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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10(i)

                                  AMENDMENT TO
                     AMENDED AND RESTATED SYSCO CORPORATION
                    NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN


         The Amended and Restated Sysco Corporation Non-Employee Directors Stock
Option Plan (the "Plan"), dated effective September 4, 1997, was amended by the
Board of Directors effective November 5, 1998 pursuant to Paragraph 10 of the
Plan, which empowers the Board to amend the Plan from time to time. This
amendment is as set forth below.

1.   Paragraph 7 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by the
     following:

                  "The Option exercise price shall be paid in cash in U.S.
                  dollars at the time the Option is exercised or in shares of
                  Corporation Common Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value
                  (determined as of the last business day prior to the date of
                  exercise) equal to the Option exercise price or by a
                  combination of cash and Common Stock. For purchases of the
                  Plan, "Fair Market Value" means, for any given business day,
                  the average of the quoted daily high and low prices of
                  Corporation Common Stock on the NYSE on such day."

2.   Except as amended in the manner describe above, the Plan shall be and
     remain in full force and effect.