BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION

The company has aggregated certain of its operating segments into three reportable segments. “Other” financial information is attributable to the company’s other operating segments that do not meet the quantitative disclosure thresholds.


•	U.S. Foodservice Operations - primarily includes U.S. Broadline operations, which distribute a full line of food products including custom-cut meat, seafood, specialty produce, specialty imports and a wide variety of non-food products;

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International Foodservice Operations - includes operations in the Americas and Europe, which distribute a full line of food products and a wide variety of non-food products. The Americas primarily consists of operations in Canada, Bahamas, Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama, as well as our operations that distribute to international customers. Our European operations primarily consists of operations in the United Kingdom, France, Ireland and Sweden;


•	SYGMA - our U.S. customized distribution subsidiary; and


•	Other - primarily our hotel supply operations and Sysco Labs, which includes our suite of technology solutions that help support the business needs of our customers and provide support for some of our business technology needs.

The accounting policies for the segments are the same as those disclosed by Sysco for its consolidated financial statements. Management evaluates the performance of each of our operating segments based on its respective operating income results. Corporate expenses generally include all expenses of the corporate office and Sysco’s shared services center. These also include all share-based compensation costs.

The following tables set forth certain financial information for Sysco’s business segments.



	13-Week Period Ended						39-Week Period Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018			Apr. 1, 2017			Mar. 31, 2018			Apr. 1, 2017
Sales:	(In thousands)						(In thousands)
U.S. Foodservice Operations	$	9,704,495		$	9,233,048		$	29,234,662		$	27,799,728
International Foodservice Operations	2,799,251			2,528,485			8,571,549			7,882,796
SYGMA	1,605,753			1,535,550			4,879,569			4,560,424
Other	240,005			227,089			725,638			707,146
Total	$	14,349,504		$	13,524,172		$	43,411,418		$	40,950,094

	13-Week Period Ended						39-Week Period Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018			Apr. 1, 2017			Mar. 31, 2018			Apr. 1, 2017
Operating income:	(In thousands)						(In thousands)
U.S. Foodservice Operations	$	695,464		$	689,210		$	2,182,708		$	2,115,762
International Foodservice Operations	19,319			16,076			148,403			180,324
SYGMA	4,477			7,344			12,675			15,407
Other	5,945			6,078			13,181			17,873
Total segments	725,205			718,708			2,356,967			2,329,366
Corporate	(239,272		)	(282,746		)	(715,660		)	(834,154		)
Total operating income	485,933			435,962			1,641,307			1,495,212
Interest expense	136,145			81,004			303,015			226,858
Other expense (income), net	(15,096		)	(4,815		)	(24,776		)	(14,351		)
Earnings before income taxes	$	364,884		$	359,773		$	1,363,068		$	1,282,705



	Mar. 31, 2018		Jul. 1, 2017		Apr. 1, 2017
Assets:	(In thousands)
U.S. Foodservice Operations	$	7,171,671	$	6,675,543	$	7,001,351
International Foodservice Operations	6,772,834		6,433,815		6,003,449
SYGMA	674,800		625,653		600,823
Other	772,351		448,885		443,813
Total segments	15,391,656		14,183,896		14,049,436
Corporate	3,237,486		3,572,759		3,871,464
Total	$	18,629,142	$	17,756,655	$	17,920,900