Sysco LABS
Sysco LABS is the Global In-House Center of Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY), the world’s largest foodservice company. Sysco is a Fortune 500 company and the global leader in the trillion-dollar foodservice industry.
Sysco employs 72,000 associates, has 330+ smart distribution facilities worldwide and over 14,000 IoT-enabled trucks serving 725,000 customer locations. For fiscal year 2023 that ended 1st July, 2023, the company generated sales of more than $76 billion.
Sysco LABS delivers the technology that powers Sysco’s end-to-end operations. With engineering teams based out of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and Austin and Houston, TX, Sysco LABS enables Sysco’s entire supply chain delivering enterprise-grade technology that Is revolutionising the industry.
Sysco LABS’ technology is present in the end-to-end foodservice journey, enabling the sourcing of food products, merchandising, storage and warehouse operations, order placement and pricing algorithms, the delivery of food and supplies to Sysco’s global network, the in-restaurant dining experience of the end-customer and much more.
Message from the Managing Director
Sysco LABS has evolved from a Sri Lankan start-up to a Global In-House Center of Sysco, the world’s leader in foodservice and a Fortune 500 company, due to our commitment to deliver excellence, innovation, agility, technology leadership and culture. The key to our growth from 100 to 1000+ colleagues in the past 10 years, has been our ability to provide talented individuals with a high-performing and healthy work environment, robust learning and development programmes, and opportunities to enrich their skillsets and technical acumen.
As a company that invests significantly in talent enhancement and career growth, Sysco LABS is proud to be a part of the FastTrack Internship Programme this year to showcase the opportunities and workings of the tech industry and a global corporation like Sysco. Sri Lanka’s IT sector plays a rapidly growing role in the Nation’s export economy. We hope their time at Sysco LABS will provide the interns with greater perspective on the tech industry and its potential.
Rasika Karunatilake – Managing Director
Sysco LABS
