy Corridor district of Houston, Texas.

Sysco Corp. is engaged in selling, marketing and distribution of food and food related products to the foodservice or food-away-from-home industry. It operates through the following segments: Broadline, SYGMA and Others. The Broadline segment distributes a full line of food products and a wide variety of non-food products to their customers. The SYGMA segment provides a full line of food products and a wide variety on non-food products to chain restaurant customer locations. The Others segment includes product and lodging industry products segments, a company that distributes specialty imported products, a company that distributes to international customers and the company’s Sysco Ventures platform, a suite of technology solutions that help support the business needs of Sysco‘s customers. The company products include frozen foods, canned and dry foods, fresh meats and seafood, dairy products, beverage products, and fresh produce. The company was founded by John F. Baugh in 1969 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.