sysco corp said its profit and sales rose for the fiscal third quarter driven by market share gains the houstonbased foodservice distributor posted net income of 3033 million for the quarter compared with 889 million in the yearearlier period earnings were 59 cents a share compared with 17 cents a share in the prior year stripping out onetime items like restructuring and acquisition costs adjusted earnings were 71 cents a share analysts polled by factset were expecting adjusted earnings of 54 cents a share sales for the quarter ended april 2 rose 43 to 169 billion analysts were looking for 16 billion gross profit rose 42 to 301 billion driven by higher volumes and high rates of inflation that were effectively managed the company said our share gains in the us and international segments continue to accelerate and demonstrate the impact of our recipe for growth strategy on our business additionally our teams made significant improvements in operating expenses leverage with lower snap back costs encouraging progress in our operations productivity performance and continued reinvestments to drive profitable growth sysco chief executive kevin hourican said write to will feuer at willfeuerwsjcom