Originally published by The Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce

If all you know about Sysco is those ubiquitous food trucks outside your favorite restaurant, then you really don’t know much about the world’s largest broadline food distributor.

Since Sysco’s formation in Houston in 1969, it has grown its annual sales from $115 million to its all-time high of $76.3 billion in the last fiscal year, both through organic growth and acquisitions. Being the leader in the foodservice industry means Sysco understands the important role food plays in bringing people together and creating connections. That understanding inspired Sysco’s company purpose: Connecting the world to share food and care for one another.

Last November, the Chamber held the popular Holiday Food & Supply Drive benefitting Tony’s Place, a resource center and community safe space for LGBTQ+ Houston youth. Sysco joined in a big way as a Giving Back Sponsor.

“Sysco’s Spectrum LGBTQ+ & Allies CRG worked alongside our DEl team to make an in-kind donation to the Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber’s Holiday Food & Supply Drive, closing out Sysco’s first-ever Global Purpose Month,” said Nathan Hejl, Senior Research Manager, Customer Insights and Spectrum LGBTQ+ & Allies Colleague Resource Group (CRG), Co-Chair, Strategic Partnerships Committee. “Global Purpose Month was launched to mobilize colleagues around the world in connecting the world to share food and care for one another. Together, we made a positive impact on the communities we serve and advanced our Global Good Goal to contribute $500 million of good in our communities by 2025.

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About Sysco

Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. With more than 72,000 colleagues, the company operates 334 distribution facilities worldwide and serves approximately 725,000 customer locations. For fiscal year 2023 that ended July 1, 2023, the company generated sales of more than $76 billion. Information about our Sustainability program, including Sysco’s 2022 Sustainability Report and 2022 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Report, can be found at www.sysco.com.

For more information, visit www.sysco.com or connect with Sysco on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SyscoFoods. For important news and information regarding Sysco, visit the Investor Relations section of the company’s Internet home page at investors.sysco.com, which Sysco plans to use as a primary channel for publishing key information to its investors, some of which may contain material and previously non-public information. In addition, investors should continue to review our news releases and filings with the SEC. It is possible that the information we disclose through any of these channels of distribution could be deemed to be material information.

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