Sysco Honored with Southern Smoke Foundation Hall of Flame Award
Key Highlights
- ➤Sysco receives 2026 Southern Smoke Foundation Hall of Flame Award
- ➤Sysco provided financial contributions and product donations supporting foodservice workers
- ➤Sysco generated more than $84 billion in fiscal year 2026 sales
- ➤Southern Smoke Foundation has provided more than $16.9M in emergency relief funds since 2017
Expert Statements
April Love, Sysco’s vice president, chief inclusion & community impact officer
“Sysco is honored to receive this recognition from Southern Smoke Foundation and proud to stand alongside them as they care for the people who make our industry what it is”
April Love, Sysco’s vice president, chief inclusion & community impact officer
“This partnership is a meaningful expression of our Purpose of Connecting the World to Share Food and Care for One Another, and we’re grateful to support an organization that shows up for food and beverage workers when they need it most.”
Lindsey Brown, executive director and co-founder of the Southern Smoke Foundation
“We established the SSF Hall of Flame Award in 2022 to recognize corporate partners and individuals who have contributed in a meaningful way to our organization”
Lindsey Brown, executive director and co-founder of the Southern Smoke Foundation
“Sysco has been such a large supporter of SSF for years—both financially and with product donations—that we’re so happy to honor them as one of our Hall of Flame recipients this year.”
HOUSTON, Oct. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sysco Corporation, the global leader in foodservice distribution, is honored to announce it has been named a 2026 recipient of the Southern Smoke Foundation Hall of Flame Award, recognizing the company’s longstanding support of food and beverage industry workers through financial contributions and product donations.
Southern Smoke Foundation works to create a healthier and more sustainable food and beverage industry by providing emergency relief funding and access to mental health services for industry workers. The award recognizes Sysco’s financial and product donations that help fund emergency relief and expand access to mental health services for hospitality workers across the food and beverage industry.
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