HOUSTON — Sysco Corporation announced today that C. Frederick Lankford, president of Sysco Eastern Maryland, has been named senior vice president of Distribution Services for the corporation effective October 15, 2011.
"We are pleased that Fred Lankford will be joining our team in this newly created position," said Larry Pulliam, Sysco's executive vice president, Foodservice Operations. "Fred brings a wealth of operating company experience and a comprehensive operating perspective to an area of our business where we are looking for opportunities to make Sysco more dynamic, more efficient and more customer-centric on an enterprise-wide basis."
Lankford, 60, began his foodservice career at S.E. Lankford, Jr. Produce Co., which merged with Sysco in 1981 and became Sysco Eastern Maryland. He held positions in operations, merchandising and sales prior to being named executive vice president in 1987. He was promoted to president of Sysco Eastern Maryland in 1995. Lankford is a graduate of North Carolina State University.
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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. The company operates 177 distribution facilities serving approximately 400,000 customers. For the fiscal year 2011 that ended July 2, 2011 the company generated record sales of more than $39 billion. For more information about Sysco visit the company's Internet home page at www.sysco.com and for investor relations news follow us at www.twitter.com/SyscoStock .
Source: Sysco Corporation