Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  SMITH STEPHEN F
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/01/2008		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SYSCO CORP [SYY]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1390 ENCLAVE PARKWAY		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
EVP - Foodservice Operations
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

HOUSTON, TX 77077		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 64,840.5
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Options (Right to Buy)   (1) 09/01/2009 Common Stock 6,443 $ 16.2813 D  
Options (Right to Buy)   (1) 09/06/2010 Common Stock 15,000 $ 20.9688 D  
Options (Right to Buy)   (2) 09/10/2011 Common Stock 37,000 $ 27.79 D  
Options (Right to Buy)   (1) 09/11/2012 Common Stock 50,000 $ 30.57 D  
Options (Right to Buy)   (3) 09/10/2013 Common Stock 45,000 $ 31.75 D  
Options (Right to Buy)   (4) 09/01/2011 Common Stock 26,000 $ 32.19 D  
Options (Right to Buy)   (5) 09/07/2012 Common Stock 39,000 $ 33.01 D  
Options (Right to Buy)   (6) 09/06/2013 Common Stock 39,000 $ 31.7 D  
Options (Right to Buy)   (7) 11/13/2014 Common Stock 39,000 $ 33.39 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
SMITH STEPHEN F
1390 ENCLAVE PARKWAY
HOUSTON, TX 77077		       EVP - Foodservice Operations  

Signatures

/s/ Thomas P. Kurz, attorney-in-fact 01/08/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Options are fully exercisable.
(2) Options to purchase 31,000 of such shares are fully exercisable. Options to purchase the remaining 6,000 shares will be exercisable on June 28, 2008 and June 27, 2009.
(3) Options to purchase 36,000 of such shares are fully exercisable. Options to purchase the remaining 9,000 shares will be exercisable on June 28, 2008.
(4) Options to purchase 15,600 of such shares are fully exercisable. Options to purchase the remaining 10,400 shares will be exercisable on September 2, 2008 and September 2, 2009.
(5) Options to purchase 15,600 of such shares are fully exercisable. Options to purchase the remaining 23,400 shares will be exercisable on September 8, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
(6) Options to purchase 7,800 of such shares are fully exercisable. Options to purchase the the remaining 31,200 shares will be exercisable on September 7, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
(7) None of such options are currently exercisable. Options to purchase the shares will vest in one-fifth increments on November 13 of 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

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