10-Q

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

(Mark One)

þ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended January 1, 2011

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number 1-6544

Sysco Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
1390 Enclave Parkway
Houston, Texas
(Address of principal executive offices) 74-1648137
(IRS employer
identification number)
77077-2099
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:
(281) 584-1390

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes þ No o

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes þ No o

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large Accelerated Filer þ  Accelerated Filer o  Non-accelerated Filer   o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller Reporting Company o 

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ

582,708,338 shares of common stock were outstanding as of January 29, 2011.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Page No.
PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements		1
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		21
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk		35
Item 4. Controls and Procedures		35
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings		37
Item 1A. Risk Factors		37
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds		37
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities		37
Item 5. Other Information		37
Item 6. Exhibits		38
Signatures		40
EX-10.1
EX-10.2
EX-10.3
EX-15.1
EX-15.2
EX-31.1
EX-31.2
EX-32.1
EX-32.2
EX-101 INSTANCE DOCUMENT
EX-101 SCHEMA DOCUMENT
EX-101 CALCULATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT
EX-101 LABELS LINKBASE DOCUMENT
EX-101 PRESENTATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT
EX-101 DEFINITION LINKBASE DOCUMENT

PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

Sysco Corporation and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In Thousands, Except for Share Data)

	Jan. 1, 2011			July 3, 2010			Dec. 26, 2009
	(unaudited)						(unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	209,755		$	585,443		$	574,885
Short-term investments		—			23,511			61,860
Accounts and notes receivable, less allowances of $67,237, $36,573 and $67,035		2,623,300			2,617,352			2,526,044
Inventories		1,963,397			1,771,539			1,790,327
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		70,430			70,992			63,674
Prepaid income taxes		—			7,421			—
Total current assets		4,866,882			5,076,258			5,016,790
Plant and equipment at cost, less depreciation		3,370,553			3,203,823			3,072,721
Other assets
Goodwill		1,577,108			1,549,815			1,551,550
Intangibles, less amortization		104,511			106,398			118,032
Restricted cash		134,579			124,488			128,683
Prepaid pension cost		—			—			70,753
Other assets		274,650			252,919			245,716
Total other assets		2,090,848			2,033,620			2,114,734
Total assets	$	10,328,283		$	10,313,701		$	10,204,245
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	$	1,804,690		$	1,953,092		$	1,834,024
Accrued expenses		761,954			870,114			793,303
Accrued income taxes		47,738			—			56,775
Deferred income taxes		99,285			178,022			18,482
Current maturities of long-term debt		7,867			7,970			8,438
Total current liabilities		2,721,534			3,009,198			2,711,022
Other liabilities
Long-term debt		2,653,529			2,472,662			2,468,690
Deferred income taxes		185,239			271,512			545,863
Other long-term liabilities		773,490			732,803			548,383
Total other liabilities		3,612,258			3,476,977			3,562,936
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders’ equity
Preferred stock, par value $1 per share Authorized 1,500,000 shares, issued none		—			—			—
Common stock, par value $1 per share Authorized 2,000,000,000 shares, issued 765,174,900 shares		765,175			765,175			765,175
Paid-in capital		848,612			816,833			788,138
Retained earnings		7,392,996			7,134,139			6,844,095
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(387,421	)		(480,251	)		(180,095	)
Treasury stock at cost, 183,761,810, 176,768,795 and 173,100,605 shares		(4,624,871	)		(4,408,370	)		(4,287,026	)
Total shareholders’ equity		3,994,491			3,827,526			3,930,287
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	10,328,283		$	10,313,701		$	10,204,245

Note: The July 3, 2010 balance sheet has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date.

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Sysco Corporation and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)
(In Thousands, Except for Share and Per Share Data)

	26-Week Period Ended						13-Week Period Ended
	Jan. 1, 2011			Dec. 26, 2009			Jan. 1, 2011			Dec. 26, 2009
Sales	$	19,136,126		$	17,949,925		$	9,384,852		$	8,868,499
Cost of sales		15,562,765			14,507,679			7,642,908			7,173,612
Gross margin		3,573,361			3,442,246			1,741,944			1,694,887
Operating expenses		2,630,096			2,482,567			1,304,919			1,232,536
Operating income		943,265			959,679			437,025			462,351
Interest expense		59,161			65,322			28,060			31,522
Other expense (income), net		(2,984	)		(3,150	)		(1,300	)		(1,138	)
Earnings before income taxes		887,088			897,507			410,265			431,967
Income taxes		329,846			302,953			152,092			163,618
Net earnings	$	557,242		$	594,554		$	258,173		$	268,349
Net earnings:
Basic earnings per share	$	0.95		$	1.00		$	0.44		$	0.45
Diluted earnings per share		0.95		$	1.00			0.44		$	0.45
Average shares outstanding		586,827,575			592,110,975			584,943,749			592,651,712
Diluted shares outstanding		589,106,837			592,678,989			587,110,338			593,372,477
Dividends declared per common share	$	0.51		$	0.49		$	0.26		$	0.25

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Sysco Corporation and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Unaudited)
(In Thousands)

	26-Week Period Ended				13-Week Period Ended
	Jan. 1, 2011		Dec. 26, 2009		Jan. 1, 2011		Dec. 26, 2009
Net earnings	$	557,242	$	594,554	$	258,173	$	268,349
Other comprehensive income:
Foreign currency translation adjustment		66,787		83,946		15,322		46,864
Items presented net of tax:
Amortization of cash flow hedge		214		214		107		107
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost		1,276		1,353		638		677
Amortization of unrecognized actuarial loss, net		24,507		12,332		12,254		6,166
Amortization of unrecognized transition obligation		46		46		23		23
Total other comprehensive income		92,830		97,891		28,344		53,837
Comprehensive income	$	650,072	$	692,445	$	286,517	$	322,186

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Sysco Corporation and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
(In Thousands)

	26-Week Period Ended
	Jan. 1, 2011			Dec. 26, 2009
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net earnings	$	557,242		$	594,554
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to cash provided by operating activities:
Share-based compensation expense		37,679			39,913
Depreciation and amortization		198,230			189,428
Deferred income taxes		(181,295	)		(172,756	)
Provision for losses on receivables		19,522			19,815
Other non-cash items		(1,550	)		536
Additional investment in certain assets and liabilities, net of effect of businesses acquired:
Decrease (increase) in receivables		4,887			(53,597	)
(Increase) in inventories		(167,912	)		(121,626	)
Decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets		1,183			1,307
(Decrease) increase in accounts payable		(172,217	)		30,110
(Decrease) in accrued expenses		(125,849	)		(16,974	)
Increase (decrease) in accrued income taxes		50,130			(236,099	)
(Increase) in other assets		(19,556	)		(30,372	)
Increase (decrease) in other long-term liabilities and prepaid pension cost, net		82,430			(97,343	)
Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation arrangements		(277	)		(475	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		282,647			146,421
Cash flows from investing activities:
Additions to plant and equipment		(317,421	)		(247,575	)
Proceeds from sales of plant and equipment		2,916			2,422
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired		(26,546	)		(9,161	)
Purchases of short-term investments		—			(60,162	)
Maturities of short-term investments		24,383			—
(Increase) in restricted cash		(10,091	)		(34,825	)
Net cash used for investing activities		(326,759	)		(349,301	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Bank and commercial paper borrowings (repayments), net		173,199			—
Other debt borrowings		2,441			4,580
Other debt repayments		(4,521	)		(5,601	)
Common stock reissued from treasury for share-based compensation awards		65,555			36,914
Treasury stock purchases		(285,442	)		—
Dividends paid		(294,089	)		(283,766	)
Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation arrangements		277			475
Net cash used for financing activities		(342,580	)		(247,398	)
Effect of exchange rates on cash		11,004			6,512
Net (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(375,688	)		(443,766	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		585,443			1,018,651
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	209,755		$	574,885
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest	$	59,140		$	67,670
Income taxes		467,788			759,704

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Sysco Corporation and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)

     Unless this Form 10-Q indicates otherwise or the context otherwise requires, the terms “we,” “our,” “us,” “Sysco,” or “the company” as used in this Form 10-Q refer to Sysco Corporation together with its consolidated subsidiaries and divisions.

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

     The consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the company, without audit, with the exception of the July 3, 2010 consolidated balance sheet which was taken from the audited financial statements included in the company’s Fiscal 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The financial statements include consolidated balance sheets, consolidated results of operations, consolidated statements of comprehensive income and consolidated cash flows. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, which consist of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations, comprehensive income and cash flows for all periods presented have been made.

     Prior year amounts within the consolidated balance sheets and consolidated cash flows have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation as it relates to the presentation of cash and accounts payable within these statements. The impact of these reclassifications was immaterial to the prior year period.

     These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the company’s Fiscal 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

     A review of the financial information herein has been made by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, in accordance with established professional standards and procedures for such a review. A report from Ernst & Young LLP concerning their review is included as Exhibit 15.1 to this Form 10-Q.

2. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

     Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e. an exit price). The accounting guidance includes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

• Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets;

• Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities that are observable either directly or indirectly for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and

• Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, which include management’s own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk.

     Sysco’s policy is to invest in only high-quality investments. Cash equivalents primarily include time deposits, certificates of deposit, commercial paper, high-quality money market funds and all highly liquid instruments with original maturities of three months or less. Short-term investments consist of commercial paper with original maturities of greater than three months but less than one year. These investments are considered available-for-sale and are recorded at fair value. As of each period presented below where short-term investments were held, the difference between the fair value of the short-term investments and the original cost was not material. Restricted cash consists of investments in high-quality money market funds.

     The following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets and liabilities measured at fair value.

• Time deposits, certificates of deposit and commercial paper included in cash equivalents are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. These are included within cash equivalents as a Level 2 measurement in the tables below.

• Commercial paper included in short-term investments is valued using broker quotes that utilize observable market inputs. These are included as a Level 2 measurement in the tables below.

• Money market funds are valued at the closing price reported by the fund sponsor from an actively traded exchange. These are included within cash equivalents and restricted cash as Level 1 measurements in the tables below.

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• The interest rate swap agreements, discussed further in Note 3, “Derivative Financial Instruments,” are valued using a swap valuation model that utilizes an income approach using observable market inputs including interest rates, LIBOR swap rates and credit default swap rates. These are included as a Level 2 measurement in the tables below.

     The following tables present the company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of January 1, 2011, July 3, 2010 and December 26, 2009:

	Assets Measured at Fair Value as of Jan. 1, 2011
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	(In thousands)
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash equivalents	$	—	$	107,251	$	—	$	107,251
Restricted cash		134,579		—		—		134,579
Other assets
Interest rate swap agreements		—		13,266		—		13,266
Total assets at fair value	$	134,579	$	120,517	$	—	$	255,096

	Assets Measured at Fair Value as of July 3, 2010
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	(In thousands)
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash equivalents	$	225,400	$	199,047	$	—	$	424,447
Short-term investments		—		23,511		—		23,511
Restricted cash		124,488		—		—		124,488
Other assets
Interest rate swap agreements		—		11,045		—		11,045
Total assets at fair value	$	349,888	$	233,603	$	—	$	583,491

	Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value as of Dec. 26, 2009
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	(In thousands)
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash equivalents	$	357,800	$	102,846	$	—	$	460,646
Short-term investments		—		61,860		—		61,860
Restricted cash		128,683		—		—		128,683
Other assets
Interest rate swap agreements		—		534		—		534
Total assets at fair value	$	486,483	$	165,240	$	—	$	651,723
Liabilities:
Other long-term liabilities
Interest rate swap agreement	$	—	$	1,109	$	—	$	1,109

     The carrying values of accounts receivable and accounts payable approximated their respective fair values due to the short-term maturities of these instruments. The fair value of Sysco’s total debt is estimated based on the quoted market prices for the same or similar issue or on the current rates offered to the company for debt of the same remaining maturities. The fair value of total debt approximated $2,857.7 million, $2,774.9 million and $2,604.0 million as of January 1, 2011, July 3, 2010 and

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December 26, 2009, respectively. The carrying value of total debt was $2,661.4 million, $2,480.6 million and $2,477.1 million as of January 1, 2011, July 3, 2010 and December 26, 2009, respectively.

3. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

     Sysco manages its debt portfolio to achieve an overall desired position of fixed and floating rates and may employ interest rate swaps from time to time to achieve this position. The company does not use derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.

     In September 2009, the company entered into an interest rate swap agreement that effectively converted $200.0 million of fixed rate debt maturing in fiscal 2014 to floating rate debt. In October 2009, the company entered into an interest rate swap agreement that effectively converted $250.0 million of fixed rate debt maturing in fiscal 2013 to floating rate debt. Both transactions were entered into with the goal of reducing overall borrowing cost and increasing floating interest rate exposure. These transactions were designated as fair value hedges since the swaps hedge against the changes in fair value of fixed rate debt resulting from changes in interest rates.

     The location and the fair value of derivative instruments in the consolidated balance sheet as of January 1, 2011, July 3, 2010 and December 26, 2009 are as follows:

	Asset Derivatives			Liability Derivatives
	Balance Sheet			Balance Sheet
	Location	Fair Value		Location		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Interest rate swap agreements
Jan. 1, 2011	Other assets	$	13,266		N/A		N/A
July 3, 2010	Other assets		11,045		N/A		N/A
Dec. 26, 2009	Other assets	$	534	Other long-term liabilities		$	1,109

     The location and effect of derivative instruments and related hedged items on the consolidated results of operations for the 26-week periods ended January 1, 2011 and December 26, 2009 presented on a pre-tax basis are as follows:

	Location of (Gain)
	or Loss Recognized	Amount of (Gain) or Loss
	in Income	Recognized in Income
		Jan. 1, 2011			Dec. 26, 2009
		(In thousands)
Fair Value Hedge Relationships:
Interest rate swap agreements	Interest expense	$	(4,486	)	$	(1,558	)

The location and effect of derivative instruments and related hedged items on the consolidated results of operations for the 13-week periods ended January 1, 2011 and December 26, 2009 presented on a pre-tax basis are as follows:

		Amount of (Gain) or Loss
	Location of (Gain)	Recognized in Income
	or Loss Recognized	Jan. 1, 2011			Dec. 26, 2009
	in Income	(In thousands)
Fair Value Hedge Relationships:
Interest rate swap agreements	Interest expense	$	(3,986	)	$	(1,691	)

     Hedge ineffectiveness represents the difference between the changes in the fair value of the derivative instruments and the changes in fair value of the fixed rate debt attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate. Hedge ineffectiveness is recorded directly in earnings within interest expense and was immaterial for the 26-week periods and 13-week periods ended January 1, 2011 and December 26, 2009. The interest rate swaps do not contain credit-risk-related contingent features.

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4. DEBT

     As of January 1, 2011, Sysco had uncommitted bank lines of credit which provided for unsecured borrowings for working capital of up to $95.0 million, of which none was outstanding.

     Sysco and one of its subsidiaries, Sysco International, ULC, have a revolving credit facility supporting the company’s U.S. and Canadian commercial paper programs. The facility in the amount of $1,000.0 million expires on November 4, 2012, but is subject to extension.

     As of January 1, 2011, commercial paper issuances outstanding were $173.2 million and were classified as long-term debt since the company’s commercial paper programs are supported by the long-term revolving credit facility described above.

     During the 26-week period ended January 1, 2011, aggregate commercial paper issuances and short-term bank borrowings ranged from zero to approximately $330.3 million.

5. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

     The components of net company-sponsored benefit cost for the 26-week period presented are as follows:

	Pension Benefits						Other Postretirement Plans
	Jan. 1, 2011			Dec. 26, 2009			Jan. 1, 2011			Dec. 26, 2009
	(In thousands)
Service cost	$	49,721		$	33,326		$	198		$	164
Interest cost		67,487			59,797			262			281
Expected return on plan assets		(65,960	)		(52,430	)		—			—
Amortization of prior service cost		1,979			2,104			93			93
Recognized net actuarial loss (gain)		39,976			20,262			(194	)		(245	)
Amortization of transition obligation		—			—			76			76
Net periodic benefit cost	$	93,203		$	63,059		$	435		$	369

     The components of net company-sponsored benefit cost for the 13-week period presented are as follows:

	Pension Benefits						Other Postretirement Plans
	Jan. 1, 2011			Dec. 26, 2009			Jan. 1, 2011			Dec. 26, 2009
	(In thousands)
Service cost	$	24,860		$	16,663		$	99		$	82
Interest cost		33,743			29,898			131			141
Expected return on plan assets		(32,980	)		(26,215	)		—			—
Amortization of prior service cost		990			1,053			46			46
Recognized net actuarial loss (gain)		19,988			10,130			(97	)		(122	)
Amortization of transition obligation		—			—			38			38
Net periodic benefit cost	$	46,601		$	31,529		$	217		$	185

     Sysco’s contributions to its company-sponsored defined benefit plans were $9.7 million and $77.7 million during the 26-week periods ended January 1, 2011 and December 26, 2009, respectively.

