Sysco Denver Operations

Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY) is the global leader in marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, hotels and inns, and other foodservice and hospitality businesses. The company is headquartered in the Energy Corridor district of Houston, Texas.[3]

Sysco, an acronym for Systems and Services Company, servicing over 400,000 customers which include a wide array of clientele, is the world's largest broadline food distributor. As of July 2, 2005, the company operated 170 facilities throughout the United States and Canada. Most recently, Sysco expanded its operation into Ireland with the purchase of a local food distribution firm[4] . The company was founded by Herbert Irving and John F. Baugh in 1969.[citation needed] The company became public on March 3, 1970.