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                                                                      EXHIBIT 15

                    REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS




To the Board of Directors and Shareholders
of Sysco Corporation:


We have reviewed the consolidated balance sheets of Sysco Corporation (a
Delaware corporation) and its subsidiaries as of April 1, 2000, and March 27,
1999 and the related consolidated results of operations for the thirty-nine and
thirteen week periods then ended and consolidated cash flows for the
thirty-nine week periods then ended included in the Company's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company's management.

We conducted our review in accordance with standards established by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A review of interim
financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures to
financial data and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and
accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted
in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, the objective of
which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken
as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

Based on our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should
be made to the financial statements referred to above for them to be in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.


/s/  Arthur Andersen LLP


Houston, Texas
May 12, 2000