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                                                                      EXHIBIT 15
 
                                  May 11, 1998
 
Sysco Corporation:
 
     We are aware that Sysco Corporation has incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement on Form S-3 its Forms 10-Q for the quarters ended
September 27, 1997, December 27, 1997, and March 28, 1998, which include our
reports dated November 5, 1997, February 6, 1998, and May 11, 1998, covering the
unaudited interim financial information contained therein. Pursuant to
Regulation C of the Securities Act of 1933, those reports are not considered a
part of the registration statement prepared or certified by our firm or reports
prepared or certified by our firm within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the
Act.
 
                                            Very truly yours,
 
                                            ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP