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     PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES
                      EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934(AMENDMENT NO. )

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This reminder is for SYSCO  associates who are shareholders of SYSCO. The annual
meeting of shareholders of SYSCO Corporation will take place on Friday, November
7, 2003. This email is to remind you that your vote is important to SYSCO.

If you have already voted your shares,  Thank You. If you have not voted yet, we
encourage  you to vote  promptly  using the proxy card  included  with the proxy
statement  and annual  report that you should have  already  received.  If it is
convenient,  you may also vote by telephone or the Internet.  Internet voting is
accessible at www.sysco.com.

Your Board of Directors  recommends that  shareholders  vote FOR the election of
five  directors  (proposal  1);  FOR the  adoption  of an  amendment  to SYSCO's
Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of Common
Stock  that  SYSCO  will  have  the   authority   to  issue  from  one   billion
(1,000,000,00) to two billion (2,000,000,000)  (proposal 2); FOR approval of the
2003 Stock  Incentive  Plan (proposal 3); and AGAINST the  shareholder  proposal
(proposal 4). For a more detailed discussion of these proposals, please refer to
the proxy statement.

Please vote your shares today. - Again the Board  recommends that you vote - FOR
proposals  1, 2 and 3 and AGAINST  proposal 4. If you need  another  copy of the
proxy  statement  or have any  questions,  please  contact our proxy  solicitor,
MacKenzie  Partners,  Inc.,  toll free at (800)  322-2885  or  collect  at (212)
929-5500.  We appreciate  your prompt  attention to voting your shares and thank
you for your continued interest in your Company.