     The company made contributions of $140.0 million to its company-sponsored qualified pension plan (Retirement Plan) in fiscal 2010 that would normally have been made in fiscal 2011. Additional contributions to the Retirement Plan are not currently anticipated in fiscal 2011. The company’s contributions to the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP) and other post-retirement plans are made in the amounts needed to fund current year benefit payments. The estimated fiscal 2011 contributions to fund benefit payments for the SERP and other post-retirement plans are $22.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively.

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6. EARNINGS PER SHARE

     The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share:

	26-Week Period Ended				13-Week Period Ended
	Jan. 1, 2011		Dec. 26, 2009		Jan. 1, 2011		Dec. 26, 2009
	(In thousands, except for share and per share data)
Numerator:
Net earnings	$	557,242	$	594,554	$	258,173	$	268,349
Denominator:
Weighted-average basic shares outstanding		586,827,575		592,110,975		584,943,749		592,651,712
Dilutive effect of share-based awards		2,279,262		568,014		2,166,589		720,765
Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding		589,106,837		592,678,989		587,110,338		593,372,477
Basic earnings per share:	$	0.95	$	1.00	$	0.44	$	0.45
Diluted earnings per share:	$	0.95	$	1.00	$	0.44	$	0.45

     The number of options that were not included in the diluted earnings per share calculation because the effect would have been anti-dilutive was approximately 49,700,000 and 65,900,000 for the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 and 2010, respectively. The number of options that were not included in the diluted earnings per share calculation because the effect would have been anti-dilutive was approximately 51,500,000 and 66,300,000 for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 and 2010, respectively.

7. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

     Sysco provides compensation benefits to employees and non-employee directors under several share-based payment arrangements including various employee stock incentive plans, the Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan, and various non-employee director plans. Sysco also previously provided share-based compensation under its Management Incentive Plans.

Stock Incentive Plans

     In the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011, options to purchase 7,140,250 shares were granted to employees from the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. The fair value of each option award is estimated as of the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model. The weighted average grant-date fair value per share of options granted during the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 was $3.96.

     In the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011, 651,000 restricted stock units were granted to employees from the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. The majority of these restricted stock units were granted with dividend equivalents. The fair value of each restricted stock unit award granted with a dividend equivalent is based on the company’s stock price as of the date of grant. For restricted stock unit awards granted without dividend equivalents, the fair value was reduced by the present value of expected dividends during the vesting period. The weighted average grant-date fair value per share of restricted stock units granted during the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 was $28.72.

     In the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011, restricted awards in the amount of 60,973 shares were granted to non-employee directors from the 2009 Non-Employee Directors Stock Plan. The non-employee directors may elect to receive these awards in restricted stock shares that will vest at the end of the award’s stated vesting period or as deferred units which convert into shares of Sysco common stock upon a date selected by the non-employee director that is subsequent to the award’s stated vesting date. The fair value of the restricted awards is based on the company’s stock price as of the date of grant. The weighted average grant-date fair value per share of restricted awards granted during the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 was $28.87.

     Under the 2009 Non-Employee Directors Stock Plan, non-employee directors may elect to receive up to 100% of their annual directors’ fees in Sysco common stock on either an annual or deferred basis. In the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011, 27,979

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shares with a weighted average grant date fair value of $29.26 were issued for these elections in the form of fully vested common stock or deferred units.

Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan

     Plan participants purchased 828,087 shares of Sysco common stock under the Sysco Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan during the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011.

     The weighted average fair value per share of employee stock purchase rights issued pursuant to the Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan was $4.28 during the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011. The fair value of the stock purchase rights is estimated as the difference between the stock price and the employee purchase price.

All Share-Based Payment Arrangements

     The total share-based compensation cost that has been recognized in results of operations was $37.7 million and $39.9 million for the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2010, respectively.

     As of January 1, 2011, there was $80.2 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to share-based compensation arrangements. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.88 years.

8. INCOME TAXES

Internal Revenue Service Settlement

     In the first quarter of fiscal 2010, Sysco reached a settlement with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in connection with its audits of the company’s 2003 through 2006 federal income tax returns. As a result of the settlement, Sysco agreed to cease paying U.S. federal taxes related to its affiliate Baugh Supply Chain Cooperative (BSCC) on a deferred basis and pay the amounts that were recorded within deferred taxes related to BSCC over a three-year period as follows:

Amounts paid annually:	(In thousands)
Fiscal 2010	$	528,000
Fiscal 2011		212,000
Fiscal 2012		212,000

     In the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011, $106.0 million of payments were made related to the settlement. As noted in the table above, $528.0 million was paid related to the settlement in fiscal 2010, of which $422.0 million was paid in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010. Remaining amounts to be paid in fiscal 2011 and 2012 will be paid in connection with Sysco’s quarterly tax payments, two of which fall in the second quarter, one in the third quarter and one in the fourth quarter. The company believes it has access to sufficient cash on hand, cash flow from operations and current access to capital to make payments on all of the amounts noted above. The company had previously accrued interest for a portion of the exposure pertaining to the IRS proposed adjustments and as a result of the settlement with the IRS, Sysco recorded an income tax benefit of approximately $29.0 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2010.

     Sysco’s deferred taxes were impacted by the timing of these installment payments. Sysco reclassified amounts due within one year from deferred taxes to accrued income taxes at the beginning of fiscal 2010 and at the beginning of fiscal 2011.

Uncertain Tax Positions

     As of January 1, 2011, the gross amount of unrecognized tax benefits was $87.4 million and the gross amount of accrued interest liabilities was $35.5 million. It is reasonably possible that the amount of the unrecognized tax benefits with respect to certain of the company’s unrecognized tax positions will increase or decrease in the next twelve months either because Sysco prevails on positions that were being challenged upon audit or because the company agrees to their disallowance. Items that may cause changes to unrecognized tax benefits primarily include the consideration of various filing requirements in numerous states and the allocation of income and expense between tax jurisdictions. At this time, an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible change cannot be made.

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Effective Tax Rates

     The effective tax rate of 37.18% for the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 was favorably impacted by the adjustment of the carrying values of the company’s corporate-owned life insurance (COLI) policies to their cash surrender values. The gain of $23.9 million recorded in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 was non-taxable for income tax purposes, and had the impact of decreasing income tax expense for the period by $9.2 million.

     The effective tax rate of 33.75% for the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010 was favorably impacted by three items. First, the company recorded an income tax benefit of approximately $29.0 million resulting from the one-time reversal of previously accrued interest related to the settlement with the IRS. Second, the gain of $26.3 million recorded to adjust the carrying value of COLI policies to their cash surrender values in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010, which had the impact of decreasing income tax expense for the period by $10.1 million. Third, the company recorded a tax benefit of approximately $5.0 million for the reversal of valuation allowances previously recorded on state net operating loss carryforwards.

     The effective tax rate of 37.07% for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 was favorably impacted by the gain of $10.3 million recorded to adjust the carrying value of COLI policies to their cash surrender values in the second quarter of fiscal 2011, which had the impact of decreasing income tax expense for the period by $4.0 million.

     The effective tax rate of 37.88% for the second quarter of fiscal 2010 was favorably impacted by the gain of $5.2 million recorded to adjust the carrying value of COLI policies to their cash surrender values in the second quarter of fiscal 2010, which had the impact of decreasing income tax expense for the period by $2.0 million.

Other

     The determination of the company’s provision for income taxes requires significant judgment, the use of estimates and the interpretation and application of complex tax laws. The company’s provision for income taxes reflects a combination of income earned and taxed in the various U.S. federal and state, as well as foreign, jurisdictions. Jurisdictional tax law changes, increases or decreases in permanent differences between book and tax items, accruals or adjustments of accruals for tax contingencies or valuation allowances, and the company’s change in the mix of earnings from these taxing jurisdictions all affect the overall effective tax rate.

9. ACQUISITIONS

     During the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011, in the aggregate, the company paid cash of $26.5 million for acquisitions made during fiscal 2011 and for contingent consideration related to operations acquired in previous fiscal years. Acquisitions in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 were immaterial to the consolidated financial statements.

     Certain acquisitions involve contingent consideration typically payable over periods up to five years only in the event that certain operating results are attained or certain outstanding contingencies are resolved. As of January 1, 2011, aggregate contingent consideration amounts outstanding relating to acquisitions was $53.3 million, of which $50.7 million could result in the recording of additional goodwill.

10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

     Sysco is engaged in various legal proceedings which have arisen but have not been fully adjudicated. These proceedings, in the opinion of management, will not have a material adverse effect upon the consolidated financial position or results of operations of the company when ultimately concluded.

Multi-Employer Pension Plans

     Sysco contributes to several multi-employer defined benefit pension plans based on obligations arising under collective bargaining agreements covering union-represented employees. Sysco does not directly manage these multi-employer plans, which are generally managed by boards of trustees, half of whom are appointed by the unions and the other half by other employers contributing to the plan. Based upon the information available from plan administrators, management believes that several of these multi-employer plans are underfunded. In addition, pension-related legislation requires underfunded pension

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plans to improve their funding ratios within prescribed intervals based on the level of their underfunding. As a result, Sysco expects its contributions to these plans to increase in the future.

     Under current law regarding multi-employer defined benefit plans, a plan’s termination, Sysco’s voluntary withdrawal, or the mass withdrawal of all contributing employers from any underfunded multi-employer defined benefit plan would require Sysco to make payments to the plan for Sysco’s proportionate share of the multi-employer plan’s unfunded vested liabilities. Generally, Sysco does not have the greatest share of liability among the participants in any of these plans. Based on the information available from plan administrators, which has valuation dates ranging from January 31, 2008 to December 31, 2009, Sysco estimates its share of withdrawal liability on most of the multi-employer plans in which it participates could have been as much as $220.0 million as of January 1, 2011, based on a voluntary withdrawal. The majority of the plans we participate in have a valuation date of calendar year-end. As such, the majority of the estimated withdrawal liability results from plans for which the valuation date was December 31, 2009; therefore, the company’s estimated liability reflects the results incurred by the financial markets as of that date. Due to the lack of current information, management believes Sysco’s current share of the withdrawal liability could differ from this estimate. In addition, if a multi-employer defined benefit plan fails to satisfy certain minimum funding requirements, the IRS may impose a nondeductible excise tax of 5% on the amount of the accumulated funding deficiency for those employers contributing to the fund. As of January 1, 2011, Sysco had approximately $6.3 million in liabilities recorded related to certain multi-employer defined benefit plans for which Sysco’s voluntary withdrawal had already occurred.

Fuel Commitments

     From time to time, Sysco may enter into forward purchase commitments for a portion of its projected diesel fuel requirements. As of January 1, 2011, outstanding forward diesel fuel purchase commitments totaled approximately $80.9 million at a fixed price through January 2012.

11. BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION

     The company has aggregated its operating companies into a number of segments, of which only Broadline and SYGMA are reportable segments as defined in the accounting literature related to disclosures about segments of an enterprise. The Broadline reportable segment is an aggregation of the company’s United States, Canadian and European Broadline segments. Broadline operating companies distribute a full line of food products and a wide variety of non-food products to their customers. SYGMA operating companies distribute a full line of food products and a wide variety of non-food products to certain chain restaurant customer locations. “Other” financial information is attributable to the company’s other operating segments, including the company’s specialty produce, custom-cut meat and lodging industry segments and a company that distributes to international customers.

     The accounting policies for the segments are the same as those disclosed by Sysco for its consolidated financial statements. Intersegment sales represent specialty produce and meat company products distributed by the Broadline and SYGMA operating companies. The segment results include certain centrally incurred costs for shared services that are charged to our segments. These centrally incurred costs are charged based upon the relative level of service used by each operating company consistent with how Sysco’s management views the performance of its operating segments. Management evaluates the performance of each of our operating segments based on its respective operating income results, which include the allocation of certain centrally incurred costs.

     Included in corporate expenses, among other items, are:

• Gains and losses recorded to adjust COLI policies to their cash surrender values;

• Share-based compensation expense;

• Expenses related to the company’s business transformation project; and

• Corporate-level depreciation and amortization expense.

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

	26-Week Period Ended						13-Week Period Ended
	Jan. 1, 2011			Dec. 26, 2009			Jan. 1, 2011			Dec. 26, 2009
	(In thousands)
Sales:
Broadline	$	15,207,567		$	14,393,429		$	7,416,293		$	7,084,723
SYGMA		2,632,266			2,308,174			1,312,770			1,157,313
Other		1,595,074			1,495,543			808,149			752,666
Intersegment sales		(298,781	)		(247,221	)		(152,360	)		(126,203	)
Total	$	19,136,126		$	17,949,925		$	9,384,852		$	8,868,499
	26-Week Period Ended						13-Week Period Ended
	Jan. 1, 2011			Dec. 26, 2009			Jan. 1, 2011			Dec. 26, 2009
	(In thousands)
Operating income:
Broadline	$	1,009,357		$	1,009,924		$	473,600		$	500,900
SYGMA		28,392			17,857			13,822			12,019
Other		57,073			55,799			30,198			29,985
Total segments		1,094,822			1,083,580			517,620			542,904
Corporate expenses		(151,557	)		(123,901	)		(80,595	)		(80,553	)
Total operating income		943,265			959,679			437,025			462,351
Interest expense		59,161			65,322			28,060			31,522
Other expense (income), net		(2,984	)		(3,150	)		(1,300	)		(1,138	)
Earnings before income taxes	$	887,088		$	897,507		$	410,265		$	431,967

	Jan. 1, 2011		July 3, 2010		Dec. 26, 2009
	(In thousands)
Assets:
Broadline	$	6,457,736	$	6,218,985	$	5,974,238
SYGMA		417,692		392,883		384,735
Other		968,027		937,605		922,233
Total segments		7,843,455		7,549,473		7,281,206
Corporate		2,484,828		2,764,228		2,923,039
Total	$	10,328,283	$	10,313,701	$	10,204,245

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12. SUPPLEMENTAL GUARANTOR INFORMATION — PARENT GUARANTEE

     Sysco International, ULC is an unlimited liability company organized under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sysco. In May 2002, Sysco International, Co. issued, in a private offering, $200.0 million of 6.10% notes due in 2012. These notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Sysco.

     The following condensed consolidating financial statements present separately the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the parent guarantor (Sysco), the subsidiary issuer (Sysco International) and all other non-guarantor subsidiaries of Sysco (Other Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries) on a combined basis with eliminating entries.

	Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
	Jan. 1, 2011
					Other
			Sysco		Non-Guarantor						Consolidated
	Sysco		International		Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Totals
	(In thousands)
Current assets	$	132,672	$	7	$	4,734,203		$	—		$	4,866,882
Investment in subsidiaries		15,756,646		516,940		125,075			(16,398,661	)		—
Plant and equipment, net		540,534		—		2,830,019			—			3,370,553
Other assets		394,587		476		1,695,785			—			2,090,848
Total assets	$	16,824,439	$	517,423	$	9,385,082		$	(16,398,661	)	$	10,328,283
Current liabilities	$	417,368	$	1,342	$	2,302,824		$	—		$	2,721,534
Intercompany payables (receivables)		9,695,847		89,776		(9,785,623	)		—			—
Long-term debt		2,400,988		199,913		52,628			—			2,653,529
Other liabilities		512,065		—		446,664			—			958,729
Shareholders’ equity		3,798,171		226,392		16,368,589			(16,398,661	)		3,994,491
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	16,824,439	$	517,423	$	9,385,082		$	(16,398,661	)	$	10,328,283

	Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
	July 3, 2010
					Other
			Sysco		Non-Guarantor						Consolidated
	Sysco		International		Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Totals
	(In thousands)
Current assets	$	417,336	$	33	$	4,658,889		$	—		$	5,076,258
Investment in subsidiaries		14,979,871		465,641		142,925			(15,588,437	)		—
Plant and equipment, net		425,279		—		2,778,544			—			3,203,823
Other assets		362,658		597		1,670,365			—			2,033,620
Total assets	$	16,185,144	$	466,271	$	9,250,723		$	(15,588,437	)	$	10,313,701
Current liabilities	$	444,274	$	1,114	$	2,563,810		$	—		$	3,009,198
Intercompany payables (receivables)		9,405,317		73,124		(9,478,441	)		—			—
Long-term debt		2,225,781		199,881		47,000			—			2,472,662
Other liabilities		411,781		—		592,534			—			1,004,315
Shareholders’ equity		3,697,991		192,152		15,525,820			(15,588,437	)		3,827,526
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	16,185,144	$	466,271	$	9,250,723		$	(15,588,437	)	$	10,313,701

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	Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
	Dec. 26, 2009
							Other
				Sysco			Non-Guarantor						Consolidated
	Sysco			International			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Totals
	(In thousands)
Current assets	$	499,453		$	10		$	4,517,327		$	—		$	5,016,790
Investment in subsidiaries		14,134,945			458,012			137,741			(14,730,698	)		—
Plant and equipment, net		301,018			—			2,771,703			—			3,072,721
Other assets		482,452			761			1,631,521			—			2,114,734
Total assets	$	15,417,868		$	458,783		$	9,058,292		$	(14,730,698	)	$	10,204,245
Current liabilities	$	416,043		$	929		$	2,294,050		$	—		$	2,711,022
Intercompany payables (receivables)		8,590,840			79,443			(8,670,283	)		—			—
Long-term debt		2,219,095			199,847			49,748			—			2,468,690
Other liabilities		425,110			—			669,136			—			1,094,246
Shareholders’ equity		3,766,780			178,564			14,715,641			(14,730,698	)		3,930,287
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	15,417,868		$	458,783		$	9,058,292		$	(14,730,698	)	$	10,204,245
	Condensed Consolidating Results of Operations
	For the 26-Week Period Ended Jan. 1, 2011
							Other
				Sysco			Non-Guarantor						Consolidated
	Sysco			International			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Totals
	(In thousands)
Sales	$	—		$	—		$	19,136,126		$	—		$	19,136,126
Cost of sales		—			—			15,562,765			—			15,562,765
Gross margin		—			—			3,573,361			—			3,573,361
Operating expenses		153,732			65			2,476,299			—			2,630,096
Operating income (loss)		(153,732	)		(65	)		1,097,062			—			943,265
Interest expense (income)		261,856			5,677			(208,372	)		—			59,161
Other expense (income), net		(92	)		—			(2,892	)		—			(2,984	)
Earnings (losses) before income taxes		(415,496	)		(5,742	)		1,308,326			—			887,088
Income tax provision (benefit)		(154,494	)		(2,135	)		486,475			—			329,846
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries		818,244			31,747			—			(849,991	)		—
Net earnings	$	557,242		$	28,140		$	821,851		$	(849,991	)	$	557,242
	Condensed Consolidating Results of Operations
	For the 26-Week Period Ended Dec. 26, 2009
							Other
				Sysco			Non-Guarantor						Consolidated
	Sysco			International			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Totals
	(In thousands)
Sales	$	—		$	—		$	17,949,925		$	—		$	17,949,925
Cost of sales		—			—			14,507,679			—			14,507,679
Gross margin		—			—			3,442,246			—			3,442,246
Operating expenses		122,810			69			2,359,688			—			2,482,567
Operating income (loss)		(122,810	)		(69	)		1,082,558			—			959,679
Interest expense (income)		241,130			5,068			(180,876	)		—			65,322
Other expense (income), net		(360	)		—			(2,790	)		—			(3,150	)
Earnings (losses) before income taxes		(363,580	)		(5,137	)		1,266,224			—			897,507
Income tax provision (benefit)		(122,726	)		(1,734	)		427,413			—			302,953
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries		835,408			27,193			—			(862,601	)		—
Net earnings	$	594,554		$	23,790		$	838,811		$	(862,601	)	$	594,554

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	Condensed Consolidating Results of Operations
	For the 13-Week Period Ended Jan. 1, 2011
							Other
				Sysco			Non-Guarantor						Consolidated
	Sysco			International			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Totals
	(In thousands)
Sales	$	—		$	—		$	9,384,852		$	—		$	9,384,852
Cost of sales		—			—			7,642,908			—			7,642,908
Gross margin		—			—			1,741,944			—			1,741,944
Operating expenses		86,037			32			1,218,850			—			1,304,919
Operating income (loss)		(86,037	)		(32	)		523,094			—			437,025
Interest expense (income)		130,867			3,101			(105,908	)		—			28,060
Other expense (income), net		(9	)		—			(1,291	)		—			(1,300	)
Earnings (losses) before income taxes		(216,895	)		(3,133	)		630,293			—			410,265
Income tax provision (benefit)		(80,458	)		(1,162	)		233,712			—			152,092
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries		394,610			16,273			—			(410,883	)		—
Net earnings	$	258,173		$	14,302		$	396,581		$	(410,883	)	$	258,173

	Condensed Consolidating Results of Operations
	For the 13-Week Period Ended Dec. 26, 2009
							Other
				Sysco			Non-Guarantor						Consolidated
	Sysco			International			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Totals
	(In thousands)
Sales	$	—		$	—		$	8,868,499		$	—		$	8,868,499
Cost of sales		—			—			7,173,612			—			7,173,612
Gross margin		—			—			1,694,887			—			1,694,887
Operating expenses		77,748			35			1,154,753			—			1,232,536
Operating income (loss)		(77,748	)		(35	)		540,134			—			462,351
Interest expense (income)		120,566			2,578			(91,622	)		—			31,522
Other expense (income), net		(6	)		—			(1,132	)		—			(1,138	)
Earnings (losses) before income taxes		(198,308	)		(2,613	)		632,888			—			431,967
Income tax provision (benefit)		(73,262	)		(979	)		237,859			—			163,618
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries		393,395			14,000			—			(407,395	)		—
Net earnings	$	268,349		$	12,366		$	395,029		$	(407,395	)	$	268,349

	Condensed Consolidating Cash Flows
	For the 26-Week Period Ended Jan. 1, 2011
							Other
				Sysco			Non-Guarantor			Consolidated
	Sysco			International			Subsidiaries			Totals
	(In thousands)
Net cash provided by (used for):
Operating activities	$	(132,293	)	$	28,547		$	386,393		$	282,647
Investing activities		(140,272	)		—			(186,487	)		(326,759	)
Financing activities		(340,071	)		—			(2,509	)		(342,580	)
Effect of exchange rates on cash		—			—			11,004			11,004
Intercompany activity		335,748			(28,547	)		(307,201	)		—
Net (decrease) in cash		(276,888	)		—			(98,800	)		(375,688	)
Cash at the beginning of the period		373,523			—			211,920			585,443
Cash at the end of the period	$	96,635		$	—		$	113,120		$	209,755

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	Condensed Consolidating Cash Flows
	For the 26-Week Period Ended Dec. 26, 2009
							Other
				Sysco			Non-Guarantor			Consolidated
	Sysco			International			Subsidiaries			Totals
	(In thousands)
Net cash provided by (used for):
Operating activities	$	(154,832	)	$	23,891		$	277,362		$	146,421
Investing activities		(87,551	)		—			(261,750	)		(349,301	)
Financing activities		(248,177	)		—			779			(247,398	)
Effect of exchange rates on cash		—			—			6,512			6,512
Intercompany activity		57,742			(23,891	)		(33,851	)		—
Net (decrease) in cash		(432,818	)		—			(10,948	)		(443,766	)
Cash at the beginning of the period		899,195			—			119,456			1,018,651
Cash at the end of the period	$	466,377		$	—		$	108,508		$	574,885

13. SUPPLEMENTAL GUARANTOR INFORMATION — SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES

     On January 19, 2011, the wholly-owned U.S. Broadline subsidiaries of Sysco Corporation entered into full and unconditional guarantees of all outstanding senior notes and debentures of Sysco Corporation. As of January 1, 2011, Sysco had a total of approximately $2,225.0 million in senior notes and debentures outstanding.

     The following condensed consolidating financial statements present separately the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the guarantors (U.S. Broadline subsidiaries), the parent issuer (Sysco Corporation) and all other non-guarantor subsidiaries of Sysco (Other Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries) on a combined basis with eliminating entries.

	Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
	Jan. 1, 2011
	U.S.					Other
	Broadline					Non-Guarantor						Consolidated
	Subsidiaries			Sysco		Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Totals
	(In thousands)
Current assets	$	3,248,279		$	132,672	$	1,485,931		$	—		$	4,866,882
Investment in subsidiaries		—			15,756,646		—			(15,756,646	)		—
Plant and equipment, net		1,784,365			540,534		1,045,654			—			3,370,553
Other assets		495,369			394,587		1,200,892			—			2,090,848
Total assets	$	5,528,013		$	16,824,439	$	3,732,477		$	(15,756,646	)	$	10,328,283
Current liabilities	$	813,532		$	417,368	$	1,490,634		$	—		$	2,721,534
Intercompany payables (receivables)		(9,695,821	)		9,695,847		(26	)		—			—
Long-term debt		24,561			2,400,988		227,980			—			2,653,529
Other liabilities		336,429			512,065		110,235			—			958,729
Shareholders’ equity		14,049,312			3,798,171		1,903,654			(15,756,646	)		3,994,491
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	5,528,013		$	16,824,439	$	3,732,477		$	(15,756,646	)	$	10,328,283

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	Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
	July 3, 2010
	U.S.					Other
	Broadline					Non-Guarantor					Consolidated
	Subsidiaries			Sysco		Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Totals
	(In thousands)
Current assets	$	3,165,121		$	417,336	$	1,493,801	$	—		$	5,076,258
Investment in subsidiaries		—			14,979,871		—		(14,979,871	)		—
Plant and equipment, net		1,762,580			425,279		1,015,964		—			3,203,823
Other assets		484,887			362,658		1,186,075		—			2,033,620
Total assets	$	5,412,588		$	16,185,144	$	3,695,840	$	(14,979,871	)	$	10,313,701
Current liabilities	$	918,449		$	444,274	$	1,646,475	$	—		$	3,009,198
Intercompany payables (receivables)		(9,408,645	)		9,405,317		3,328		—			—
Long-term debt		18,860			2,225,781		228,021		—			2,472,662
Other liabilities		491,528			411,781		101,006		—			1,004,315
Shareholders’ equity		13,392,396			3,697,991		1,717,010		(14,979,871	)		3,827,526
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	5,412,588		$	16,185,144	$	3,695,840	$	(14,979,871	)	$	10,313,701

	Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
	Dec. 26, 2009
	U.S.					Other
	Broadline					Non-Guarantor					Consolidated
	Subsidiaries			Sysco		Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Totals
	(In thousands)
Current assets	$	3,091,599		$	499,453	$	1,425,738	$	—		$	5,016,790
Investment in subsidiaries		—			14,134,945		—		(14,134,945	)		—
Plant and equipment, net		1,770,201			301,018		1,001,502		—			3,072,721
Other assets		443,948			482,452		1,188,334		—			2,114,734
Total assets	$	5,305,748		$	15,417,868	$	3,615,574	$	(14,134,945	)	$	10,204,245
Current liabilities	$	778,594		$	416,043	$	1,516,385	$	—		$	2,711,022
Intercompany payables (receivables)		(8,690,235	)		8,590,840		99,395		—			—
Long-term debt		19,132			2,219,095		230,463		—			2,468,690
Other liabilities		540,585			425,110		128,551		—			1,094,246
Shareholders’ equity		12,657,672			3,766,780		1,640,780		(14,134,945	)		3,930,287
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	5,305,748		$	15,417,868	$	3,615,574	$	(14,134,945	)	$	10,204,245

	Condensed Consolidating Results of Operations
	For the 26-Week Period Ended Jan. 1, 2011
	U.S.						Other
	Broadline						Non-Guarantor						Consolidated
	Subsidiaries			Sysco			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Totals
	(In thousands)
Sales	$	13,233,437		$	—		$	6,201,470		$	(298,781	)	$	19,136,126
Cost of sales		10,546,584			—			5,271,684			(255,503	)		15,562,765
Gross margin		2,686,853			—			929,786			(43,278	)		3,573,361
Operating expenses		1,767,484			153,732			752,158			(43,278	)		2,630,096
Operating income (loss)		919,369			(153,732	)		177,628			—			943,265
Interest expense (income)		(201,197	)		261,856			(1,498	)		—			59,161
Other expense (income), net		(922	)		(92	)		(1,970	)		—			(2,984	)
Earnings (losses) before income taxes		1,121,488			(415,496	)		181,096			—			887,088
Income tax provision (benefit)		417,002			(154,494	)		67,338			—			329,846
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries		—			818,244			—			(818,244	)		—
Net earnings	$	704,486		$	557,242		$	113,758		$	(818,244	)	$	557,242

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	Condensed Consolidating Results of Operations
	For the 26-Week Period Ended Dec. 26, 2009
	U.S.						Other
	Broadline						Non-Guarantor						Consolidated
	Subsidiaries			Sysco			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Totals
	(In thousands)
Sales	$	12,543,265		$	—		$	5,653,881		$	(247,221	)	$	17,949,925
Cost of sales		9,929,965			—			4,785,222			(207,508	)		14,507,679
Gross margin		2,613,300			—			868,659			(39,713	)		3,442,246
Operating expenses		1,697,216			122,810			702,254			(39,713	)		2,482,567
Operating income (loss)		916,084			(122,810	)		166,405			—			959,679
Interest expense (income)		(177,983	)		241,130			2,175			—			65,322
Other expense (income), net		(1,197	)		(360	)		(1,593	)		—			(3,150	)
Earnings (losses) before income taxes		1,095,264			(363,580	)		165,823			—			897,507
Income tax provision (benefit)		369,705			(122,726	)		55,974			—			302,953
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries		—			835,408			—			(835,408	)		—
Net earnings	$	725,559		$	594,554		$	109,849		$	(835,408	)	$	594,554

	Condensed Consolidating Results of Operations
	For the 13-Week Period Ended Jan. 1, 2011
	U.S.						Other
	Broadline						Non-Guarantor						Consolidated
	Subsidiaries			Sysco			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Totals
	(In thousands)
Sales	$	6,446,806		$	—		$	3,090,406		$	(152,360	)	$	9,384,852
Cost of sales		5,143,121			—			2,630,567			(130,780	)		7,642,908
Gross margin		1,303,685			—			459,839			(21,580	)		1,741,944
Operating expenses		867,536			86,037			372,926			(21,580	)		1,304,919
Operating income (loss)		436,149			(86,037	)		86,913			—			437,025
Interest expense (income)		(101,664	)		130,867			(1,143	)		—			28,060
Other expense (income), net		(444	)		(9	)		(847	)		—			(1,300	)
Earnings (losses) before income taxes		538,257			(216,895	)		88,903			—			410,265
Income tax provision (benefit)		199,582			(80,458	)		32,968			—			152,092
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries		—			394,610			—			(394,610	)		—
Net earnings	$	338,675		$	258,173		$	55,935		$	(394,610	)	$	258,173

	Condensed Consolidating Results of Operations
	For the 13-Week Period Ended Dec. 26, 2009
	U.S.						Other
	Broadline						Non-Guarantor						Consolidated
	Subsidiaries			Sysco			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Totals
	(In thousands)
Sales	$	6,176,500		$	—		$	2,818,202		$	(126,203	)	$	8,868,499
Cost of sales		4,893,533			—			2,386,077			(105,998	)		7,173,612
Gross margin		1,282,967			—			432,125			(20,205	)		1,694,887
Operating expenses		827,905			77,748			347,088			(20,205	)		1,232,536
Operating income (loss)		455,062			(77,748	)		85,037			—			462,351
Interest expense (income)		(89,971	)		120,566			927			—			31,522
Other expense (income), net		(454	)		(6	)		(678	)		—			(1,138	)
Earnings (losses) before income taxes		545,487			(198,308	)		84,788			—			431,967
Income tax provision (benefit)		205,160			(73,262	)		31,720			—			163,618
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries		—			393,395			—			(393,395	)		—
Net earnings	$	340,327		$	268,349		$	53,068		$	(393,395	)	$	268,349

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	Condensed Consolidating Cash Flows
	For the 26-Week Period Ended Jan. 1, 2011
	U.S.						Other
	Broadline						Non-Guarantor			Consolidated
	Subsidiaries			Sysco			Subsidiaries			Totals
	(In thousands)
Net cash provided by (used for):
Operating activities	$	474,309		$	(132,293	)	$	(59,369	)	$	282,647
Investing activities		(147,795	)		(140,272	)		(38,692	)		(326,759	)
Financing activities		(1,321	)		(340,071	)		(1,188	)		(342,580	)
Effect of exchange rates on cash		—			—			11,004			11,004
Intercompany activity		(337,651	)		335,748			1,903			—
Net (decrease) in cash		(12,458	)		(276,888	)		(86,342	)		(375,688	)
Cash at the beginning of the period		31,935			373,523			179,985			585,443
Cash at the end of the period	$	19,477		$	96,635		$	93,643		$	209,755

	Condensed Consolidating Cash Flows
	For the 26-Week Period Ended Dec. 26, 2009
	U.S.						Other
	Broadline						Non-Guarantor			Consolidated
	Subsidiaries			Sysco			Subsidiaries			Totals
	(In thousands)
Net cash provided by (used for):
Operating activities	$	267,749		$	(154,832	)	$	33,504		$	146,421
Investing activities		(122,091	)		(87,551	)		(139,659	)		(349,301	)
Financing activities		707			(248,177	)		72			(247,398	)
Effect of exchange rates on cash		—			—			6,512			6,512
Intercompany activity		(155,092	)		57,742			97,350			—
Net (decrease) in cash		(8,727	)		(432,818	)		(2,221	)		(443,766	)
Cash at the beginning of the period		32,216			899,195			87,240			1,018,651
Cash at the end of the period	$	23,489		$	466,377		$	85,019		$	574,885

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     This discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements as of July 3, 2010, and the fiscal year then ended, and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, both contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 3, 2010.

Overview

     Sysco distributes food and related products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other foodservice customers. Our primary operations are located throughout the United States, Canada and Ireland and include broadline companies, specialty produce companies, custom-cut meat operations, hotel supply operations, SYGMA (our chain restaurant distribution subsidiary) and a company that distributes to international customers.

     We consider our primary market to be the foodservice market in the United States and Canada and estimate that we serve about 17% of this approximately $210 billion annual market as measured at the end of fiscal 2010. According to industry sources, the foodservice, or food-away-from-home, market represents approximately half of the total dollars spent on food purchases made at the consumer level in the United States.

Highlights

     A slow economic recovery in the United States and Canada combined with continued low levels of consumer confidence and rising product cost inflation, contributed to a challenging environment in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011. Sales increased during the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2011, however gross margin dollars grew at a slower rate than sales and operating expenses increased faster than gross margins. This resulted in a decline in operating income, net earnings and earnings per share for both the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 and the second quarter of fiscal 2011 as compared to the same periods in fiscal 2010.

First 26 Weeks

• Sales increased 6.6% in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 from the comparable prior year period to $19.1 billion primarily due to increased prices due to inflation and improving case volumes. Inflation, as measured by changes in our product costs, was an estimated 3.9% during the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011. Sales from acquisitions within the last 12 months favorably impacted sales by 0.6%, and the exchange rates used to translate our foreign sales into U.S. dollars positively impacted sales by 0.5%.

• Operating income decreased to $943.3 million, a 1.7% decrease from the comparable prior year period, primarily driven by gross margin dollars growing at a slower rate than sales and operating expenses increasing faster than gross margins. Gross margin dollars increased 3.8% in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 from the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010 but declined as a percentage of sales primarily due to the impact of significant inflation in certain product categories, strategic pricing initiatives and growth in our SYGMA segment, which is a lower margin business than our Broadline business. Operating expenses increased 5.9% primarily due to higher pay-related expense related to increased sales and an increase in net company-sponsored pension costs.

• Net earnings decreased to $557.2 million, a 6.3% decrease from the comparable prior year period, primarily due to the decline in operating income and an increase in the effective tax rate. The effective tax rate for the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 was 37.18%, compared to an effective tax rate of 33.75% for the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010. The difference between the tax rates for the two periods resulted largely from the one-time reversal of interest accruals for tax contingencies related to our settlement with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the first quarter of fiscal 2010.

• Basic and diluted earnings per share in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 were both $0.95, a decrease of 5.0% from the comparable prior year period primarily due to the factors discussed above. Both basic and diluted earnings per share were favorably impacted by $0.04 per share in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 due to the gains recorded on the adjustment of the carrying value of corporate-owned life insurance (COLI) policies to their cash surrender values. Both basic and diluted earnings per share were favorably impacted by $0.09 per share in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010 from the one-time reversal of a previously accrued liability related to the settlement of an outstanding tax matter with the IRS of $0.05 per

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share and the gains recorded on the adjustment of the carrying value of COLI policies to their cash surrender values of $0.04 per share.

Second Quarter

• Sales increased 5.8% in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 over the comparable prior year period to $9.4 billion primarily resulting from increased prices due to inflation. Inflation, as measured by changes in our product costs, was an estimated 4.5% during the second quarter of fiscal 2011. Sales from acquisitions within the last 12 months favorably impacted sales by 0.6%, and the exchange rates used to translate our foreign sales into U.S. dollars positively impacted sales by 0.4%.

• Operating income decreased to $437.0 million, a 5.5% decrease from the comparable prior year period, primarily driven by gross margin dollars growing at a slower rate than sales and operating expenses increasing faster than gross margin dollars. Gross margin dollars increased 2.8% in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 from the second quarter of fiscal 2010 but declined as a percentage of sales primarily due to the impact of significant inflation in certain product categories, strategic pricing initiatives and growth in our SYGMA segment, which is a lower margin business than our Broadline business. Operating expenses increased 5.9% primarily due to higher pay-related expense related to increased sales and an increase in net company-sponsored pension costs and greater fuel costs.

• Net earnings decreased to $258.2 million, a 3.8% decrease from the comparable prior year period. Basic and diluted earnings per share in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 were both $0.44, a decrease of 2.2% from the comparable prior year period. These declines were primarily due to the decline in operating income. Both basic and diluted earnings per share were favorably impacted by $0.02 per share in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 due to the gains recorded on the adjustment of the carrying value of COLI policies to their cash surrender values. Both basic and diluted earnings per share were favorably impacted by $0.01 per share in the second quarter of fiscal 2010 from gains recorded on the adjustment of the carrying value of COLI policies to their cash surrender values.

Trends and Strategy

Trends

     General economic conditions and consumer confidence can affect the frequency of purchases and amounts spent by consumers for food-away-from-home and, in turn, can impact our customers and our sales. We believe the current general economic conditions, including pressure on consumer disposable income, have contributed to a slow rate of recovery in the foodservice market. Historically, we have grown at a faster rate than the overall industry and have grown our market share in this fragmented industry.

     We have experienced higher levels of product cost inflation this fiscal year as compared to fiscal 2010, which we were unable to pass through completely without negatively impacting our customers’ business and therefore our business. While we cannot predict whether inflation will continue at current levels, prolonged periods of high inflation, either overall or in certain product categories, can have a negative impact on us and our customers, as high food costs can reduce consumer spending in the food-away-from-home market, and may negatively impact our sales, gross margins and earnings.

     We have also experienced higher costs this fiscal year from increased pay-related expense due to increased sales as well as higher pension and fuel costs. We believe pay-related expense could continue to increase if sales increase, as a portion of these costs are variable in nature. We believe increased pension and fuel costs will continue for the remainder of the fiscal year. Our Business Transformation Project is a key part of our strategy to control costs and continue to grow the business. The expense related to this project through the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 has largely been comparable to the costs incurred through the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010, despite increased spend on the project. We believe these expenses will increase in the last 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 as compared to the last 27 weeks of fiscal 2010 as we prepare to deploy the project to our operating companies.

Strategy

     We continue to invest in our core business to expand our market share and grow earnings. We will continue to use our strategies to leverage our market leadership position to continuously improve how we buy, handle and market products for our customers. These strategies include: growing our sales, our Business Transformation Project, achieving productivity gains and lowering procurement costs. These strategies are described in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 3, 2010.

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     Our primary focus is on growing and optimizing our core foodservice distribution business in North America; however, we will continue to explore and identify opportunities to grow in new international markets and in other areas of business that complement our core foodservice distribution service. As a part of our ongoing strategic analysis, we regularly evaluate business opportunities, including potential acquisitions and sales of assets and businesses.

Business Transformation Project

     We have substantially completed the design and building phase of our Business Transformation Project and we are currently testing the underlying Enterprise Resource Planning system and processes. Over the remainder of this fiscal year, our pilot operating company will implement the project and our shared services center will be active in its support role. Implementation is anticipated to occur across the majority of our Broadline and SYGMA operating companies by the end of fiscal 2013. Although we expect the investment in the business transformation project to provide meaningful benefits to the company over the long-term, the costs will exceed the benefits during the early stages of implementation, including fiscal 2011.

     We expect the total cash outlay for the Business Transformation Project to be approximately $900 million. Approximately $145 million and $86 million of cash outlay occurred in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2010, respectively. Expenses related to our Business Transformation Project, inclusive of pay-related expense, in the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2011 have not significantly increased as compared to the expenses in comparable periods of fiscal 2010. We believe these expenses will increase in the last 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 as compared to the last 27 weeks of fiscal 2010 in the amount of $25 million to $45 million, as we prepare to deploy the project to our operating companies. Sysco redeployed employees to work on the Business Transformation Project and did not backfill all of these positions; therefore, not all expenses related to this project are incremental from operating expenses incurred by Sysco. Additionally, certain labor costs, which would have been expensed absent this project, are being capitalized as software costs as a result of this project.

Results of Operations

     The following table sets forth the components of the Results of Operations expressed as a percentage of sales for the periods indicated:

	26-Week Period Ended						13-Week Period Ended
	January 1, 2011			December 26, 2009			January 1, 2011			December 26, 2009
Sales		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%
Cost of sales		81.3			80.8			81.4			80.9
Gross margin		18.7			19.2			18.6			19.1
Operating expenses		13.8			13.9			13.9			13.9
Operating income		4.9			5.3			4.7			5.2
Interest expense		0.3			0.4			0.3			0.4
Other expense (income), net		(0.0	)		(0.0	)		(0.0	)		(0.0	)
Earnings before income taxes		4.6			4.9			4.4			4.8
Income taxes		1.7			1.7			1.6			1.8
Net earnings		2.9	%		3.2	%		2.8	%		3.0	%

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     The following table sets forth the change in the components of the Results of Operations expressed as a percentage increase or decrease over the comparable period in the prior year:

	26-Week Period			13-Week Period
Sales		6.6	%		5.8	%
Cost of sales		7.3			6.5
Gross margin		3.8			2.8
Operating expenses		5.9			5.9
Operating income		(1.7	)		(5.5	)
Interest expense		(9.4	)		(11.0	)
Other expense (income), net		(5.3	)		14.2
Earnings before income taxes		(1.2	)		(5.0	)
Income taxes		8.9			(7.0	)
Net earnings		(6.3	)%		(3.8	)%
Basic earnings per share		(5.0	)%		(2.2	)%
Diluted earnings per share		(5.0	)		(2.2	)
Average shares outstanding		(0.9	)		(1.3	)
Diluted shares outstanding		(0.6	)		(1.1	)

Sales

     Sales were 6.6% higher in the first 26 weeks and 5.8% higher in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 than the comparable periods of the prior year. Product cost inflation and the resulting increase in selling prices, combined with improving case volumes, had an impact on sales in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011. Product cost inflation was the primary factor that increased sales in the second quarter of fiscal 2011. Changes in product costs, an internal measure of inflation or deflation, were estimated as inflation of 3.9% during the first 26 weeks and 4.5% during the second quarter of fiscal 2011, as compared to deflation of 3.4% during the first 26 weeks and 3.5% during the second quarter of fiscal 2010. Sales from acquisitions within the last 12 months favorably impacted sales by 0.6% for both the first 26 weeks and the second quarter of fiscal 2011. The exchange rates used to translate our foreign sales into U.S. dollars positively impacted sales by 0.5% in the first 26 weeks and 0.4% in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 compared to the first 26 weeks and the second quarter of fiscal 2010, respectively.

     We believe that our continued focus on the use of business reviews and business development activities, commitment to quality, investment in customer contact personnel and the efforts of our marketing associates and sales support personnel are key drivers to strengthening customer relationships and growing sales with new and existing customers. We also believe these activities help our customers in this challenging economic environment.

Operating Income

     Cost of sales primarily includes our product costs, net of vendor consideration, and includes in-bound freight. Operating expenses include the costs of facilities, product handling, delivery, selling and general and administrative activities. Fuel surcharges are reflected within sales and gross margins; fuel costs are reflected within operating expenses.

     Operating income decreased 1.7% in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 from the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010 to $943.3 million, and as a percentage of sales, declined to 4.9% of sales. Operating income decreased 5.5% in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 from the second quarter of fiscal 2010 to $437.0 million, and as a percentage of sales, declined to 4.7% of sales. This decrease in operating income for both periods was primarily due to gross margin dollars growing at a slower rate than sales and operating expenses increasing faster than gross margin dollars.

     Gross margin dollars increased in the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2011 as compared to the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2010 primarily due to increased sales. Gross margin, as a percentage of sales, was 18.67% in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011, a decline of 50 basis points from the gross margin percentage of 19.18% in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010. Gross margin, as a percentage of sales, was 18.56% in the second quarter of fiscal 2011, a decline of 55 basis

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points from the gross margin percentage of 19.11% in the second quarter of fiscal 2010. This decline in gross margin percentage was primarily the result of three factors.

     First, Sysco’s product cost inflation was estimated as inflation of 3.9% during the first 26 weeks and 4.5% during the second quarter of fiscal 2011. We experienced higher levels of inflation in the dairy, meat and seafood product categories in the range of 9% to 12% during the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011. While we are generally able to pass through modest levels of inflation to our customers, we were unable to fully pass on these higher levels of inflation in these product categories without negatively impacting our customers’ business and therefore our business. While we cannot predict whether inflation will continue at these levels, prolonged periods of high inflation, either overall or in certain product categories, can have a negative impact on us and our customers, as high food costs can reduce consumer spending in the food-away-from-home market, and may negatively impact our sales, gross margins and earnings.

     Second, certain ongoing strategic pricing initiatives largely lowered our prices to our customers in specific product categories in order to increase sales volumes. These initiatives are being phased in over time and resulted in short-term gross margin declines as a percentage of sales, but we believe will result in long-term gross margin dollar growth due to higher sales volumes and increased market share. We have experienced double digit year over year volume growth with those items included in these programs and believe the long-term benefits of these strategic initiatives will result in profitable market share growth.

     Third, case volumes increased at a greater rate in both the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2011 within our SYGMA segment which is a lower margin business than our Broadline business. SYGMA’s case growth in both periods was largely attributable to new customers. Our strategy includes pursuing growth in our SYGMA segment and if this segment grows faster than other segments, gross margin dollars should increase; however, our gross margin as a percentage of sales could decline.

     Operating expenses for the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2011 were higher than in the comparable prior year periods primarily due to higher pay-related expense related to increased sales and an increase in net company-sponsored pension costs. Fuel costs also increased in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 as compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2010. Operating expenses were also favorably impacted by the adjustment of the carrying value of our COLI policies to their cash surrender value.

     Pay-related expense, excluding labor costs associated with our Business Transformation Project, increased by $63.1 million and $14.2 million in the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2011, respectively, from the comparable prior year periods primarily due to our increased sales. These increases included both sales compensation and delivery personnel costs. Portions of our pay-related expense are variable in nature and are expected to increase when sales increase. Partially offsetting these increased variable costs were lower provisions for management incentive compensation. The criteria for paying annual bonuses to our corporate officers and certain operating company management are tied to overall company performance. Our fiscal 2011 performance through 26 weeks has led to lower bonus accruals as compared to the comparable period in fiscal 2010. Expense related to management incentive accruals decreased by $13.2 million and $13.3 million in the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2011, respectively, from the comparable prior year periods.

     Net company-sponsored pension costs in the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2011 were $30.1 million and $15.1 million higher, respectively, than in the comparable prior year periods, due primarily to a decrease in discount rates used to calculate our projected benefit obligation and related pension expense at the end of fiscal 2010, partially offset by reduced amortization of our net actuarial loss resulting from actuarial gains from higher returns on assets of Sysco’s Retirement Plan during fiscal 2010. Net company-sponsored pension costs for each fiscal year are determined as of the previous fiscal year end’s plan measurement date and therefore the rate of increase for each quarter is known at that time.

     Sysco’s fuel costs in the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2011 were $6.0 million and $10.0 million higher, respectively, than in the comparable prior year periods. The increase for the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 is largely attributable to increased gallon usage due to increased miles from higher sales. To a lesser extent, rising diesel prices also contributed to the increase in fuel costs in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 as compared to the prior period. The increase for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 is primarily due to increased diesel prices. Sysco’s costs per gallon increased 19.8% in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 over fiscal 2010. Sysco’s activities to mitigate increasing fuel costs include reducing miles driven by our trucks through improved routing techniques, improving fleet utilization by adjusting idling time and maximum speeds and using fuel surcharges.

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     From time to time, we will enter into forward purchase commitments for a portion of our projected monthly diesel fuel requirements with a goal of mitigating a portion of the volatility in fuel prices. These commitments will result in either additional fuel costs or avoided fuel costs based on the comparison of the prices on the fixed price contracts and market prices for the respective periods. In the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011, our forward fuel purchase commitments resulted in an estimated $4.7 million of avoided fuel costs as the fixed prices on the contracts were lower than market prices for the contracted volumes. In the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010, our forward purchase commitments resulted in an estimated $8.4 million of additional fuel costs as the fixed price contracts were higher than market prices for the contracted volumes. As of January 1, 2011, we had forward diesel fuel commitments totaling approximately $80.9 million through January 2012. These contracts will lock in the price of approximately 30% to 35% of our fuel purchase needs for the contracted periods at prices slightly lower than the current market price for diesel.

     Assuming that fuel prices do not rise significantly over recent levels during the remainder of fiscal 2011, fuel costs for the last 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 exclusive of any amounts recovered through fuel surcharges, are expected to increase by approximately $10 million to $20 million as compared to the last 27 weeks in fiscal 2010. Our estimate is based upon current, published quarterly market price projections for diesel, the cost committed to in our forward fuel purchase agreements currently in place for the remainder of fiscal 2011 and estimates of fuel consumption. Actual fuel costs could vary from our estimates if any of these assumptions change, in particular if future fuel prices vary significantly from our current estimates. We continue to evaluate all opportunities to offset potential increases in fuel expense, including the use of fuel surcharges and overall expense management.

     We adjust the carrying values of our COLI policies to their cash surrender values on an ongoing basis. The cash surrender values of these policies are partially based on the values of underlying investments, which include equity securities. As a result, the cash surrender values of these policies will fluctuate with changes in the market value of such securities. The changes in the financial markets resulted in gains for these policies of $23.9 million and $10.3 million in the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2011, respectively. These gains compared to the recognition of gains of $26.3 million and $5.2 million in the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2010, respectively. The performance of the financial markets will continue to influence the cash surrender values of our COLI policies, which could cause volatility in operating income, net earnings and earnings per share.

