Kevin Hourican

The CEO presents the Restaurant Depot acquisition as immediately financially accretive (mid-high single digits Year 1, low teens Year 2), with full synergy realization by Year 3 and $2B in excess free cash flow for shareholder returns by Year 4. It adds 20% revenue, 45% EBITDA, and 55% free cash flow. The deal allows Sysco to enter the high-margin, resilient cash-and-carry segment with the #1 player, leveraging its supply chain for decades of new store growth (125 locations) and creating a more profitable, diversified business. LONG due to the clear, quantified path to accretion, free cash flow generation, and strategic expansion into a growing, adjacent market. Execution risk in integrating the acquisition and realizing the projected synergies on schedule. A severe economic downturn could pressure the core foodservice delivery business despite the cash-and-carry segment's resilience.