Sysco’s Growth and Expansion Accelerates With Grand Opening of Tampa Bay Facility in Florida; Kevin Hourican and Jane Grout Comment

PLANT CITY, FL - Sysco Corporation celebrated the grand opening of its newest facility, Sysco Tampa Bay, the ninth site opened in the past year as the company continues its global growth and expansion.

Sysco Tampa Bay, the sixth broadline facility in Florida, will create more than 300 jobs in one of the state’s most booming regions and is further evidence of the corporation’s commitment to grow with its communities and customers.

Sysco has opened or expanded 13 facilities in the past year, including in Allentown, Pa., Calgary, Canada, Ireland, London, and Sweden. Sysco’s Greco Italian food specialty company has opened three facilities since the start of 2024, and four facilities, including in Wisconsin and Scotland, have expanded their footprint.

“Sysco is committed to growing with our customers and our communities and making sure we are there to help them succeed by providing diverse, quality products at good value and superb customer service. We are doing this here in Florida, in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, London, Ireland, Sweden, and across the globe,” said Sysco Chairman and CEO Kevin Hourican in a recent release.

“Sysco’s global growth has created hundreds of jobs globally in the past year, and we are confident our reach and community impact will expand as we meet the needs of our customers,” Hourican added.

Sysco Tampa Bay will cater to a 100-mile area of Florida and provide the growing food-away-from-home sector with access to hundreds of thousands of well-priced, quality products.

“Florida is one of the most rapidly growing areas of our country, and we are excited to be a part of that journey,” Sysco West Florida Region President Jane Grout said. “Our growth is evidence of Florida’s growth – we outgrew our Orlando facility, and so to support our current and our future customers, we are expanding with them. Today we celebrate our mutual growth.”