Company: SYY
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000096021-25-000037
Chunk: 32

Company: SYSCO CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 2
Chunk 32
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 additional reductions in bad debt expense could occur;

•our expectations that our Recipe for Growth strategy will allow us to better serve our customers and differentiate Sysco from our competition;

•our expectations regarding our fiscal 2025 sales and our rate of sales growth in fiscal 2025;

•our expectations regarding the impact of inflation on sales, gross margin rates and gross profit dollars;

•our plans regarding cost savings, including our target for cost savings through fiscal 2025 and the impact of costs savings on the company;

•our belief that our purpose will allow us to grow substantially faster than the foodservice distribution industry and deliver profitable growth through our Recipe for Growth transformation, and statements regarding our plans with respect to our strategic pillars that support this growth transformation;

•our expectations regarding the use and investment of remaining cash generated from operations, including our expectations regarding the positive impact of our acquisitions;

•the sufficiency of our available liquidity to sustain our operations for multiple years;

•the impact of seasonal trends on our free cash flow; 

•estimates regarding our capital expenditures and the sources of financing for our capital expenditures;

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•our expectations regarding the impact of potential acquisitions and sales of assets on our liquidity, borrowing capacity, leverage ratios and capital availability;

•our expectations regarding real sales growth in the U.S. foodservice market and trends in produce markets;

•our expectations regarding the calculation of adjusted return on invested capital, adjusted operating income, adjusted net earnings and adjusted diluted earnings per share;

•our expectations regarding the impact of future Certain Items on our projected future non-GAAP and GAAP results;

•our expectations regarding our effective tax rate in fiscal 2025;

•the sufficiency of our mechanisms for managing working capital and competitive pressures, and our beliefs regarding the impact of these mechanisms;

•our ability to meet future cash requirements, including the ability to access financial markets effectively, including issuances of debt securities, and maintain sufficient liquidity;

•our expectations regarding the payment of dividends, and the growth of our dividend, in the future;

•our expectations regarding future activity under our share repurchase program;

•future compliance with the covenants under our revolving credit facility;

•our ability to effectively access the commercial paper market and long-term capital markets; and

•our intention to repay our long-term debt with cash on hand, cash flow from operations, issuances of commercial paper, issuances of senior notes, or a combination thereof.

These statements are based on management’s current expectations and estimates; actual results may differ materially due in part to the