Sysco Corp. SYY

What this company does

Sysco distributes food and related products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other foodservice customers. It provided products and related services to approximately 730,000 customer locations during fiscal 2025. As of June 28, 2025, the company employed approximately 75,000 employees, including 51,000 in the United States and 24,000 outside it. Its operations are combined into three reportable segments, with financial information for the operations that do not meet the quantitative disclosure thresholds reported as Other. U.S. Foodservice Operations covers the U.S. Broadline operations, which distribute a full line of food products including custom-cut meat, seafood, produce and specialty imports as well as non-food products, and the U.S. Specialty operations, which include the FreshPoint fresh produce distribution business. International Foodservice Operations covers operations outside the United States, with the Americas consisting primarily of Canada, the Bahamas, Costa Rica and Panama together with export operations, and the European operations of the United Kingdom, France, Ireland and Sweden. SYGMA is the U.S. customized distribution business serving quick-service chain restaurant locations, and the remaining operations are principally the Guest Worldwide hotel supply business. Founded in 1969, Sysco commenced operations as a public company in March 1970, when the stockholders of nine companies exchanged their stock for Sysco common stock.

Written from the business description in SYSCO CORP's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 22 August 2025. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.