Duncan Promoted to Executive Vice President of Sysco Food Services of Atlanta, LLC.

Business Editors

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 2002

SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY), North America's largest foodservice marketer and distributor, announced today that Timothy L. Duncan has been named executive vice president of Sysco Food Services of Atlanta, LLC, a SYSCO subsidiary located in College Park, Ga. Mr. Duncan, who currently is senior vice president of sales for that company, will assume his new responsibilities effective Jan. 1, 2003.

Thomas E. Lankford, SYSCO's executive vice president and president of North American foodservice operations, said Mr. Duncan, 44, began his SYSCO career in 1986 as a marketing associate at the company's Jackson, Miss., operation. In 1990 he transferred to SYSCO's Atlanta subsidiary as district sales manager and progressed to regional sales manager in 1994 and general sales manager in 1998. Mr. Duncan was promoted to vice president of sales in 2000 and the following year he was named to his current position. Prior to joining SYSCO he served as a territory sales manager for The Noxell Corporation, located in Baltimore, and from 1980 to 1983 he was a member of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox organization.

Mr. Duncan was born and raised in Memphis, Tenn. He is a 1982 graduate of Christian Brothers University, also located in Memphis, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in marketing/management. He and his wife, Toni, have two sons and a daughter and reside in Atlanta.

Sysco Food Services of Atlanta, LLC, provides products and services to foodservice operations including restaurants, country clubs, healthcare and educational institutions, lodging establishments, business and industry locations, multi-unit chain accounts and other foodservice operations throughout the state of Georgia.

SYSCO is the largest foodservice marketing and distribution organization in North America, generating sales of approximately $23.4 billion for fiscal year 2002 that ended June 29, 2002. Supported by more than 46,000 employees, the company provides products and services to about 415,000 customers, including restaurants, healthcare and educational institutions, lodging establishments and other foodservice operations. The SYSCO distribution network extends throughout the entire United States and Canada and includes broadline companies, specialty produce, meat and hotel supply operations and SYGMA, the company's chain restaurant distribution subsidiary. For more information about SYSCO, visit the company's Internet home page at www.sysco.com.