sysco corp said its profit and sales rose for the fiscal first quarter driven by market share gains the houstonbased foodservice distributor on tuesday posted net income of 378 million compared with 2169 million in the yearago period earnings were 73 cents a share compared with 42 cents a share in the prior year adjusted earnings were 83 cents a share analysts polled by factset were expecting 87 cents a share sales for the quarter ended oct 2 rose to 1646 billion from 1178 billion analysts were looking for 1585 billion gross profit rose 339 to 3 billion driven by higher volumes and high rates of inflation that were passed on to customers the company said