HOUSTON, Oct. 24, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY), North America's largest foodservice marketer and distributor, will provide an online, real-time webcast of its first quarter fiscal year 2006 earnings conference call on Monday, October 31, 2005, beginning at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).
The live webcast of SYSCO's quarterly conference call will be available online at www.sysco.com and the online replay of the event will be available at approximately 1:00 p.m. (EDT) and remain archived until Friday, November 25. The Company also will issue a press release prior to the earnings conference call that will be accessible at www.sysco.com
SYSCO is the largest foodservice marketing and distribution organization in North America, providing food and related products and services to approximately 390,000 restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other foodservice customers. The company generated sales of $30.3 billion for the fiscal year 2005 that ended July 2, 2005. SYSCO's operations are located throughout the United States and Canada and include broadline companies, specialty produce and custom-cut meat operations, Asian foodservice, hotel supply operations and chain restaurant distribution subsidiaries. For more information about SYSCO visit the company's Internet home page at www.sysco.com.
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