EXHIBIT 99.4


                            FORM OF LETTER TO CLIENTS

                            SYSCO INTERNATIONAL, CO.

                                Offer to Exchange

6.10% Notes due 2012,  which have been  registered  under the  Securities Act of
1933, as amended, for any and all outstanding 6.10% Notes due 2012

To Our Clients:

     Enclosed for your  consideration  is a prospectus  of SYSCO  International,
Co., a Nova Scotia unlimited  liability company ("SYSCO  International"),  dated
__________, 2002 (the "Prospectus"), and the enclosed Letter of Transmittal (the
"Letter  of  Transmittal")  relating  to the offer to  exchange  (the  "Exchange
Offer") the  registered  6.10% Notes due 2012 of SYSCO  International  (the "New
Notes") for any and all outstanding 6.10% Notes due 2012 of SYSCO  International
(the "Old Notes"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the
Prospectus  and the Letter of  Transmittal.  The Exchange Offer is being made in
order to satisfy  certain  obligations  of SYSCO  International  and its parent,
SYSCO  Corporation  ("SYSCO"),  contained in the Registration  Rights Agreement,
dated as of May 23, 2002,  between SYSCO  International,  SYSCO and J.P.  Morgan
Securities  Inc.,  on its  own  behalf  and  as  representative  of the  initial
purchasers of the Old Notes (the "Initial Purchasers").

     This material is being forwarded to you as the beneficial  owner of the Old
Notes carried by us in your account but not registered in your name. A TENDER OF
SUCH OLD NOTES MAY ONLY BE MADE BY US AS THE  HOLDER OF RECORD AND  PURSUANT  TO
YOUR INSTRUCTIONS.

     Accordingly, we request instructions as to whether you wish us to tender on
your behalf the Old Notes held by us for your account, pursuant to the terms and
conditions set forth in the enclosed  Prospectus and Letter of  Transmittal.  We
also  request  that  you  confirm  that  we  may,  on  your  behalf,   make  the
representations and warranties contained in the Letter of Transmittal.

     Your  instructions  should be  forwarded  to us as  promptly as possible in
order to permit us to tender the Old Notes on your behalf in accordance with the
provisions of the Exchange  Offer.  THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M.,
NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON ___________,  2002 UNLESS EXTENDED BY SYSCO INTERNATIONAL
(THE "EXPIRATION  DATE").  ANY OLD NOTES TENDERED PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER
MAY BE  WITHDRAWN  AT ANY TIME  BEFORE  5:00 P.M.,  NEW YORK CITY  TIME,  ON THE
EXPIRATION DATE.

     Your attention is directed to the following:

     1. The Exchange Offer is for any and all Old Notes.

     2. The  Exchange  Offer is subject to certain  conditions  set forth in the
Prospectus  in the section  captioned  "The  Exchange  Offer--Conditions  of the
Exchange Offer."

     3. Any transfer taxes incident to the transfer of Old Notes from the holder
to SYSCO International will be paid by SYSCO International,  except as otherwise
provided in the Instructions in the Letter of Transmittal.

     4. The  Exchange  Offer  expires at 5:00 p.m.,  New York City time,  on the
Expiration Date unless extended by SYSCO International.

     If you wish to have us tender  your Old  Notes,  please so  instruct  us by
completing,  executing and returning to us the instruction form set forth below.
The Letter of Transmittal is furnished to you for  information  only and may not
be used directly by you to tender Old Notes.





                 INSTRUCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER

     The  undersigned  acknowledge(s)  receipt of your  letter and the  enclosed
materials  referred  to therein  relating  to the  Exchange  Offer made by SYSCO
International with respect to their Old Notes.

     This will  instruct you to tender the number of Old Notes  indicated  below
held by you for the  account  of the  undersigned,  pursuant  to the  terms  and
conditions set forth in the  Prospectus  and the related Letter of  Transmittal.
(Check one).

Box 1  [_] Please  tender my Old Notes held by you for my  account.  If I do not
       wish to tender  all of the Old Notes held by you for my  account,  I have
       identified on a signed  schedule  attached hereto the number of Old Notes
       that I do not wish tendered.

Box 2  [_] Please do not tender any Old Notes held by you for my account.

     The  undersigned  expressly  agrees to be bound by the  enclosed  Letter of
Transmittal  and  acknowledges  that such Letter of Transmittal  may be enforced
against the undersigned.

Date _____________, 20__

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                                                   Signature(s)

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                                             Please print name(s) here


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                                                    Address(es)


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                                               Area Code and Telephone No.


     UNLESS A SPECIFIC CONTRARY INSTRUCTION IS GIVEN IN THE SPACE PROVIDED, YOUR
SIGNATURE(S)  HEREON SHALL  CONSTITUTE  AN  INSTRUCTION  TO US TO TENDER ALL OLD
NOTES.





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