<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000096021-15-000118.txt : 20151119
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20151119190428
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000096021-15-000118
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20151117
FILED AS OF DATE:		20151119
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20151119

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SYSCO CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000096021
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-GROCERIES & RELATED PRODUCTS [5140]
		IRS NUMBER:				741648137
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0628

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1390 ENCLAVE PKWY
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77077
		BUSINESS PHONE:		281-584-1390

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1390 ENCLAVE PKWY
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77077

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WARD JACKIE M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001086247

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06544
		FILM NUMBER:		151244733

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		WELLPOINT, INC
		STREET 2:		120 MONUMENT CIRCLE
		CITY:			INDIANAPOLIS
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			46204
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    <periodOfReport>2015-11-17</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>SYSCO CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SYY</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001086247</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>WARD JACKIE M</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1390 ENCLAVE PARKWAY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HOUSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77077</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2015-11-17</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>3942</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>112334.21</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
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        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Spouse</value>
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        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This grant shall vest on the first anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents restricted stock issued pursuant to the 2009 Non-Employee Directors Stock Plan.  The receipt of these shares has been deferred pursuant to the 2009 Board of Directors Stock Deferral Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Gerald W. Clanton, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-11-19</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<HTML><BODY><PRE>POWER OF ATTORNEY



        Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Russell T.

Libby, Adam S. Skorecki and Gerald W. Clanton, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful

attorney-in-fact to:



(1) execute, for and on behalf of the undersigned in the undersigned's capacity as an officer

and/or director of Sysco Corporation (the "Company"), a Form ID for filing with the

United States Securities and Exchange Commission;



(2)  execute, for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer

and/or director of the Company, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder;



(3)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be

necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and

execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United

States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;

and



(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the

opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally

required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such

attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in

such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve

in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and

perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of

any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or

could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming

all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to

be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned

acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the

undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to

comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer

required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities

issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the

foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of

this 17th day of November, 2015.





Signature /s/Jackie M. Ward





Print Name Jackie M. Ward</PRE></BODY></HTML>
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