Net Earnings

     Net earnings decreased 6.3% in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 from the comparable period of the prior year primarily due to the decline in operating income and an increase in the effective tax rate. The difference between the tax rates for the two periods resulted largely from the one-time reversal of interest accruals for tax contingencies related to our settlement with the IRS in the first quarter of fiscal 2010. Net earnings decreased 3.8% in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 from the comparable period of the prior year primarily due to the decline in operating income.

     The effective tax rate of 37.18% for the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 was favorably impacted by the adjustment of the carrying values of our COLI policies to their cash surrender values. The gain of $23.9 million recorded in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 was non-taxable for income tax purposes, and had the impact of decreasing income tax expense for the period by $9.2 million.

     The effective tax rate of 33.75% for the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010 was favorably impacted by three items. First, we recorded an income tax benefit of approximately $29.0 million resulting from the one-time reversal of previously accrued interest related to the settlement with the IRS (see “Other Considerations” for additional discussion). Second, the gain of $26.3 million recorded to adjust the carrying value of COLI policies to their cash surrender values in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010, which had the impact of decreasing income tax expense for the period by $10.1 million. Third, we recorded a tax benefit of approximately $5.0 million for the reversal of valuation allowances previously recorded on state net operating loss carryforwards.

     The effective tax rate of 37.07% for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 was favorably impacted by the gain of $10.3 million recorded to adjust the carrying value of COLI policies to their cash surrender values in the second quarter of fiscal 2011, which had the impact of decreasing income tax expense for the period by $4.0 million.

     The effective tax rate of 37.88% for the second quarter of fiscal 2010 was favorably impacted by the gain of $5.2 million recorded to adjust the carrying value of COLI policies to their cash surrender values in the second quarter of fiscal 2010, which had the impact of decreasing income tax expense for the period by $2.0 million.

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Earnings Per Share

     Basic and diluted earnings per share decreased 5.0% in the first 26 weeks and 2.2% in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 from the comparable periods of the prior year. These decreases were primarily the result of factors discussed above, as well as a small net reduction in shares outstanding. The net reduction in both average and diluted shares outstanding was primarily due to share repurchases.

     Both basic and diluted earnings per share were favorably impacted by $0.04 per share in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 due to the gains recorded on the adjustment of the carrying value of COLI policies to their cash surrender values. Both basic and diluted earnings per share were favorably impacted by $0.09 per share in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010 from the one-time reversal on interest accruals for the tax contingencies related to IRS settlement of $0.05 per share and the gain recorded on the adjustment of the COLI policies to their cash surrender values of $0.04 per share.

     Both basic and diluted earnings per share were favorably impacted by $0.02 per share in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 due to the gains recorded on the adjustment of the carrying value of COLI policies to their cash surrender values. Both basic and diluted earnings per share were favorably impacted by $0.01 per share in the second quarter of fiscal 2010 due to the gain recorded on the adjustment of the COLI policies to their cash surrender values.

Segment Results

     We have aggregated our operating companies into a number of segments, of which only Broadline and SYGMA are reportable segments as defined in the accounting literature related to disclosures about segments of an enterprise. The accounting policies for the segments are the same as those disclosed by Sysco for our consolidated financial statements. Intersegment sales generally represent specialty produce and meat company products distributed by the Broadline and SYGMA operating companies. The segment results include certain centrally incurred costs for shared services that are charged to our segments. These centrally incurred costs are charged based upon the relative level of service used by each operating company consistent with how management views the performance of its operating segments.

     Management evaluates the performance of each of our operating segments based on its respective operating income results, which include the allocation of certain centrally incurred costs. While a segment’s operating income may be impacted in the short term by increases or decreases in margins, expenses, or a combination thereof, over the long term each business segment is expected to increase its operating income at a greater rate than sales growth. This is consistent with our long-term goal of leveraging earnings growth at a greater rate than sales growth.

     Included in corporate expenses, among other items, are:

• Gains and losses recorded to adjust COLI policies to their cash surrender values;

• Share-based compensation expense;

• Expenses related to our Business Transformation Project; and

• Corporate-level depreciation and amortization expense.

     The following table sets forth the operating income of each of our reportable segments and the other segment expressed as a percentage of each segment’s sales for each period reported and should be read in conjunction with Note 11, “Business Segment Information”:

	Operating Income as a						Operating Income as a
	Percentage of Sales						Percentage of Sales
	26-Week Period						13-Week Period
	January 1, 2011			December 26, 2009			January 1, 2011			December 26, 2009
Broadline		6.6	%		7.0	%		6.4	%		7.1	%
SYGMA		1.1			0.8			1.1			1.0
Other		3.6			3.7			3.7			4.0

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     The following table sets forth the change in the selected financial data of each of our reportable segments and the other segment expressed as a percentage increase or decrease over the comparable period in the prior year and should be read in conjunction with Note 11, “Business Segment Information”:

	26-Week Period						13-Week Period
				Operating						Operating
	Sales			Income			Sales			Income
Broadline		5.7	%		(0.1	)%		4.7	%		(5.5	)%
SYGMA		14.0			59.0			13.4			15.0
Other		6.7			2.3			7.4			0.7

     The following tables set forth sales and operating income of each of our reportable segments, the other segment, and intersegment sales, expressed as a percentage of aggregate segment sales, including intersegment sales, and operating income, respectively. For purposes of these statistical tables, operating income of our segments excludes corporate expenses of $151.6 million and $80.6 million in the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2011, as compared to $123.9 million and $80.6 million in the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2010, that is not charged to our segments. This information should be read in conjunction with Note 11, “Business Segment Information”:

	26-Week Period Ended
	January 1, 2011						December 26, 2009
				Segment Operating						Segment Operating
	Sales			Income			Sales			Income
Broadline		79.5	%		92.2	%		80.2	%		93.2	%
SYGMA		13.8			2.6			12.9			1.7
Other		8.3			5.2			8.3			5.1
Intersegment sales		(1.6	)		—			(1.4	)		—
Total		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%

	13-Week Period Ended
	January 1, 2011						December 26, 2009
				Segment Operating						Segment Operating
	Sales			Income			Sales			Income
Broadline		79.0	%		91.5	%		79.9	%		92.3	%
SYGMA		14.0			2.7			13.0			2.2
Other		8.6			5.8			8.5			5.5
Intersegment sales		(1.6	)		—			(1.4	)		—
Total		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%

Broadline Segment

     Broadline operating companies distribute a full line of food products and a wide variety of non-food products to both traditional and chain restaurant customers. In the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011, the Broadline operating results represented 79.5% of Sysco’s overall sales and 92.2% of the aggregated operating income of Sysco’s segments, which excludes corporate expenses and consolidated adjustments.

Sales

     Sales were 5.7% greater in the first 26 weeks and 4.7% greater in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 than in the comparable periods of the prior year. Product cost inflation and the resulting increase in selling prices, combined with case volume improvement, contributed to the increase in sales in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011. Product cost inflation was the primary factor that increased sales in the second quarter of fiscal 2011. Changes in product costs, an internal measure of inflation or deflation, were estimated as inflation of 4.0% and 4.6% during the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2011, respectively, as compared to deflation of 3.5% during both the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2010. Sales from

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acquisitions within the last 12 months favorably impacted sales by 0.7% for the first 26 weeks and 0.8% in the second quarter of fiscal 2011. The exchange rates used to translate our foreign sales into U.S. dollars positively impacted sales by 0.5% in both the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2011 compared to the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2010.

Operating Income

     Operating income decreased 0.1% in the first 26 weeks and 5.5% in the second quarter of fiscal 2011. This decrease in operating income for both periods was primarily due to gross margin dollars growing at a slower rate than sales and operating expenses increasing faster than gross margin dollars. Gross margin dollars increased 2.8% while operating expenses increased 4.4% in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 as compared to the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010. Gross margin dollars increased 1.2% while operating expenses increased 4.8% in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 as compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2010.

     Gross margin dollars increased in the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2011 primarily due to increased sales; however, gross margin dollars increased at a lower rate than sales. This slower growth in gross margin dollars was primarily the result of two factors. First, we experienced higher levels of inflation in the dairy, meat and seafood product categories in the range of 9% to 12% during the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011. While we are generally able to pass through modest levels of inflation to our customers, we were unable to fully pass on these higher levels of inflation in these product categories without negatively impacting our customers’ business and therefore our business. While we cannot predict whether inflation will continue at these levels, prolonged periods of high inflation, either overall or in certain product categories, can have a negative impact on our customers, as high food costs can reduce consumer spending in the food-away-from-home market, and may negatively impact the Broadline segment’s sales, gross margins and earnings. Second, certain ongoing strategic pricing initiatives largely lowered our prices to our customers in specific product categories in order to increase sales volumes. These initiatives are being phased in over time and resulted in short-term gross margin declines as a percentage of sales, but we believe will result in long-term gross margin dollar growth due to higher sales volumes and increased market share. We have experienced double digit year over year volume growth with those items included in these programs and believe the long-term benefits of these strategic initiatives will result in profitable market share growth.

     The expense increases in fiscal 2011 were driven largely by an increase in pay-related expenses relating to the sales increase, including both sales compensation and delivery personnel costs. Portions of our pay-related expense are variable in nature and are expected to increase when sales increase. Fuel costs were $2.8 million higher in the first 26 weeks and $7.1 higher in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 than in the comparable periods of the prior year. Assuming that fuel prices do not rise significantly over recent levels during fiscal 2011, fuel costs for the last 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 exclusive of any amounts recovered through fuel surcharges, are expected to increase by approximately $7 million to $13 million as compared to the last 27 weeks in fiscal 2010. Our estimate is based upon current, published quarterly market price projections for diesel, the cost committed to in our forward fuel purchase agreements currently in place for fiscal 2011 and estimates of fuel consumption. Actual fuel costs could vary from our estimates if any of these assumptions change, in particular if future fuel prices vary significantly from our current estimates. We continue to evaluate all opportunities to offset potential increases in fuel expense, including the use of fuel surcharges and overall expense management.

SYGMA Segment

     SYGMA operating companies distribute a full line of food products and a wide variety of non-food products to certain chain restaurant customer locations.

Sales

     Sales were 14.0% greater in the first 26 weeks and 13.4% greater in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 than in the comparable periods of the prior year primarily due to case volume improvement. The case growth in both periods was largely attributable to new customers. Also contributing to the case growth to a lesser extent was an increase in volume from certain existing customers. However, sales to other existing customers were affected by the weak economic environment which applied continued pressure to consumer discretionary spending and negatively impacted overall restaurant traffic counts.

Operating Income

     Operating income increased $10.5 million in the first 26 weeks and $1.8 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 over the comparable periods of the prior year due to increased sales and improved productivity. Gross margin dollars increased 13.9% while operating expenses increased 9.4% in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 from the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010.

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Gross margin dollars increased 12.0% while operating expenses increased 11.6% in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 from the second quarter of fiscal 2010.

     Contributing to the gross margin increase in the first 26 weeks and second quarter were increased sales and an increase of approximately $2.1 million and $0.9 million in the fuel surcharges charged to customers in the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2011 from the comparable period of the prior year due to higher fuel prices in fiscal 2011. The increase in operating expenses was largely driven by increased delivery and warehouse personnel payroll costs resulting from increased sales. Productivity improvements occurred within our warehouse, delivery and administrative functions in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 and within our administrative functions only in the second quarter of fiscal 2011. Also contributing to the increase in operating expenses were increases in fuel costs in the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2011 over the comparable prior year periods of $3.6 million and $2.8 million, respectively.

Other Segment

     “Other” financial information is attributable to our other operating segments, including our specialty produce, custom-cut meat and lodging industry products and a company that distributes to international customers. These operating segments are discussed on an aggregate basis as they do not represent reportable segments under segment accounting literature.

     Operating income increased 2.3% for the first 26 weeks and 0.7% for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 from the comparable periods of the prior year. The increase in operating income for both the first 26 weeks and second quarter of fiscal 2011 was caused primarily by increased sales and favorable expense management in the specialty meat segment.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

     Sysco’s strategic objectives require continuing investment and our financial resources include cash provided by operations and access to capital from financial markets. Our operations historically have produced significant cash flow. Cash generated from operations is generally allocated to working capital requirements; investments in facilities, systems, fleet, other equipment and technology; acquisitions compatible with our overall growth strategy; and cash dividends. Any remaining cash generated from operations may be invested in high-quality, short-term instruments or applied toward the cost of the share repurchase program. As a part of our ongoing strategic analysis, we regularly evaluate business opportunities, including potential acquisitions and sales of assets and businesses, and our overall capital structure. Any transactions resulting from these evaluations may materially impact our liquidity, borrowing capacity, leverage ratios and capital availability.

     Our liquidity and capital resources can be influenced by economic trends and conditions primarily due to their impact on our cash flows from operations. Weak economic conditions and low levels of consumer confidence and the resulting pressure on consumer disposable income can lower our sales growth and potentially our cash flows from operations. While these factors were present in fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2011 to date, they had only a modest impact our fiscal 2011 cash flows from operations due in large part to effective working capital management. We do not believe current economic conditions will significantly impact our cash flows from operations in the remainder of fiscal 2011, as we can respond to reduced consumer demand, if it were to occur, by lowering our working capital. Additionally, approximately one-third of our customers are not impacted by general economic conditions to the same extent as restaurants and other food retailers. These customers include hospitals, nursing homes, schools and colleges. In addition, product cost inflation can potentially lower our gross margins and cash flow from operations if we are unable to pass through all of the increased product costs to our customers. We believe our mechanisms to manage product cost inflation, some of which are contractual, are sufficient to limit the impact on our cash flows from operations.

     We believe that our cash flows from operations, the availability of additional capital under our existing commercial paper programs and bank lines of credit and our ability to access capital from financial markets, including issuances of debt securities, either privately or under our shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash requirements for the next twelve months and beyond, while maintaining sufficient liquidity for normal operating purposes. We believe that we will continue to be able to access the commercial paper market effectively as well as the long-term capital markets, if necessary. To further maintain and enhance our credit ratings on current and future debt, on January 19, 2011, the wholly-owned U.S. Broadline subsidiaries of Sysco Corporation entered into full and unconditional guarantees of all outstanding senior notes and debentures of Sysco Corporation. As of January 1, 2011, Sysco had a total of approximately $2.2 billion in senior notes and debentures outstanding.

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Operating Activities

     We generated $282.6 million in cash flow from operations in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011, as compared to $146.4 million in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010. The increase of $136.2 million between the two periods was driven largely by $106.0 million of payments made in relation to the IRS settlement in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 as compared to $422.0 million in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010, partially offset by changes in working capital discussed in more detail below.

     Cash flow from operations in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 was primarily generated by net income, reduced by changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities, a decrease in accounts payable balances, an increase in inventory balances and a decrease in accrued expenses, partially offset by non-cash depreciation and amortization expense. Cash flow from operations in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010 was primarily generated by net income, reduced by changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities, an increase in inventory balances, decreases in accrued income taxes and the net balances of other long-term liabilities and prepaid pension cost, partially offset by non-cash depreciation and amortization expense.

     The small decrease in accounts receivable balances for the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 was primarily due to timing. The second quarter of fiscal 2011 ended with two lower volume holiday sales weeks, which resulted in lower than normal accounts receivable outstanding as of quarter-end as receivables from higher volume sales weeks had already been collected before the fiscal quarter ended. The increase in accounts receivable balances for the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010 was primarily due to a seasonal change in volume and customer mix, partially offset by the sales decline. Due to normal seasonal patterns, sales to multi-unit customers and school districts represented a larger percentage of our sales at the end of each first 26 week period as compared to the end of each prior fiscal year. Payment terms for these types of customers are traditionally longer than average.

     The increase in inventory balances for the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 was primarily due to higher inventory levels typically experienced at the end of the second quarter as well as product cost inflation. Historically, we have experienced elevated inventory levels during the holiday period that occurs at the end of the second quarter. Sales in the last weeks of the quarter are at lower volumes due to the holiday period, causing an increase in inventory levels. In addition, purchasing levels are typically increased at the end of the quarter in anticipation of increased sales volumes from the re-opening of schools after the holiday period. The increase in inventory balances for the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010 was primarily due to the increase in volumes related to seasonal patterns described above, partially offset by the sales decline.

     The decrease in accounts payable balances for the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 was primarily due to timing of payments for the seasonal increase in inventory described above. Due to the quarter ending in two lower volume holiday sales weeks, the payments for these inventory purchases were made in advance of quarter-end, resulting in a large decrease in accounts payable balances as compared to fiscal 2010 year-end. The increase in accounts payable balances for the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010 was primarily due to the seasonal growth in inventory discussed above. In addition, accounts payable balances are impacted by many factors, including changes in product mix, cash discount terms and changes in payment terms with vendors.

     Cash flow from operations was negatively impacted by decreases in accrued expenses of $125.8 million for the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 and $17.0 million for the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010. The decrease in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 was primarily due to the payment of the respective prior year annual incentive bonuses, partially offset by accruals for current year compensation incentives at lower levels than the same period in the prior year. The remainder of the decrease for the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 was due to offsetting changes in multiple accruals, of which no item was individually significant. The decrease for the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010 was due to offsetting changes in multiple accruals, of which no item was individually significant.

