Sysco names new President and Executive VP/COO


Fri. September 28th, 2012

<p><strong>Houston, TX</strong><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Sysco Corporation has recently announced Randy White as President of Sysco Canada and Rod Stroud as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Sysco Canada.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">"Randy and Rod are homegrown, highly respected leaders among our customers, suppliers and Sysco associates in Canada," says Joel Grade, senior vice president-Foodservice Operations (North). "They understand the challenges of the marketplace and will offer a smooth transition to the leadership and continuity to Sysco Canada, as we work to transform our business to meet the ever-changing needs of our customers."<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">White will oversee all of Sysco's operational activities across Canada, including broadline companies and specialty companies and Stroud will oversee Sysco's Division Presidents and Specialty Companies' operational activities across Canada.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The company operates 177 distribution facilities serving approximately 400,000 customers.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.sysco.com/home.html" target="_new"> Sysco </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">