EXHIBIT 99.1

NEWS RELEASE


ELMER NAMED CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER AT SYSCO CORPORATION

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS  WIRE)--June 23, 2005--SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY) announced
today that G. Mitchell Elmer has been named chief accounting officer. Mr. Elmer,
who will  continue  serving as vice  president and  controller,  will assume his
additional  responsibilities effective July 3, 2005, the start of SYSCO's fiscal
year 2006.

Mr.  Elmer,  46, began his SYSCO career in 1989 as a staff auditor in operations
review at the company's  corporate office in Houston.  In 1991 he transferred to
SYSCO's Virginia subsidiary as director of finance and the following year he was
named vice president of finance and administration. Mr. Elmer was appointed vice
president  of  finance  for  SYSCO's  Louisville,  Kentucky  operation  in 1995,
progressed to senior vice president of marketing,  merchandising  and finance at
that company in 1997,  and the following  year he  transferred to SYSCO's Denver
operation as vice president of finance. In 2000 he returned to SYSCO's corporate
office to serve in his current role.

Mr. Elmer is a certified public accountant and a 1981 graduate of the University
of Texas, where he earned a bachelor of business  administration degree. In 1998
he received his master of business  administration degree from the University of
Louisville. He and his wife, Lisa, have three sons and reside in Houston.

SYSCO, the largest foodservice marketing and distribution  organization in North
America,  provides  food and related  products  and  services  to  approximately
400,000   restaurants,    healthcare   and   educational   facilities,   lodging
establishments  and  other  foodservice  customers,  generating  sales  of $30.0
billion for calendar year 2004. SYSCO's  operations,  supported by approximately
46,000  associates,  are  located  throughout  the United  States and Canada and
include  broadline  foodservice  distribution  companies,  specialty produce and
custom-cut meat operations, Asian cuisine foodservice distributors, hotel supply
operations and chain restaurant distribution subsidiaries.  For more information
about SYSCO visit the company's home page at www.sysco.com.


CONTACT: SYSCO Corporation, Houston
Toni R. Spigelmyer, 281-584-1458


SOURCE: SYSCO Corporation




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