Company: SYY
Filing Date: 2025-08-22
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000096021-25-000099
Chunk: 174

Company: SYSCO CORP
Filing Date: 2025-08-22
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 174
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 costs and profitability generally, and our inability to predict inflation over the long term;

•the risk that our efforts to modify truck routing, including our small truck initiative, in order to reduce outbound transportation costs may be unsuccessful;

•the risk that we that we may not realize anticipated benefits from our operating cost reduction efforts, including our ability to accelerate and/or identify additional administrative cost savings; 

•risks related to unfavorable conditions in the Americas and Europe and the impact on our results of operations and financial condition;

•the risks related to our efforts to implement our transformation initiatives and meet our other long-term strategic objectives, including the risk that these efforts may not provide the expected benefits in our anticipated time frame, if at all, and may prove costlier than expected;

•the risk that competition in our industry and the impact of GPOs may adversely impact our margins and our ability to retain customers and make it difficult for us to maintain our market share, growth rate and profitability;

•the risk that our relationships with long-term customers may be materially diminished or terminated; 

•the risk that changes in consumer eating habits could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations;

•the impact and effects of public health crises, pandemics and epidemics, and the adverse impact thereof on our business, financial condition and results of operations;

•the risk that we may not be able to fully compensate for increases in fuel costs, and forward purchase commitments intended to contain fuel costs could result in above market fuel costs;

•the risk of interruption of supplies and increase in product costs as a result of conditions beyond our control;

•the potential impact on our reputation and earnings of adverse publicity or lack of confidence in our products;

•risks related to unfavorable changes to the mix of locally managed customers versus corporate-managed customers;

•difficulties in successfully expanding into international markets and complimentary lines of business;

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•the potential impact of product liability claims;

•the risk that we fail to comply with requirements imposed by applicable law or government regulations, including but not limited to those related to environmental and tax and accounting laws, rules and regulations;

•risks related to our ability to effectively finance and integrate acquired businesses;

•risks related to our access to borrowed funds in order to grow and any default by us under our indebtedness that could have a material adverse impact on cash flow and liquidity;

•our level of indebtedness and the terms of our indebtedness could adversely affect our business and liquidity position;

•the risk that we may not be able