     Cash flow from operations for the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 was negatively impacted by changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities of $181.3 million, partially offset by an increase in accrued income taxes of $50.1 million. Cash flow from operations for the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010 was negatively impacted by changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities of $172.8 million and a decrease in accrued income taxes of $236.1 million. The main factor affecting both of these items, as well as cash taxes paid, was the IRS settlement, which resulted in the payment of taxes of $106.0 million in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 and $422.0 million in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010. Total cash taxes paid were $467.8 million and $759.7 million in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 and 2010, respectively. The changes in both the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 and the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010 were also impacted by the current tax provision.

     Other long-term liabilities increased $82.4 million during the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 primarily as a result of net company sponsored pension costs exceeding contributions to our company-sponsored pension plans during the period.

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     The net balances of other long-term liabilities and prepaid pension cost decreased $97.3 million during the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010. The decrease was primarily attributable to three items. First, our liability for uncertain tax positions decreased as a result of the settlement with the IRS. Second, our liability for deferred incentive compensation decreased due to accelerated distributions taken by plan participants during the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010 of all or a portion of their vested balances pursuant to certain transitional relief under the provisions of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. Third, pension contributions to our company-sponsored plans exceeded net company-sponsored pension costs.

     We recorded net company-sponsored pension costs of $93.2 million and $63.1 million in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2010, respectively. Our contributions to our company-sponsored defined benefit plans were $9.7 million and $77.7 million in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2010, respectively. The difference in the level of contributions in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2010 is due to the timing and amount of our contributions to the Retirement Plan. In fiscal 2010, we contributed $35.0 million per quarter to the Retirement Plan and made an additional contribution of $140.0 million in the fourth quarter that would normally have been made in fiscal 2011. Additional contributions to the Retirement Plan are not currently anticipated in fiscal 2011.

Investing Activities

     Capital expenditures in both the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 and the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010 primarily included facility replacements and expansions, investments in technology including our Business Transformation Project and fleet replacements.

     During the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011, we paid cash of $26.5 million for operations acquired during fiscal 2011 and for contingent consideration related to operations acquired in previous years.

Financing Activities

     During the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011, a total of 9,790,000 shares were repurchased at a cost of $285.4 million. There were no shares repurchased in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010. On August 27, 2010, the Board of Directors approved a new share repurchase program covering an additional 20,000,000 shares. An additional 210,000 shares were repurchased at a cost of $6.2 million through January 29, 2011, resulting in a remaining authorization by our Board of Directors to repurchase up to 13,386,600 shares, based on the trades made through that date. We anticipate our share repurchase activity in the last 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 will be substantially less than the level of activity experienced in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011.

     Dividends paid in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011 were $294.1 million, or $0.50 per share, as compared to $283.8 million, or $0.48 per share, in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010. In November 2011, we declared our regular quarterly dividend for the third quarter of fiscal 2011 of $0.26 per share, which was paid in January 2011.

     We have uncommitted bank lines of credit, which provide for unsecured borrowings for working capital of up to $95.0 million, of which none was outstanding as of January 1, 2011. Such borrowings were $2.8 million as of January 29, 2011.

     Sysco and one of our subsidiaries, Sysco International, ULC, have a revolving credit facility supporting our U.S. and Canadian commercial paper programs. The facility, in the amount of $1.0 billion, expires on November 4, 2012, but is subject to extension.

     As of January 1, 2011, commercial paper issuances outstanding were $173.2 million. As of January 29, 2011, commercial paper issuances outstanding were $120.0 million. During the 26-week period ended January 1, 2011, aggregate commercial paper issuances and short-term bank borrowings ranged from zero to approximately $330.3 million.

Other Considerations

Multi-Employer Pension Plans

     As discussed in Note 10, “Commitments and Contingencies,” we contribute to several multi-employer defined benefit pension plans based on obligations arising under collective bargaining agreements covering union-represented employees.

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     Under current law regarding multi-employer defined benefit plans, a plan’s termination, our voluntary withdrawal or the mass withdrawal of all contributing employers from any underfunded multi-employer defined benefit plan would require us to make payments to the plan for our proportionate share of the multi-employer plan’s unfunded vested liabilities. Generally, Sysco does not have the greatest share of liability among the participants in any of these plans. Based on the information available from plan administrators, which has valuation dates ranging from January 31, 2008 to December 31, 2009, we estimate our share of withdrawal liability on most of the multi-employer plans in which we participate could have been as much as $220.0 million as of January 1, 2011 based on a voluntary withdrawal. The majority of the plans we participate in have a valuation date of calendar year-end. As such, the majority of our estimated withdrawal liability results from plans for which the valuation date was December 31, 2009; therefore, our estimated liability reflects the results incurred by the financial markets as of that date. Due to the lack of current information, we believe our current share of the withdrawal liability could differ from this estimate. In addition, if a multi-employer defined benefit plan fails to satisfy certain minimum funding requirements, the IRS may impose a non-deductible excise tax of 5% on the amount of the accumulated funding deficiency for those employers contributing to the fund. As of January 1, 2011, we have approximately $6.3 million in liabilities recorded related to certain multi-employer defined benefit plans for which our voluntary withdrawal had already occurred.

     Required contributions to multi-employer plans could increase in the future as these plans strive to improve their funding levels. In addition, pension-related legislation requires underfunded pension plans to improve their funding ratios within prescribed intervals based on the level of their underfunding. We believe that any requirements to pay such increased contributions, withdrawal liability and excise taxes would be funded through cash flow from operations, borrowing capacity or a combination of these items.

BSCC Cooperative Structure

     In the first quarter of fiscal 2010, Sysco reached a settlement with the IRS in connection with its audits of our 2003 through 2006 federal income tax returns. As a result of the settlement, we agreed to cease paying U.S. federal taxes related to its affiliate Baugh Supply Chain Cooperative (BSCC) on a deferred basis and pay the amounts that were recorded within deferred taxes related to BSCC over a three-year period as follows:

Amounts paid annually:	(In thousands)
Fiscal 2010	$	528,000
Fiscal 2011		212,000
Fiscal 2012		212,000

     In the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011, $106.0 million of payments were made related to the settlement. As noted in the table above, $528.0 million was paid related to the settlement in fiscal 2010, of which $422.0 million was paid in the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010. Remaining amounts to be paid in fiscal 2011 and 2012 will be paid in connection with our quarterly tax payments, two of which fall in the second quarter, one in the third quarter and one in the fourth quarter. We believe we have access to sufficient cash on hand, cash flow from operations and current access to capital to make payments on all of the amounts noted above.

Contractual Obligations

     Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 3, 2010 contains a table that summarizes our obligations and commitments to make contractual future cash payments as of July 3, 2010. Since July 3, 2010, there have been no material changes to our contractual obligations.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

     Critical accounting policies and estimates are those that are most important to the portrayal of our financial position and results of operations. These policies require our most subjective or complex judgments, often employing the use of estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. Sysco’s most critical accounting policies and estimates include those that pertain to the allowance for doubtful accounts receivable, self-insurance programs, pension plans, income taxes, vendor consideration, accounting for business combinations and share-based compensation, which are described in Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 3, 2010.

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Forward-Looking Statements

     Certain statements made herein that look forward in time or express management’s expectations or beliefs with respect to the occurrence of future events are forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. They include statements about:

• Sysco’s ability to increase its sales and market share and grow earnings;

• the continuing impact of economic conditions on consumer confidence and our business;

• the expected implementation, benefits and costs of our business transformation project;

• sales and operating income trends;

• expectations regarding the impact of increased growth in Broadline and SYGMA segments;

• anticipated multi-employer pension-related liabilities and contributions to various multi-employer pension plans, and the source of funds for any such contributions;

• source and adequacy of funds for required payments under the IRS settlement;

• the impact of ongoing legal proceedings;

• anticipated company-sponsored pension plan contributions;

• expectations regarding unrecognized tax benefits;

• our plan to continue to explore and identify opportunities to grow in international markets and complimentary lines of business;

• Sysco’s ability to meet future cash requirements, including the ability to access debt markets effectively, and remain profitable;

• the impact of the financial markets on the cash surrender values of our COLI policies;

• our expectations regarding trends in pay-related expense and pension and fuel costs;

• expected results of ongoing strategic pricing initiatives;

• expectations regarding cash flows from operations and our ability to manage working capital and product cost inflation;

• expectations regarding our share repurchase activity;

• fuel costs and expectations regarding the use of fuel surcharges and plans to mitigate fuel costs; and

• expectations regarding operating income and sales for our business segments.

     These statements are based on management’s current expectations and estimates; actual results may differ materially due in part to the risk factors set forth below and those discussed in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 3, 2010:

• risks relating to difficult economic conditions and heightened uncertainty in the financial markets and their effect on consumer confidence;

• periods of significant or prolonged inflation or deflation and their impact on our product costs and profitability;

• risks related to our Business Transformation Project, including the risk that the project may not be successfully implemented, may not prove cost effective and may have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and results of operations;

• the risk that we may not be able to compensate for increases in fuel costs;

• the risk of interruption of supplies due to lack of long-term contracts, severe weather or prolonged climate change, work stoppages or otherwise;

• Sysco’s leverage and debt risks, capital and borrowing needs and changes in interest rates;

• the potential impact of product liability claims and adverse publicity;

• difficulties in successfully entering and operating in international markets and complimentary lines of business;

• the successful completion of acquisitions and integration of acquired companies, as well as the risk that acquisitions could require additional debt or equity financing and negatively impact our stock price or operating results;

• our dependence on technology and the reliability of our technology network;

• the risk that other sponsors of our multi-employer pension plans will withdraw or become insolvent;

• that the IRS may impose an excise tax on the unfunded portion of our multi-employer pension plans or that the Pension Protection Act could require that we make additional pension contributions;

• the impact of financial market changes on the cash surrender values of our COLI policies and on the assets held by our company-sponsored Retirement Plan and by the multi-employer pension plans in which we participate;

• labor issues, including the renegotiation of union contracts and shortage of qualified labor; and

• the risk that the anti-takeover benefits provided by our preferred stock may not be viewed as beneficial to stockholders.

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     For a more detailed discussion of factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the risk factors discussion contained in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 3, 2010.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

     Our market risks consist of interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange rate risk, fuel price risk and investment risk. For a discussion on our exposure to market risk, see Part II, Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risks” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 3, 2010. There have been no significant changes to our market risks since July 3, 2010 except as noted below.

Interest Rate Risk

     At January 1, 2011, we had $173.2 million of commercial paper issuances outstanding at variable rates of interest with maturities through January 3, 2011. Excluding commercial paper issuances, our long-term debt obligations at January 1, 2011 were $2.5 billion, of which approximately 81% were at fixed rates of interest, including the impact of our interest rate swap agreements.

     In fiscal 2010, we entered into two interest rate swap agreements that effectively converted $200 million of fixed rate debt maturing in fiscal 2014 (the fiscal 2014 swap) and $250 million of fixed rate debt maturing in fiscal 2013 (the fiscal 2013 swap) to floating rate debt. Both transactions were entered into with the goal of reducing overall borrowing cost. The major risks from interest rate derivatives include changes in interest rates affecting the fair value of such instruments, potential increases in interest expense due to market increases in floating interest rates and the creditworthiness of the counterparties in such transactions. These transactions were designated as fair value hedges since the swaps hedge against the changes in fair value of fixed rate debt resulting from changes in interest rates.

     As of January 1, 2011, the fiscal 2014 swap was recognized as an asset within the consolidated balance sheet at fair value within other assets of $6.7 million. The fixed interest rate on the hedged debt is 4.6% and the floating interest rate on the swap is three-month LIBOR which resets quarterly. As of January 1, 2011, the fiscal 2013 swap was recognized as an asset within the consolidated balance sheet at fair value within other assets of $6.6 million. The fixed interest rate on the hedged debt is 4.2% and the floating interest rate on the swap is three-month LIBOR which resets quarterly.

Fuel Price Risk

     Due to the nature of our distribution business, we are exposed to potential volatility in fuel prices. During the first 26 weeks of both fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2010, fuel costs related to outbound deliveries represented approximately 0.6% of sales. From time to time, we will enter into forward purchase commitments for a portion of our projected monthly diesel fuel requirements with a goal of mitigating a portion of the volatility in fuel prices. These commitments will result in either additional fuel costs or avoided fuel costs based on the comparison of the prices on the fixed price contracts and market prices for the respective periods. In the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2011, our forward fuel purchase commitments resulted in an estimated $4.7 million of avoided fuel costs as the fixed prices on the contracts were lower than market prices for the contracted volumes. In the first 26 weeks of fiscal 2010, our forward purchase commitments resulted in an estimated $8.4 million of additional fuel costs as the fixed price contracts were higher than market prices for the contracted volumes. As of January 1, 2011, we had forward diesel fuel commitments totaling approximately $80.9 million through January 2012. These contracts will lock in the price of approximately 30% to 35% of our fuel purchase needs for the contracted periods at prices slightly lower than the current market price for diesel.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

     Sysco’s management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of January 1, 2011. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the

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Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding the required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Sysco’s disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of January 1, 2011, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of such date, Sysco’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

     No change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during the fiscal quarter ended January 1, 2011 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

     We are engaged in various legal proceedings which have arisen but have not been fully adjudicated. These proceedings, in the opinion of management, will not have a material adverse effect upon the consolidated financial statements of Sysco when ultimately concluded.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

     The information set forth in this report should be read in conjunction with the risk factors discussed in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 3, 2010, which could materially impact our business, financial condition or future results.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

     We made the following share repurchases during the second quarter of fiscal 2011:

ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

					(c) Total Number of		(d) Maximum Number of
					Shares Purchased as Part		Shares that May Yet Be
	(a) Total Number of		(b) Average Price		of Publicly Announced		Purchased Under the Plans or
Period	Shares Purchased (1)		Paid per Share		Plans or Programs		Programs
Month #1
October 3 —October 30		1,366,967	$	28.96		1,360,000		18,026,600
Month #2
October 31 — November 27		1,810,000		29.17		1,810,000		16,216,600
Month #3
November 28 —January 1		2,620,000		29.22		2,620,000		13,596,600
Total		5,796,967	$	29.14		5,790,000		13,596,600

⁽¹⁾ The total number of shares purchased includes 6,967 shares tendered by individuals in connection with stock option exercises in Month #1. There were no shares tendered by individuals in connection with stock option exercises in Month #2 and Month #3. All other shares were purchased pursuant to the publicly announced program described below.

     On August 27, 2010, we announced that the Board of Directors approved the repurchase of 20,000,000 shares. Pursuant to this repurchase program, shares may be acquired in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions at the company’s discretion, subject to market conditions and other factors.

     In July 2004, the Board of Directors authorized us to enter into agreements from time to time to extend our ongoing repurchase program to include repurchases during company announced “blackout periods” of such securities in compliance with Rule 10b5-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

     None

Item 5. Other Information

     None

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Item 6. Exhibits

3.1	—	Restated Certificate of Incorporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to Form 10-K for the year ended June 28, 1997 (File No. 1-6544).
3.2	—	Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation increasing authorized shares, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(d) to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 1, 2000 (File No. 1-6544).
3.3	—	Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation increasing authorized shares, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(e) to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 27, 2003 (File No. 1-6544).
3.4	—	Form of Amended Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(c) to Form 10-K for the year ended June 29, 1996 (File No. 1-6544).
3.5	—	Amended and Restated Bylaws of Sysco Corporation dated July 18, 2008, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to Form 8-K filed on July 23, 2008 (File No. 1-6544).
4.1	—	Senior Debt Indenture, dated as of June 15, 1995, between Sysco Corporation and First Union National Bank of North Carolina, Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed June 6, 1995 (File No. 33-60023).
4.2	—	Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 25, 1997 between Sysco Corporation and First Union National Bank of North Carolina, Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(g) to Form 10-K for the year ended June 28, 1997 (File No. 1-6544).
4.3	—	Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 27, 1998 between Sysco Corporation and First Union National Bank, Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(h) to Form 10-K for the year ended June 27, 1998 (File No. 1-6544).
4.4	—	Seventh Supplemental Indenture, including form of Note, dated March 5, 2004 between Sysco Corporation, as Issuer, and Wachovia Bank, National Association (formerly First Union National Bank of North Carolina), as Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(j) to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 27, 2004 (File No. 1-6544).
4.5	—	Eighth Supplemental Indenture, including form of Note, dated September 22, 2005 between Sysco Corporation, as Issuer, and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2 to Form 8-K filed on September 20, 2005 (File No. 1-6544).
4.6	—	Ninth Supplemental Indenture, including form of Note, dated February 12, 2008 between Sysco Corporation, as Issuer, and the Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed on February 12, 2008 (File No. 1-6544).
4.7	—	Tenth Supplemental Indenture, including form of Note, dated February 12, 2008 between Sysco Corporation, as Issuer, and the Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Form 8-K filed on February 12, 2008 (File No. 1-6544).
4.8	—	Form of Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, including form of Note, dated March 17, 2009 between Sysco Corporation, as Issuer, and the Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed on March 13, 2009 (File No. 1-6544).
4.9	—	Form of Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, including form of Note, dated March 17, 2009 between Sysco Corporation, as Issuer, and the Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Form 8-K filed on March 13, 2009 (File No. 1-6544).
4.10	—	Form of Guarantee of Indebtedness of Sysco Corporation under Exhibits 4.1 through 4.9 as executed by Sysco’s U.S. Broadline subsidiaries, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed on January 20, 2011 (File No. 1-6544).
4.11	—	Indenture dated May 23, 2002 between Sysco International, Co., Sysco Corporation and Wachovia Bank, National Association, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed August 21, 2002 (File No. 333-98489).

