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Sysco Corporation is an American multinational corporation involved in marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, hotels and inns, and other foodservice and hospitality businesses. The company is headquartered in the Energy Corridor district of Houston, Texas.〔"(Land Use and Demographics )." Energy Corridor District. March 2009. 3 (7/53). Retrieved on January 16, 2010.〕 Sysco, an acronym for Systems and Services Company, is the world's largest broadline food distributor; it has more than 400,000 clients in a wide array of fields. Management consulting is also an integral part of their services. As of July 2, 2005, the company operated 170 facilities throughout the United States and Canada. The company was founded by Herbert Irving, John F. Baugh and Harry Rosenthal in 1969.〔http://blogs.houstonpress.com/news/2012/07/former_houston_attorney_marc_g.php〕 The company became public on March 3, 1970. On July 20, 2009, ''Fortune'' magazine ranked Sysco No. 204 in the annual Fortune 500 companies in world based on sales volume. On May 3, 2010, ''Fortune'' ranked Sysco as the 7th largest Fortune 500 Company in Texas and 55th largest in the U.S. by total revenue. Sysco is also the largest non-oil related company in Houston and the third largest non-oil related company in Texas (Behind AT&T and Dell).〔 Sysco competes with national distributors US Foods, Performance Food Group, and Edward Don & Company, as well as regional companies such as Gordon Food Service, Ben E. Keith, Maines Paper & Food Service, and local foodservice distributors. In December 2013, Sysco announced an $8.2 billion planned acquisition of its next-largest food distribution rival, US Foods.〔(Some independents eager to take bite out of Sysco ), ''The Deal Pipeline'', William McConnell, April 3, 2014.〕 After a U.S. federal judge ruled that the combined company would control 75 percent of the U.S. food service industry, Sysco terminated its merger with US Foods. ==History== In 1996 Sysco was the third largest company in Houston. It had over 30,000 employees.〔Hassel, Greg. "(Sysco goes to court vs. RioStar/Chapter 7 sought for Ninfa's parent )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Friday October 18, 1996. Business 1. Retrieved on February 6, 2012.〕 In 2002, Sysco purchased SERCA Foodservices and renamed it Sysco Canada. SERCA had been owned by the supermarket giant Oshawa Group, which was acquired by Sobeys in 1998. In 2003, Sysco purchased Asian Foods, the largest Asian foods distribution in North America. The first group of Asian Foods joined Sysco Kansas City in 2006, followed by Asian Foods Chicago joining Sysco Chicago in Sep, 2009. In 2009 Sysco acquired Pallas foods, the largest food distributor in the Republic Of Ireland. Continuing the expansion of their Irish offerings, in 2012 Sysco purchased Crossgar Foodservice for an undisclosed amount.〔 〕 On December 9, 2013, Sysco announced they would acquire US Foods for a total of $3.5 billion. but in June 24, 2015, US Federal Judge Amit Mehta ruled that the combined Sysco-US Foods would control 75% of the U.S. food service industry and that will stifle competition. and on June 29, 2015, Sysco terminate its merger with US Foods.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sysco Cancels $8.2 Billion US Foods Takeover In Big Antitrust Win For FTC )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sysco Terminates Merger Agreement with US Foods )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sysco」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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