Sysco Company
- Sysco Corporation is a large distributor of food and food-related products to the food-service industry. The
company provides its products and services to approximately 415,000 customers, including restaurants,
health-care and educational facilities, lodging establishments, and other food-service customers. Although
Cisco Systems, the leading supplier of data networking equipment supporting the Internet, is most visible in the
business press, Sysco generates nearly $50 billion in sales annually and has more than 50,000 employees. Go
to http://www.sysco.com (Links to an external site.) and identify and explain three of the services Sysco
provides. Give details, not just a list. - Describe an approach FedEx could use to demonstrate the value it provides to a small manufacturer of
gourmet cooking supplies. (Hint: What types of benefits could FedEx provide? This is key to understanding the
solution to this question.)