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4.12	—	Form of Supplemental Indenture No. 1, dated July 2, 2010, between Sysco International, ULC, as successor by conversion and name change to Sysco International Co., Sysco Corporation, as Guarantor, and the Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.12 to Form 10-K for the year ended July 3, 2010 filed on August 31, 2010 (File No. 1-6544).
4.13	—	Agreement of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance, dated February 13, 2007, by and among Sysco Corporation and Sysco International Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sysco Corporation, U.S. Bank National Association and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(h) to Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on February 6, 2008 (File No. 333-149086).
10.1#	—	Form of Performance Unit Grant Agreement issued to executive officers effective November 11, 2010, under the First Amended and Restated 2008 Cash Performance Unit Plan.
10.2#	—	Description of Compensation Arrangements with Non-Employee Directors, including the Non-Executive Chairman.
10.3#	—	Description of Sysco Corporation’s Executive Relocation Expense Reimbursement Policy.
15.1#	—	Report from Ernst & Young LLP dated February 8, 2011, re: unaudited financial statements.
15.2#	—	Acknowledgement letter from Ernst & Young LLP.
31.1#	—	CEO Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2#	—	CFO Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1#	—	CEO Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2#	—	CFO Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.1#	—	The following financial information from Sysco Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 1, 2011 filed with the SEC on February 8, 2011, formatted in XBRL includes: (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets as of January 1, 2011, July 3, 2010 and December 26, 2009, (ii) Consolidated Results of Operations for the twenty-six and thirteen week periods ended January 1, 2011 and December 26, 2009, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the twenty-six and thirteen week periods ended January 1, 2011 and December 26, 2009, (iv) Consolidated Cash Flows for the twenty-six and thirteen week periods ended January 1, 2011 and December 26, 2009, and (v) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

# Filed herewith

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	Sysco Corporation (Registrant)
	By	/s/ WILLIAM J. DELANEY
		William J. DeLaney
		President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: February 8, 2011
	By	/s/ ROBERT C. KREIDLER
		Robert C. Kreidler
		Executive Vice President and
		Chief Financial Officer
Date: February 8, 2011
	By	/s/ G. MITCHELL ELMER
		G. Mitchell Elmer
		Senior Vice President, Controller and
		Chief Accounting Officer
Date: February 8, 2011

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EXHIBIT INDEX

3.1	—	Restated Certificate of Incorporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to Form 10-K for the year ended June 28, 1997 (File No. 1-6544).
3.2	—	Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation increasing authorized shares, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(d) to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 1, 2000 (File No. 1-6544).
3.3	—	Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation increasing authorized shares, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(e) to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 27, 2003 (File No. 1-6544).
3.4	—	Form of Amended Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(c) to Form 10-K for the year ended June 29, 1996 (File No. 1-6544).
3.5	—	Amended and Restated Bylaws of Sysco Corporation dated July 18, 2008, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to Form 8-K filed on July 23, 2008 (File No. 1-6544).
4.1	—	Senior Debt Indenture, dated as of June 15, 1995, between Sysco Corporation and First Union National Bank of North Carolina, Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed June 6, 1995 (File No. 33-60023).
4.2	—	Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 25, 1997 between Sysco Corporation and First Union National Bank of North Carolina, Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(g) to Form 10-K for the year ended June 28, 1997 (File No. 1-6544).
4.3	—	Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 27, 1998 between Sysco Corporation and First Union National Bank, Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(h) to Form 10-K for the year ended June 27, 1998 (File No. 1-6544).
4.4	—	Seventh Supplemental Indenture, including form of Note, dated March 5, 2004 between Sysco Corporation, as Issuer, and Wachovia Bank, National Association (formerly First Union National Bank of North Carolina), as Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(j) to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 27, 2004 (File No. 1-6544).
4.5	—	Eighth Supplemental Indenture, including form of Note, dated September 22, 2005 between Sysco Corporation, as Issuer, and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2 to Form 8-K filed on September 20, 2005 (File No. 1-6544).
4.6	—	Ninth Supplemental Indenture, including form of Note, dated February 12, 2008 between Sysco Corporation, as Issuer, and the Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed on February 12, 2008 (File No. 1-6544).
4.7	—	Tenth Supplemental Indenture, including form of Note, dated February 12, 2008 between Sysco Corporation, as Issuer, and the Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Form 8-K filed on February 12, 2008 (File No. 1-6544).
4.8	—	Form of Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, including form of Note, dated March 17, 2009 between Sysco Corporation, as Issuer, and the Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed on March 13, 2009 (File No. 1-6544).
4.9	—	Form of Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, including form of Note, dated March 17, 2009 between Sysco Corporation, as Issuer, and the Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Form 8-K filed on March 13, 2009 (File No. 1-6544).
4.10	—	Form of Guarantee of Indebtedness of Sysco Corporation under Exhibits 4.1 through 4.9 as executed by Sysco’s U.S. Broadline subsidiaries, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K filed on January 20, 2011 (File No. 1-6544).
4.11	—	Indenture dated May 23, 2002 between Sysco International, Co., Sysco Corporation and Wachovia Bank, National Association, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed August 21, 2002 (File No. 333-98489).

4.12	—	Form of Supplemental Indenture No. 1, dated July 2, 2010, between Sysco International, ULC, as successor by conversion and name change to Sysco International Co., Sysco Corporation, as Guarantor, and the Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.12 to Form 10-K for the year ended July 3, 2010 filed on August 31, 2010 (File No. 1-6544).
4.13	—	Agreement of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance, dated February 13, 2007, by and among Sysco Corporation and Sysco International Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sysco Corporation, U.S. Bank National Association and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(h) to Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on February 6, 2008 (File No. 333-149086).
10.1#	—	Form of Performance Unit Grant Agreement issued to executive officers effective November 11, 2010, under the First Amended and Restated 2008 Cash Performance Unit Plan.
10.2#	—	Description of Compensation Arrangements with Non-Employee Directors, including the Non-Executive Chairman.
10.3#	—	Description of Sysco Corporation’s Executive Relocation Expense Reimbursement Policy.
15.1#	—	Report from Ernst & Young LLP dated February 8, 2011, re: unaudited financial statements.
15.2#	—	Acknowledgement letter from Ernst & Young LLP.
31.1#	—	CEO Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2#	—	CFO Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1#	—	CEO Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2#	—	CFO Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.1#	—	The following financial information from Sysco Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 1, 2011 filed with the SEC on February 8, 2011, formatted in XBRL includes: (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets as of January 1, 2011, July 3, 2010 and December 26, 2009, (ii) Consolidated Results of Operations for the twenty-six and thirteen week periods ended January 1, 2011 and December 26, 2009, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the twenty-six and thirteen week periods ended January 1, 2011 and December 26, 2009, (iv) Consolidated Cash Flows for the twenty-six and thirteen week periods ended January 1, 2011 and December 26, 2009, and (v) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

# Filed herewith

EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

[Letter to CEO, CFO, and EVPs
Under the Sysco Corporation 2008 Cash Performance Unit Plan]

November 11, 2010

PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL

[Name]
[Street Address]
[City, State, Zip]

Dear [Grantee]:

In recognition of your long-term commitment to Sysco and its customers and of your expected future contributions to our corporate financial objectives, you have been granted [_____] “performance units” under the Sysco Corporation 2008 Cash Performance Unit Plan, as amended and restated (the “Plan”). The value assigned to each of your performance units is $1.00.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, these performance units represent your right to receive a cash bonus of up to 150% of the total value of your units, consisting of two components. Any bonus payable will equal the sum of:

(A) up to 75% of the total value of your units, if and to the extent that Sysco attains certain increases in fully diluted net earnings per share during the “performance period” (July 4, 2010 through June 29, 2013), set by the Compensation Committee of Sysco’s Board of Directors; plus

(B) up to 75% of the total value of your units, if and to the extent that Sysco attains certain increases in sales during the performance period, set by the Compensation Committee.

Several changes made to the cash bonus under the Plan for last year will continue to apply to the performance units discussed above:

1.	If you retire in good standing from Sysco during the performance period, the units awarded to you for the performance period will be reduced on a pro-rata basis based on the number of years during which you were actively employed during the performance period prior to your retirement. You will get credit for a year if you were actively employed by Sysco at any time during the year.
2.	Your payment amount for your units following a change of control of Sysco will be determined assuming that Sysco achieved the target level of performance (100% of the total value of your units) with respect to each performance goal for the performance period. Previously, the Plan provided that the payment amount following a change of control would be paid assuming achievement of maximum performance levels (150% of the total value of your units).
3.	On May 15, 2009 the Board of Directors of Sysco adopted an incentive payment clawback policy which gives the Compensation Committee the right to recoup all or a portion of your payment amount with respect to the units awarded for the performance period if there is a restatement of the financial results (other than a restatement resulting from a change in accounting policy) used to determine your payment amount within thirty-six (36) months of a payment (a “restatement”) and

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such restatement would have resulted in a lower payment amount had it been determined based on such restated financial results.

Enclosed for your review are copies of the Plan document, a beneficiary designation form, instructions for completing the beneficiary designation form and other explanatory materials. All of the enclosed documents are important legal documents that should be reviewed carefully and kept in a safe place. If you are a new participant or would like to change your designated beneficiary under the Plan, please complete the enclosed beneficiary designation form as soon as possible, and return it to Connie Brooks. If you completed the beneficiary designation form last year, you do not have to complete it again this year unless you want to change your designated beneficiary.

Thank you for your hard work and service. Your efforts, which are an integral part of Sysco’s growth and progress, are deeply appreciated. If you should have any questions about your performance unit grant or the Plan, please contact Mark Wisnoski or Mike Nichols.

Sincerely,

[William J. DeLaney OR Michael C. Nichols]

[President and Chief Executive Officer OR
Sr. Vice President and General Counsel]

Enclosures

FISCAL YEAR 2011

CASH PERFORMANCE UNIT PROGRAM

[Performance Period Fiscal 2011-2013]

Adopted Effective August 26, 2010

     This Fiscal Year 2011 Cash Performance Unit Program (the “Program”) was adopted pursuant to the First Amended and Restated Sysco Corporation 2008 Cash Performance Unit Plan (the “Plan”) by the Committee (as defined in the Plan) of Sysco Corporation (the “Company”) effective August 26, 2010. This Program is for the Performance Period commencing July 4, 2010, and ending June 29, 2013 (the “Performance Period”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Plan.

     1. Participants. The participants (“Participants”) in the Program are as follows:

           Subsidiary Participants. Persons determined by the Chief Executive Officer, President or any Executive Vice President of Foodservice Operations of the Company (individually, a “Senior Officer”) who also serve as an officer of an operating division or subsidiary of the Company (individually, a “Subsidiary”) regardless of whether such Participant is employed by a Subsidiary or the Company. The Payment Amount for a Subsidiary Participant shall be determined using Table A, as is more fully described in Section 3 hereof.

          Corporate Participants. Those persons on the attached list and other persons designated by a Senior Officer who (i) serve as an officer of the Company and (ii) are also employees of the Company or a Subsidiary. The Payment Amount for a Corporate Participant shall be determined using Table B, as is more fully described in Section 3 hereof.

          Designated Participants. Persons other than Subsidiary Participants or Corporate Participants who are employed by a Subsidiary or by the corporate office of the Company who are designated by the Committee. The Payment Amount for a Designated Participant shall be determined using Table A if the Committee determines that such Designated Participant’s Performance Goals are to be measured by the performance of one or more Subsidiaries, or Table B if the Committee determines that such Designated Participant’s Performance Goals are to be measured by the performance of the Company, in each case as is more fully described in Section 3 hereof.

     2. Definitions.

          (a) For Calculations Regarding Table A attached hereto:

               (i) Increase in Operating Pretax Earnings. Except as provided in Section 2(a)(ii), the Increase in Operating Pretax Earnings (“OPTE”) for the Performance Period is equal to the average of the percentage change in OPTE calculated for each Fiscal Year ending during the Performance Period. The percentage change in OPTE for each Fiscal Year is computed by comparing the Subsidiary’s OPTE for the relevant Fiscal Year (the calculation of which does not include gain on the sale of fixed assets and is subject to other adjustments determined by the Committee) to the Subsidiary’s OPTE for the prior Fiscal Year; provided, however, that no more than a thirty-percent (30%) increase in the OPTE for any Fiscal Year

during a Performance Period shall be taken into account in determining the Increase in OPTE for such Performance Period.

               (ii) Increase in OPTE for Performance Periods with Negative Growth Year. Notwithstanding Section 2(a)(i), in the event that a Subsidiary’s OPTE for any Fiscal Year during the Performance Period is less than the Subsidiary’s OPTE for the immediately preceeding Fiscal Year (such Fiscal Year with the lower OPTE is hereinafter referred to as (a “Negative Growth Year”)), the Increase in the OPTE for the Performance Period containing the Negative Growth Year shall be calculated as the ratio of (A) divided by (B), where (A) is the average of the sum of the actual amount of the increase(s) or decrease(s) in the OPTE for the Fiscal Years in such Performance Period and (B) is the OPTE for the Fiscal Year immediately prior to the first Fiscal Year of the applicable Performance Period. The calculation of the OPTE for any Fiscal Year does not include gain on the sale of fixed assets and is subject to other adjustments determined by the Committee.

               (iii) Foldout Companies. For purposes of calculating the increase in OPTE with respect to a foldout company (“Foldout”) under 2(a)(i) and 2(a)(ii) above, the OPTE of the Foldout for its first Fiscal Year shall be ignored, and the Performance Period shall be deemed to contain two Fiscal Years.

               (iv) Percentage Change in Sales. Shall equal the average of the percentage change in sales (whether positive or negative for any Fiscal Year of the Subsidiary) calculated for each Fiscal Year ending during the Performance Period. The percentage change in sales for each Fiscal Year is computed by comparing the Subsidiary’s sales for the relevant Fiscal Year to the Subsidiary’s sales for the prior Fiscal Year. Sales shall be determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

     (b) For Calculations Regarding Table B attached hereto:

               (i) Increase in Fully-Diluted Net Earnings Per Share. The Increase in Fully-Diluted Net Earnings Per Share (“EPS”) for the Performance Period is equal to the average change in EPS calculated for each Fiscal Year ending during the Performance Period. The change in EPS for each Fiscal Year is computed by comparing EPS for the relevant Fiscal Year to the Company’s EPS for the prior Fiscal Year.

               (ii) Percentage Change in Sales. Shall equal the average of the percentage change in sales (whether positive or negative for any Fiscal Year of the Company) calculated for each Fiscal Year ending during the Performance Period. The percentage change in sales for each Fiscal Year is computed by comparing the Company’s sales for the relevant Fiscal Year to the Company’s sales for the prior Fiscal Year. Sales shall be determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

     (c) Fiscal Years. For purposes of this Performance Period, Fiscal Years shall mean the fiscal years of the Company; provided, however, that for purposes of measuring performance for any Fiscal Year that is greater than 52 weeks (including the Fiscal Year preceding the Performance Period) (any such year, a “Long Fiscal Year”) the relevant results of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries for the Long Fiscal Year shall be adjusted as follows: the relevant results for the Long Fiscal Year shall be reduced by the amount determined by multiplying (i) the relevant results for the last quarter of the Long Fiscal Year by (ii) 1/14th. For

purposes of the preceding sentence, the relevant results shall mean OPTE and sales for purposes of the Table A calculations, and EPS and sales for purposes of the Table B calculations.

     3. Method of Operation.

          (a) In General. Subject to the discretion of the Committee to formulate different Performance Goals as to any Participant other than Covered Employees, the Payment Amount which a Participant can earn with respect to Performance Units under the Plan is based on (i) the performance of the Company as a whole, (ii) the performance of the Subsidiary which employs such Participant, (iii) the performance of the Subsidiary designated by the Committee as the Subsidiary by reference to which the bonus is to be determined (as to Subsidiary Participants and Designated Participants), or (iv) the performance of a select group of Subsidiaries (as to Corporate Participants and possibly Designated Participants). Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, the Payment Amount is calculated with respect to the entire Performance Period. If earned, the Payment Amount shall be paid in accordance with the Plan.

          (b) Payment Amount.

