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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Davis Robert Joe 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/01/2005 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) Sr. Vice Pres, Contract Sales 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) HOUSTON, TX 77077-2099 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 16,524.1158 D   Common Stock 189.2681 I Son

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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
Incentive Stock Option (Right to Buy) - Date Granted 9/2/99	  (1)	09/02/2009	Common Stock	314	$ 16.2813	D	Â
Stock Option (Right to Buy) Date Granted 9/7/00	  (1)	09/06/2010	Common Stock	788	$ 20.9688	D	Â
Incentive Stock Option (Right to Buy) Date Granted 9/11/2001	  (2)	09/10/2011	Common Stock	18,000	$ 27.79	D	Â
Incentive Stock Option (Right to Buy) Date Granted 9/11/2001	  (3)	09/10/2011	Common Stock	15,000	$ 27.79	D	Â
Incentive Stock Option (Right to Buy) Date Granted 9/12/2002	  (4)	09/11/2012	Common Stock	22,000	$ 30.57	D	Â
Incentive Stock Option (Right to Buy) Date Granted 9/11/2003	  (5)	09/10/2013	Common Stock	17,000	$ 31.75	D	Â
Incentive Stock Option (Right to Buy) Date Granted 9/2/2004	  (6)	09/01/2011	Common Stock	12,000	$ 32.19	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Davis Robert Joe 1390 ENCLAVE PARKWAY HOUSTON, TX 77077-2099	Â	Â	  Sr. Vice Pres, Contract Sales	Â

Signatures

Robert J. Davis		01/03/2005
**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)	Exercises not permitted prior to the first anniversary of the grant. If certain performance criteria are met in any fiscal year during the first 5 years after the grant, one-third (1/3) of the shares covered by the grant vest at the end of the first year in which the performance criteria are met.
(2)	One-fifth (1/5) of the shares covered by the grant vest and are exercisable on 06/29/02, 06/28/03, 07/03/04, 07/2/05 and 07/1/06, respectively.
(3)	One-fifth (1/5) of the shares covered by the grant vest and are exercisable on 07/2/05, 07/1/06, 06/30/07, 06/28/08, and 06/27/09 , respectively.
(4)	One-fifth (1/5) of the shares covered by the grant vest and are exercisable on 6/28/2003, 7/3/2004, 7/2/2005, 7/1/2006 and 6/30/2 007, respectively
(5)	One-fifth (1/5) of the shares covered by the grant vest and are exercisable on 7/3/04, 7/2/05, 7/1/06, 6/30/07 and 6/28/08, respe ctively.
(6)	One-fifth of the shares covered by the grant vest and are exercisable on 9/2/2005, 9/2/2006, 9/2/2007, 9/2/2008 and 9/2/2009, res pectively. No option may be exercised prior to 9/2/2005. Options will expire on 9/1/2011.

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