Exhibit 5

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

171 17th Street

Suite 2100

Atlanta, GA 30363

DIRECT DIAL NUMBER

404.873.8500

FACSIMILE NUMBER

404.873.8501

November 9, 2007

SYSCO Corporation

1390 Enclave Parkway

Houston, Texas 77077-2099

Re:           Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We opine with respect to SYSCO Corporation’s (“SYSCO”) registration of the offer and sale of:

1.   30,000,000 shares of its Common Stock, $1.00 par value, pursuant to its 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (“2007 Plan”); and

2.   6,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value, pursuant to its 1974 Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”)

on Registration Statement Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Act”).

We have examined and relied upon corporate records, documents, certificates and other instruments and examined questions of law, as we have considered necessary or appropriate, for the purposes of this opinion.  We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies, and the due execution and delivery of all documents by any persons or entities where due execution and delivery is a prerequisite to the effectiveness of such documents.

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the foregoing, we advise that:

1.   The shares to be offered and sold pursuant to the 2007 Plan have been duly and validly authorized, and, upon receipt in full of the consideration provided in the 2007 Plan, with a value equal to or in excess of the par value thereof, and issuance pursuant to a current prospectus in conformity with the Act, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and

2.   The shares to be offered and sold pursuant to the ESPP have been duly and validly authorized, and, upon receipt in full of the consideration provided in the ESPP, with a value equal to or in excess of the par value thereof, and issuance pursuant to a current prospectus in conformity with the Act, will be legally issued, fully paid, and non-assessable.

We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and the reference to this firm under the caption “Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.”  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 Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

ARNALL GOLDEN GREGORY LLP