               (i) Subsidiary Participant. Subject to Section 3(i), for each Subsidiary Participant, the Payment Amount is the sum of (A) the Earnings Growth Payment Amount and (B) the Sales Growth Payment Amount, determined as follows:

Earnings Growth Payment Amount

Number of Performance Units Granted to Participant	X	Unit Value	X	Applicable Percentage Determined Under Part I of Table A	X	50	%	=	Earnings Growth Payment Amount
Sales Growth Payment Amount
Number of Performance Units Granted to Participant	X	Unit Value	X	Applicable Percentage Determined Under Part II of Table A	X	50	%	=	Sales Growth Payment Amount

               (ii) Corporate Participant. For each Corporate Participant, the Payment Amount is the sum of (A) the Earnings Growth Payment Amount and (B) the Sales Growth Payment Amount, determined as follows:

Earnings Growth Payment Amount

Number of
Performance
Units Granted
to Participant X Unit
Value X Applicable
Percentage
Determined
Under Part I of
Table B X 50 % = Earnings Growth
Payment Amount

Sales Growth Payment Amount

Number of
Performance
Units Granted
to Participant X Unit
Value X Applicable
Percentage
Determined
Under Part II of
Table B X 50 % = Sales Growth
Payment Amount

          (c) Performance Goals Measured by Performance of Subsidiaries. With respect to each Participant whose Performance Goals are measured by the performance of a Subsidiary, the Applicable Percentage shall be determined on the basis of the results of the operations of that Subsidiary during the Performance Period as shown on Table A attached hereto and made a part hereof.

          (d) Performance Goals Measured by Performance of the Company. With respect to each Participant whose Performance Goals are measured by the performance of the Company, the Applicable Percentage shall be determined on the basis of the results of operations of the Company during the Performance Period as shown on Table B attached hereto and made a part hereof.

          (e) Performance Goals for Transferred Participants. If a Participant transfers employment between the Company and a Subsidiary or a Subsidiary and another Subsidiary (a “Transferred Participant”), the Transferred Participant’s Performance Goals shall be measured by the performance of the Company or Subsidiary, as applicable, for which the Transferred Participant has been employed for the greatest number of business days during the Performance Period.

          (f) Unit Value. The Unit Value for the Performance Period is $1.00.

          (g) General Rules Regarding Bonus Calculation. In determining whether or not the results of operations of a Subsidiary (or group of Subsidiaries) or the Company for the Performance Period satisfy the Performance Goals, except as otherwise provided herein Company accounting practices and generally accepted accounting principles shall be applied on a basis consistent with prior periods, and such determination shall be based on the calculations made by the Company, approved (in the case of Covered Employees) by the Committee and binding on each Participant.

          (h) Tax Law Changes. If the Code is amended during a Fiscal Year and, as a result of such amendment(s), the effective tax rate applicable to the earnings of the Company (as described in the “Summary of Accounting Policies” section of the Company’s annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K) changes during a Fiscal Year, the calculation of the EPS of the Company for the Fiscal Year in which such rate change becomes effective (the “Rate Change Year”) shall be made as if such rate change had not occurred during the Rate Change Year. For the Fiscal Year following the Rate Change Year, the calculation of the EPS of the Company shall be made after taking into account such rate change, and shall be compared, for purposes of computing the appropriate change in EPS for such Fiscal Year, with the EPS of the Company for the Rate Change Year, computed after taking into account such rate change.

          (i) No Payment Amount for Certain Subsidiary Participants. In the event that during any Fiscal Year a Subsidiary has an operating loss (a “Loss Year”), then neither the President nor the Executive Vice President(s) who are Subsidiary Participants with respect to such Subsidiary shall be entitled to a Payment Amount for the Performance Period containing such Loss Year.

     4. Payment. Within 90 days after the end of the Performance Period, the Company shall determine, and, in the case of Covered Employees, the Committee shall approve, the Payment Amount to be made for Performance Units awarded under the Plan and earned by each Participant pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 above. Such bonus shall be payable in cash as provided in the Plan, and shall be paid no later than the last day of the fourth month following the end of the Performance Period (the “Payment Date”), except in the case of the Retirement of a Specified Employee during the Performance Period, in which case the Payment Amount shall not be paid to the Participant until the later of six months following the date of Retirement or the Payment Date, but only to the extent that making such Payment Amount would result in a violation of Section 409A.

     5. Clawback of Payment Amount. In accordance with the Company’s incentive payment clawback policy, in the event of a restatement of financial results (other than a restatement due to a change in accounting policy) within thirty-six (36) months after a Payment Date under the Plan, if the Committee determines in its sole and absolute discretion, that a Payment Amount paid to a Participant under the Plan would have been lower had it been calculated based on such restated results (the “Adjusted Payment Amount”), then the Committee shall, subject to applicable governing law, have the right to recoup from such Participant, in such form and at such time as the Committee determines in its sole and absolute discretion, the difference between the amount previously paid to such Participant pursuant to the Plan (without regard to amounts deferred by such Participant under the Company’s executive benefit plans, if applicable) and the Adjusted Payment Amount.

     6. Maximum Units Granted to Participants under this Program. The Committee has established the maximum number of Units that may be granted to a Participant under this Program. Nothing in this Program shall be construed to give any Participant the right to receive a number of Units for the Performance Period equal to the maximum number of Units established by the Committee, and the Committee shall have the right to grant a Participant a number of Units less than the maximum established by the Committee.

     7. Overall Limitation Applicable to Covered Employees. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Program to the contrary, in no event shall any Covered Employee be entitled to a Payment Amount for any Performance Period in excess of one percent (1%) of the Company’s earnings before income taxes as publicly disclosed in the “Consolidated Results of Operations” section of the Company’s annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ending in 2013.

     8. Delegation of Authority. Pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Plan, the Committee hereby delegates discretionary authority granted to the Committee under this Program as well as under the Plan to the Senior Officers and each of them individually, except as to Covered Employees.

Exhibit 1

TABLE A
FISCAL YEAR 2011
CASH PERFORMANCE UNIT PROGRAM
[Performance Period Fiscal 2011-2013]

OPERATIONS OF THE SUBSIDIARY

PART I: GROWTH IN OPERATING PRE-TAX EARNINGS

          Threshold Target Maximum

Percentage Increase in Operating Pre-Tax Earnings	6-6.37		6.38-6.74		6.75-7.12		7.13-7.49		7.50-7.87		7.88-8.24		8.25-8.62		8.63-8.99		9-9.37		9.38-9.74		9.75-10.12		10.13-10.49		10.50-10.87		10.88-11.24		11.25-11.62		11.63-11.99		12	+
Applicable Percentage	50	%	56.2	%	62.3	%	68.8	%	75	%	81.2	%	87.6	%	93.8	%	100	%	106.2	%	112.6	%	118.8	%	125	%	131.2	%	137.6	%	143.8	%	150.0	%

PART II: GROWTH IN SALES

          Threshold Target Maximum

Percentage Change in Sales	4-4.24		4.25-4.49		4.5-4.74		4.75-4.99		5-5.24		5.25-5.49		5.50-5.74		5.75-5.99		6-6.24		6.25-6.49		6.5-6.74		6.75-6.99		7-7.24		7.25-7.49		7.5-7.74		7.75-7.99		8	+
Applicable Percentage	50	%	56.2	%	62.3	%	68.8	%	75	%	81.2	%	87.6	%	93.8	%	100	%	106.2	%	112.6	%	118.8	%	125	%	131.2	%	137.6	%	143.8	%	150.0	%

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Exhibit 2

TABLE B

FISCAL YEAR 2011
CASH PERFORMANCE UNIT PROGRAM
[Performance Period Fiscal 2011-2013]

OPERATIONS OF THE COMPANY

PART I: GROWTH IN FULLY-DILUTED NET EARNINGS PER SHARE

          Threshold Target Maximum

Percentage Increase in Fully-Diluted Net Earnings Per Share	6-6.37		6.38-6.74		6.75-7.12		7.13-7.49		7.50-7.87		7.88-8.24		8.25-8.62		8.63-8.99		9-9.37		9.38-9.74		9.75-10.12		10.13-10.49		10.50-10.87		10.88-11.24		11.25-11.62		11.63-11.99		12	+
Applicable Percentage	50	%	56.2	%	62.3	%	68.8	%	75	%	81.2	%	87.6	%	93.8	%	100	%	106.2	%	112.6	%	118.8	%	125	%	131.2	%	137.6	%	143.8	%	150.0	%

PART II: GROWTH IN SALES

          Threshold Target Maximum

Percentage Change in Sales	4-4.24		4.25-4.49		4.5-4.74		4.75-4.99		5-5.24		5.25-5.49		5.50-5.74		5.75-5.99		6-6.24		6.25-6.49		6.5-6.74		6.75-6.99		7-7.24		7.25-7.49		7.5-7.74		7.75-7.99		8	+
Applicable Percentage	50	%	56.2	%	62.3	%	68.8	%	75	%	81.2	%	87.6	%	93.8	%	100	%	106.2	%	112.6	%	118.8	%	125	%	131.2	%	137.6	%	143.8	%	150.0	%

EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

Summary of Compensation Arrangements with Non-Employee Directors,
including the Non-Executive Chairman
(As of February 8, 2011)

The following summarizes, as of February 8, 2011, the current cash compensation and benefits received by the Company’s non-employee directors, including Mr. Fernandez, the Company’s Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Chairman”). The following is a summary of existing oral, at will, arrangements, and does not provide any additional rights.

Retainer Fees

The Company pays each non-employee director a base retainer of $100,000 per year (the “Base Retainer”). Non-employee directors who serve as committee and Board Chairpersons receive annual additional amounts as follows (the “Chairmen’s Retainers”):

•	Audit Committee Chair:	$	25,000
•	Compensation Committee Chair:	$	20,000
•	Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee Chair:	$	20,000
•	Finance Committee Chair:	$	20,000
•	Sustainability Committee Chair:	$	15,000
•	Independent Chairman of the Board:	$	325,000

In exchange for the increased annual retainer amounts described above, payment of meeting fees has been discontinued.

Directors Deferred Compensation Plan

Non-employee directors may defer all or a portion of their annual retainer, including the Chairmen’s Retainers, under the Directors Deferred Compensation Plan. With respect to amounts deferred, non-employee directors may choose from a variety of investment options, including Moody’s Average Corporate Bond Yield plus 1% for amounts deferred or matched prior to July 2, 2008 and Moody’s Average Corporate Bond Yield without the additional 1% for amounts deferred or matched on or after July 2, 2008. Such deferred amounts will be credited with investment gains or losses until the non-employee director’s retirement from the Board or until the occurrence of certain other events.

Non-Employee Directors Stock Plan

The 2009 Non-Employee Directors Stock Plan authorizes grants of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units and elected shares in lieu of all or a portion of the Base Retainer and the Chairmen’s Retainers.

Restricted Stock. Under the Plan, the Board is authorized to issue restricted stock and restricted stock units to non-employee directors on terms set forth in the Plan.

Elected Shares. The Plan permits each non-employee director to elect to receive all or a portion of his or her annual retainer (including the Base Retainer and the Chairmen’s Retainers) in Common Stock. The Company will provide a matching grant with respect to up to 50% of the Base Retainer which a non-employee director elects to receive in Common Stock (the “Match Eligible Shares”). The matching grant shall be equal to 50% of the Match Eligible Shares that a non-employee director receives. With respect to the remaining portion of the Base Retainer and the Chairmen’s Retainers, a non-employee director may elect to receive Common Stock, but it is not eligible for the matching grant described in this paragraph.

The Board does not currently grant annual stock option or restricted stock unit awards under this Plan.

Non-Employee Directors Deferred Stock Plan

A non-employee director may elect to defer receipt of all or any portion of any shares of common stock issued under the Non-Employee Directors Stock Plan, whether such shares are to be issued as a grant of restricted stock, elected shares or matching grants, or upon the vesting of a restricted stock unit grant. Generally, the receipt of stock may be deferred until the earliest to occur of the death of the non-employee director, the date on which the non-employee director ceases to be a director of Sysco, or a change of control of Sysco.

Reimbursement for Expenses

All non-employee directors are entitled to receive reimbursements of expenses for all services as a director, including committee participation or special assignments. This includes reimbursement for non-commercial air travel in connection with Sysco business, subject to specified maximums, provided that amounts related to the purchase price of an aircraft or fractional interest in an aircraft are not reimbursable and any portion of the reimbursement that relates to insurance, maintenance and other non-incremental costs is limited to a maximum annual amount.

The Directors Deferred Compensation Plan, the 2009 Non-Employee Directors Stock Plan and the Non-Employee Directors Deferred Stock Plan, have been filed as exhibits to the Company’s Exchange Act filings. Additional information regarding these plans is included in the Company’s 2009 Proxy Statement.

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EX-10.3

Exhibit 10.3

Description of Sysco Corporation’s
Executive Relocation Expense Reimbursement Policy
(As adopted on October 26, 2010)

The following summarizes, as of February 8, 2011, the Sysco Corporation (the “Company”) Executive Relocation Expense Reimbursement Policy (the “Reimbursement Policy”) that was adopted by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company on October 26, 2010.

The Reimbursement Policy applies to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer, all of the Company’s Executive Vice Presidents, and any other officer of the Company designated as a Named Executive Officer for purposes of the proxy statement filed in connection with the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Executives”).

The Reimbursement Policy provides that the Company will not reimburse any of such Executives for any loss on the sale of the Executive’s house sold in connection with the Executive’s relocation.

The Reimbursement Policy also provides that only certain pre-approved relocation expenses will be eligible for increased payments to cover all applicable taxes on the reimbursed amounts (i.e. state and federal income taxes, FICA, and Medicare taxes). The relocation expenses subject to such increased payments to cover applicable taxes will be limited to the cost of moving the Executive’s household goods and vehicles; real estate fees incurred in selling the Executive’s residence; closing costs associated with the purchase of a new residence, including cost of credit reports, mortgage and deed taxes, recording fees and title search, title insurance, surveys (if required) and reasonable attorney’s fees; and up to six months’ rental expense for a temporary residence in the area to which the Executive has been asked to relocate. No other relocation expenses will be eligible for increased payments to cover applicable taxes.

Finally, the Reimbursement Policy provides that all future relocation agreements with any Executive will include a clawback provision that requires the Executive to reimburse the Company for all or a part of the reimbursement if their employment is terminated for any reason other than death, disability or change of control of the Company, or termination without cause or for good reason, within a specified amount of time after receiving the reimbursement.

EX-15.1

Exhibit 15.1

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders
Sysco Corporation

We have reviewed the consolidated balance sheets of Sysco Corporation (a Delaware Corporation) and subsidiaries (“the Company”) as of January 1, 2011 and December 26, 2009, the related consolidated results of operations and consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the thirteen and twenty-six week periods ended January 1, 2011 and December 26, 2009, and the related consolidated cash flows for the twenty-six week periods ended January 1, 2011 and December 26, 2009. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.

We conducted our review in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, 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 consolidated financial statements referred to above for them to be in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet of Sysco Corporation and subsidiaries as of July 3, 2010, and the related consolidated results of operations, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein) and in our report dated August 31, 2010, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements and included an explanatory paragraph relating to the Company’s adoption of the recognition and disclosure provisions, effective July 1, 2007, of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes”, (codified in FASB ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes”).

In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of July 3, 2010, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Houston, Texas
February 8, 2011

EX-15.2

Exhibit 15.2

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders
Sysco Corporation

We are aware of the incorporation by reference of our report dated February 8, 2011 relating to the unaudited consolidated interim financial statements of Sysco Corporation that are included in its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 1, 2011 in the following registration statements.

Sysco Corporation Form S-3	File No. 333-126199
Sysco Corporation Form S-3	File No. 333-157413
Sysco Corporation Form S-4	File No. 333-50842
Sysco Corporation Form S-8	File No. 333-147338
Sysco Corporation Form S-8	File No. 33-45820
Sysco Corporation Form S-8	File No. 333-01259
Sysco Corporation Form S-8	File No. 333-01255
Sysco Corporation Form S-8	File No. 333-66987
Sysco Corporation Form S-8	File No. 333-49840
Sysco Corporation Form S-8	File No. 333-58276
Sysco Corporation Form S-8	File No. 333-122947
Sysco Corporation Form S-8	File No. 333-129671
Sysco Corporation Form S-8	File No. 333-163189
Sysco Corporation Form S-8	File No. 333-163188
Sysco Corporation Form S-8	File No. 333-170660

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Houston, Texas
February 8, 2011

EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, William J. DeLaney, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Sysco Corporation;
2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operation and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report.
4.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: February 8, 2011

/s/ WILLIAM J. DELANEY  

William J. DeLaney 

President and Chief Executive Officer 

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Robert C. Kreidler, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Sysco Corporation;
2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operation and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report.
4.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: February 8, 2011

/s/ ROBERT C. KREIDLER  

Robert C. Kreidler 

Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, William J. DeLaney, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sysco Corporation (the “company”), certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

1.	The company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended January 1, 2011 (“Quarterly Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2.	All of the information contained in the Quarterly Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the company.

Date: February 8, 2011

/s/ WILLIAM J. DELANEY  

William J. DeLaney 

President and Chief Executive Officer 

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Robert C. Kreidler, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sysco Corporation (the “company”), certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

1.	The company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended January 1, 2011 (“Quarterly Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2.	All of the information contained in the Quarterly Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the company.

Date: February 8, 2011

/s/ ROBERT C. KREIDLER  

Robert C. Kreidler 

Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer