<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%"> </span>Houston, TX<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Eric Anderson<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">3.19.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/tom-bene-march-19-2013-banner.jpg" alt="Images 031913 - LATE BLAST" />Tom Bené will join Sysco on April 15 as the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer, a newly created position.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">"As we proceed with strengthening our executive leadership team, optimizing our supply chain and effectively implementing our category management initiatives, we are very pleased to welcome Tom Bené to Sysco," said Bill DeLaney, Sysco president and chief executive officer. "Tom's breadth of experience and expertise in merchandising, marketing, sales and operations will significantly enhance Sysco's capabilities to strengthen our relationships with customers and suppliers and drive profitable growth and free cash flow for our shareholders."<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img class="small-cropped-image" src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacySmallCroppedImages/tom-bene-headhsot-2.jpg" alt="Images 031913 - LATE BLAST" />In his new role, Bené will oversee merchandising and have direct responsibility for supply chain and quality assurance activities while working closely with senior leaders on Sysco’s sales, marketing and operations teams. Executive Vice President of Merchandising, Bill Day, will continue to lead the company’s enterprise-wide merchandising efforts and will report to Bené.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Prior to joining Sysco, Bené was President of PepsiCo Foodservice, where he held positions of increasing responsibility in merchandising, sales, operations, franchise development and general management for over a 23-year span. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.sysco.com/ " target="_new">Sysco</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
