Blakely Promoted to Vice President, eBusiness and BSCC Supplier Services at SYSCO Corporation.

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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2003

SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY), announced today that Cameron L. Blakely has been named vice president, eBusiness and Baugh Supply Chain Cooperative (BSCC) supplier services effective immediately. Mr. Blakely, currently assistant vice president, eBusiness, will continue administering SYSCO's ongoing eBusiness initiatives. He will also assume added responsibility for Baugh Supply Chain administration services and supplier integration activities that will directly support the company's national supply chain initiative.

Thomas E. Lankford, president and chief operating officer of SYSCO, said Mr. Blakely, 43, began his 20-year SYSCO career in 1983 as assistant controller of its procurement organization in Kansas City, Mo., and was named controller the following year. In 1987 he transferred to the corporate headquarters as an internal auditor for the operations review department and progressed to a variety of management positions before being named director of that department in 1992. Mr. Blakely transferred to the information services department in the fall of 1992 as a senior director and participated in the design and rollout of the SYSCO Uniform System (SUS), a company-wide upgrade of management information systems, and the SYSCO Warehouse Management System (SWMS), a warehouse and labor management application. Mr. Blakely was promoted to vice president of finance and chief financial officer of SYSCO's Palm Beach, Fa., operation in 1997 and later that year transferred to SYSCO's Nashville, Tenn., subsidiary to serve in the same capacity. He returned to the corporate office in 2000 when he was appointed to his current position.

Mr. Blakely is a certified public accountant and a 1981 graduate of Kansas State University, located in Manhattan, Kan., where he graduated cum laude and earned a bachelor of science degree in accounting. He and his wife, Chris, have a son and a daughter and reside in Katy, Texas.

SYSCO, the largest foodservice marketing and distribution organization in North America, generated sales of $24.7 billion for calendar year 2002. The company's 146 distribution locations in the United States and Canada provide food and related products and services to approximately 415,000 restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other foodservice customers. For more information visit the company's home page at www.sysco.com.