Exhibit 15(a)

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders
of Sysco Corporation:

We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Sysco
Corporation (a Delaware corporation) and its subsidiaries as of January 1, 2005
and December 27, 2003, and the related statements of consolidated results of
operations for the 13-week and 26-week periods and cash flows for the 26-week
periods then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
company's management.

We conducted our review in accordance with standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial
information consists principally of applying analytical procedures to financial
data and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting
matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance
with auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the
objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial
statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

Based on our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should
be made to the accompanying consolidated financial statements referred to above
for them to be in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting.

We have previously audited, in accordance with auditing standards the standards
of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the
consolidated balance sheet of Sysco Corporation and subsidiaries as of July 3,
2004, and the related consolidated results of operations, shareholders' equity
and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein) and in our report
dated August 16, 2004, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated
financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the
accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of July 3, 2004, is fairly stated, in
all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which
it has been derived.


                                        /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
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Houston, Texas
February 10, 2005