In 1936 Mr. Jabie S. Hardin founded a food distribution company which bore his name. For the next 40 years, under his leadership, the company grew and became renowned for its innovation in such areas as frozen food marketing. 1972 saw the merger of Hardin’s Frozen Foods with SYSCO Corporation and in 1974, after the acquisition of Charles Cotros’ Tri State General Foods, Hardin’s-Sysco was born. The new company, now with broad line food service and retail grocery products, moved to its present location in 1976. Today, Sysco Memphis is the largest food service distributor in the Mid-South market. With almost 600 employees, we serve over 8,000 customers in the restaurant, fast food, deli, hotel, schools, and healthcare segments.