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Sodexho Alliance SA is primarily engaged in the
provision of food and management services to companies, government agencies,
public and private schools, universities, healthcare establishments and
retirement homes. This business also includes prestige dining and management of
conference halls and cultural centers. Sodexho is engaged in remote site
management at major onshore and offshore work sites. Sodexho also provides
detention and correction services. The Company is also engaged in the creation
of voucher and card programs and the operation of river and harbor cruise lines.
Food and Management Services
At the heart of the Company's core business is the provision of food and other
managed services for companies and government agencies. In response to client
demand, Sodexho offers multi-service packages combining food services, building
upkeep and supervision, groundskeeping, and management of other business
services, such as help desks, switchboard reception and technical maintenance.
The Company also provides correctional facilities services in the
In public and private healthcare establishments, specific nutrition, hygiene and
special events programs have been implemented to help patients settle in and
feel at ease. Restaurant facilities especially designed for the handicapped are
also being developed and installed in a large number of countries.
In order to serve the retirement and nursing home segment, Sodexho is leveraging
all the experience and expertise it has acquired in the healthcare market.
Transfers of innovations and skills have all been carefully adapted to the needs
of seniors. One example is the "mixed meals" concept developed in
In retirement homes managed by Sodexho in
In the Education segment, Sodexho has intensified its strategy of working
closely with educators, scientists, parents and students. For each age group,
the Company explores new concepts for products, services, dining environments
and events programming. This process involves the extensive transfer of skills
between its country organizations and their careful adaptation to local
requirements.
In France, the customer profiling program has led to the development of specific
formulas for each age group, such as Discovery buffets for two- to
six-year-olds, Freedom buffets for seven- to 14 year-olds, and the Get-away Cafe
for 14- to 18-year-olds. Other closely targeted programs now being rolled out in
other countries include the Eetcetera concept from the
Sodexho Prestige offers customized, premium dining services for prestigious
clients in exceptional venues. Sodexho Prestige also manages reception and
conference centers. In the Business and Industry segment, it manages Chairman's
tables and executive dining rooms in a number of companies.
Sodexho offers remote site management services, which it provides in a wide
array of markets, such as oil and gas, mining, construction, forestry and major
industrial projects. On each site, the Company organizes and manages all the
services that thousands of people living together in remote settings need to
work and live in the best possible conditions. Each contract requires a
purpose-designed package of services, which may include anything from the
installation of a laundry or a bakery to the management of a water treatment
plant.
The Company has developed a special multi-services approach for correctional
facilities that, in addition to foodservice, manages all services capable of
improving inmate living conditions. Sodexho's multi-service offering includes
people services, such as foodservice, professional training, healthcare,
teaching and sports and cultural activities; support services, such as
transportation, mail collection and delivery, maintenance and cleaning, and
management of administrative and clerical services concerning inmate sentences,
such as management of inmate records and calculation of release dates. The
Company has introduced certificate-granting training programs in correctional
facilities. In addition, the Company has set up services to help inmates find
jobs once they are released.
Sodexho Pass
Sodexho Pass, the Company's service vouchers and cards brand, operates in 24
countries. Since the launch of the Cheques-Restaurant meal vouchers in
Two smart card applications have been introduced: Adicarte in
River and Harbor Cruises
Sodexho is engaged in the market for river and harbor cruises through Spirit
Cruises and Bay State Cruise Company in the United States, Catamaran Cruisers
and Bateaux London in the United Kingdom, Bateaux Parisiens and Batobus in
Paris, and Bateaux Nantais in western France. Every year, the Company's fleet of
44 boats carry more than four million passengers on a variety of cruises that
combine entertainment and gourmet dining.
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