EXHIBIT 5




                            ARNALL GOLDEN GREGORY LLP
                              171 17th Street, N.W.
                                   Suite 2100
                             Atlanta, GA 30363-1031

                                                      telephone:  (404) 873-8500
                                                      facsimile:  (404) 873-8501

                                  June 28, 2005


SYSCO Corporation
1390 Enclave Parkway
Houston, Texas  77077-2099

         Re: Form S-3 Registration Statement

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     This  opinion  is being  furnished  in  connection  with  the  Registration
Statement on Form S-3 of SYSCO Corporation,  a Delaware corporation,  filed with
the Securities and Exchange  Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 for the
registration  of 330,022 shares of common stock,  par value $1.00 per share (the
"Shares")  offered  by the  selling  shareholders  named in the  above-reference
Registration Statement of even date herewith.

     In  acting  as  counsel  to you,  we have  examined  and  relied  upon such
corporate records, documents,  certificates,  and other instruments and examined
such questions of law as we have  considered  necessary or  appropriate  for the
purposes of this opinion. Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we advise you
that  in  our   opinion  the  Shares  are   legally   issued,   fully  paid  and
non-assessable.

     We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the  Registration
Statement  and the  reference  to this firm under the  caption  "Legal  Matters"
contained therein and elsewhere in the Registration  Statement.  This consent is
not to be  construed  as an  admission  that we are a  party  whose  consent  is
required to be filed with the Registration Statement under the provisions of the
Securities Act.

                                         Sincerely,


                                         /s/  ARNALL GOLDEN GREGORY LLP

                                         ARNALL GOLDEN GREGORY LLP