050109 Malcolm Named Vice President of SYSCO

Houston, TX - SYSCO Corporation North America's largest foodservice marketer and distributor, announced that Andrew L. Malcolm has been named vice president of the corporation and chairman of SYSCO's specialty meat companies. In his new role he will provide strategic leadership to SYSCO's specialty meat companies and also support the growth of premium protein products at SYSCO's broadline distribution companies throughout North America. SYSCO also announced that Jerry R. Pasquale, who is currently senior vice president of Malcolm Meats, will assume the additional role of general manager of that subsidiary. Mr. Pasquale, 42, is a 25-year veteran of the foodservice industry, including 22 years at Malcolm Meats, and he will be responsible for day-to-day operations at the Malcolm Meats operations in Toledo, Ohio, and Chicago. Both appointments are effective immediately.

Mr. Malcolm, 50, founded Malcolm Meats in 1982 in Northwood, Ohio. Under his tutelage the company's annual sales grew to approximately $27 million when it was acquired by SYSCO in 1999. Malcolm Meats is a Certified Angus Beef processor and distributor and is also a leading supplier of pork, lamb, veal and poultry products throughout the midwestern portion of the United States. In 2002, SYSCO expanded the market presence of Malcolm Meats when it opened a second facility in Chicago, for which Mr. Malcolm also serves as president. The following year Mr. Malcolm assumed the added duties as chairman of Freedman Meats, a SYSCO specialty meat subsidiary with four locations in Texas and one in Denver. A native of Atlanta, Mr. Malcolm has a grown son and daughter and he currently resides in Perrysburg, Ohio, with his wife, Aimee, and their three children. They will relocate to the Atlanta area in the near future.

SYSCO is the largest foodservice marketing and distribution organization in North America, generating sales of $29.5 billion for fiscal year 2004 that ended July 3, 2004. The company's 155 distribution locations in the United States and Canada provide food and related products and services to approximately 400,000 restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other foodservice customers. For more information about SYSCO visit the company's Internet home page at www.sysco.com.

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