HOUSTON, Dec. 15, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY) today announced that Delmer A. Schnuelle has been named executive vice president of Sysco Food Services of Sacramento, Inc., a broadline foodservice distribution subsidiary located in Pleasant Grove, California, effective January 2, 2005. He is currently senior vice president of that company.
Mr. Schnuelle, 50, joined SYSCO's corporate headquarters in 1984 as a member of the company's operations review staff and in 1986 was named manager of operations review - audit. The following year he transferred to Allied Sysco Food Services, Inc., the predecessor company to Sysco Food Services of San Francisco, to serve as controller before advancing to vice president of finance in 1989 and then senior vice president and chief financial officer in 1997. Following the construction of Sysco Food Services of Sacramento in 2000, Mr. Schnuelle joined that operation to serve in his current position.
A native of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Mr. Schnuelle is a 1977 graduate of the University of Wisconsin - Madison, where he earned a bachelor of business administration degree. He is also a certified public accountant (CPA) and a certified management accountant (CMA). He and his wife, Darlene, have two children and reside in Granite Bay, California.
Sysco Food Services of Sacramento, Inc. provides products and services to restaurants, healthcare and educational institutions, lodging establishments, business and industry locations, multi-unit chain accounts and other foodservice operations throughout northern California and western Nevada.
SYSCO is the largest foodservice marketing and distribution organization in North America. For the fiscal year ended July 3, 2004 the company reported sales of $29.3 billion. SYSCO provides food and related products and services to approximately 400,000 restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other foodservice customers throughout the United States and Canada. For more information about SYSCO visit the company's Internet home page at www.sysco.com.
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