DETROIT, April 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today Sysco Detroit will team up with Victory Smokehouse, a BBQ restaurant located in Warren, MI, to provide over 50 donated meals for the officers and support staff of the Troy Police Department.This donation recognizes the essential work provided by these law enforcement teams during the COVID-19 pandemic and everyday. All donated meals will be prepared at Victory Smokehouse using strict sanitation and preparation guidelines to ensure the safety of the chefs, law enforcement personnel and the Sysco employees delivering the BBQ meals.“We’re in the food business of course, but we’re also very engaged in the business of helping others, so we jumped at the chance to partner with Victory Smokehouse to provide delicious BBQ meals to the law enforcement personnel who provide our communities with 24/7 protection and service,” said Ted Behen, president of Sysco Detroit.The donation will be delivered at 6:00 PM EST at the Troy Police Department Administration building.About Sysco
Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. With more than 69,000 associates, the company operates more than 320 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 650,000 customer locations. For fiscal 2019 that ended June 29, 2019, the company generated sales of more than $60 billion. Information about our CSR program, including Sysco’s 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility Report, can be found at www.sysco.com/csr2019report.For more information, visit www.sysco.com or connect with Sysco on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SyscoCorporation or Twitter at https://twitter.com/Sysco. For important news and information regarding Sysco, visit the Investor Relations section of the company’s Internet home page at http://investors.sysco.com/, which Sysco plans to use as a primary channel for publishing key information to its investors, some of which may contain material and previously non-public information. Investors should also follow us at www.twitter.com/SyscoStock and download the Sysco IR App, available on the iTunes App Store and the Google Play Market. In addition, investors should continue to review our news releases and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It is possible that the information we disclose through any of these channels of distribution could be deemed to be material information.For more information contact:Shannon Mutschler
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