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News Releases
| 7/22/2010 | Sodexo's "Feeding Our Future®" Program Provides 13,000 Summer Lunches to Atlanta Children | ||
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| Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young Acknowledges Volunteers and Supporters | |||
| 7/19/2010 | Sodexo Laundry Services Technology Recognized by CIO Magazine as one of the CIO 100 Award Honorees | ||
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| Only Laundry Services Company Recognized; Unified Monitoring Tool Facilitates $100,000 Savings in Energy, Water, and Inventory Control | |||
| 7/7/2010 | iPads - Free for Guests at Pandini's in Germantown | ||
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| Guests give iPad the once over; local restaurant allows free use of iPads while 'dining in' | |||
| 7/6/2010 | Sodexo's 2010 "Feeding Our Future®" Program to Provide More Than 320,000 Healthy Summer Lunches to Needy Children in 20 Cities | ||
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| Hunger takes no holiday, but neither do those who fight it | |||
| 6/30/2010 | 39,000 Sodexo Employees Took Part in Servathon 2010 | ||
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| Teams in 28 countries work to fight hunger | |||
| 6/29/2010 | Sodexo Again Named One of 40 Best Companies for Diversity by Black Enterprise Magazine | ||
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| Company is recognized for using workforce diversity to sharpen its competitiveness | |||
| 6/21/2010 | Sodexo's "Feeding Our Future" Program Helps Detroit Institute of Arts Provide 18,500 Summer Lunches | ||
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| Gleaners Community Food Bank Partners with Sodexo to Facilitate Meal Distribution | |||
| 6/10/2010 | Sodexo Foundation Recognizes Eight "Heroes of Everyday Life" for Efforts to Fight Hunger in America | ||
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| Honored for providing real solutions to people and families in need | |||
| 6/10/2010 | Sodexo Foundation Honors Youth Tackling Hunger | ||
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| STOP Hunger Scholarship winners demonstrate first steps in a lifetime of social leadership and community involvement | |||
| 6/4/2010 | Sodexo Fights Childhood Obesity With Nutrition Education | ||
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| Chefs Move to Schools Participation Advances Commitment to Student Well-Being | |||
| 6/4/2010 | Sodexo Helps Clients Earn Sustainability Distinction | ||
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| Green Honor Roll gives high marks for Sodexo-served campuses | |||
| 5/28/2010 | Sodexo Volunteers Cook-out for Local Veterans | ||
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| Memorial Day Weekend feast caters to those who served: Veterans at Hines VA Cook's Manor | |||
| 5/27/2010 | Sodexo-Operated Conference Center Wins National Award for Sustainability | ||
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| The Conference Center at NorthPointe wins 2010 Silver Tier Sustainability Award for raising awareness and reducing environmental impact | |||
| 5/25/2010 | Sodexo Named a Best Company for Multicultural Women | ||
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| Working Mother Magazine recognizes company's commitment to diversity | |||
| 5/19/2010 | Jazzman's Café & Bakery Unveils Watermelon Sensations | ||
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| Exclusive Iced Watermelon Green Tea and a Refreshing Watermelon Feta Salad Set to Make a Splash This Summer | |||
| 5/11/2010 | Jazzman's Café & Bakery Opens First Museum Shop | ||
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| Fine Coffees and Fresh Baked Products Grace the Halls of the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago | |||
| 5/10/2010 | Sodexo and Easter Seals Expand Their Recycling Partnership | ||
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| Sodexo to donate technology recyclables to help rural communities | |||
| 5/3/2010 | Sodexo, Inc. Announces Steve Dunmore as School Services Division President | ||
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| Dunmore will oversee operations and strategic growth for division which serves 2.8 million school meals daily at more than 470 school districts across the country | |||
| 4/27/2010 | Sodexo Again Named One of World's Best Outsourcing Companies | ||
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| It is the fifth straight year that Sodexo has been ranked in the top five companies of the Global Outsourcing 100® | |||
| 4/21/2010 | Sodexo Offers Aspretto: Sustainable Coffee From Field to Cup | ||
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| Fair-trade brew pours out green scheme with bio-degradable cups, wraps, and ink | |||
| 4/19/2010 | Sodexo Named 2010 Straight for Equality in Business Award Winner | ||
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| Commitment to Diversity Training, Support for Employee Network Group Cited | |||
| 4/19/2010 | Sodexo to Customers: Eat Low on the Food Chain for Earth Day | ||
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| Chefs create peanut-butter and jelly cuisine to reduce carbon, water and land use | |||
| 4/14/2010 | National Restaurant Association Honors Sodexo, Inc. with Faces of Diversity Award | ||
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| The Faces of Diversity awards celebrate diversity in the restaurant and foodservice industry and among the industry's nearly 13 million employees | |||
| 4/13/2010 | Sodexo Named One of America's Best Companies for Hourly Workers | ||
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| Working Mother Magazine's Inaugural List Honors Companies That Help Hourly Workers Succeed and Advance | |||
| 4/8/2010 | Sodexo-operated Mess Hall at Parris Island Wins Top USMC Honors | ||
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| Mess Hall 590 to be the first recruit mess hall to earn USMC Hill Award for Best Full Service Mess Hall at the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago in May | |||
| 4/5/2010 | Sodexo Laundry Facility: A Cleaner Clean | ||
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| Innovations at Commercial Linen Exchange result in Reduced Water and Energy Consumption | |||
| 3/30/2010 | Technomic Names Retail Brand Group President Husein Kitabwalla To Advisory Board | ||
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| Kitabwalla, leader of award-winning concept portfolio, to examine needs of senior foodservice executives with Technomic, the authority in restaurant trends | |||
| 3/29/2010 | Sodexo Sponsors 2010 National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. | ||
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| Company sponsorship supports the festival's Youth Ambassador Program and tree plantings at D.C.-area schools to support multicultural education, environmental improvements | |||
| 3/26/2010 | Sodexo Named Recruiting Department of the Year by ERE | ||
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| Company's Strategies Reduce Annual Recruitment Advertising Costs by $300,000 | |||
| 3/22/2010 | Sodexo Named One of the World's Most Ethical Companies for Second Consecutive Year | ||
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| Ethisphere Institute Recognizes Companies That Raise the Bar for Ethical Standards | |||
| 3/22/2010 | EPA Recognizes Sodexo for Environmental Leadership; Company Adopts ENERGY STAR to Help Hospitals Reduce Environmental Impact | ||
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| 82 percent of Sodexo clients using EPA/Department of Energy database to measure performance/reduce energy and water use | |||
| 3/10/2010 | Sodexo Ranked Number One Company for Diversity by DiversityInc | ||
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| Also ranked as best for executive women, minority recruitment and retention; among Top Ten companies for Latinos, Blacks, Global Diversity, and People with Disabilities | |||
| 3/9/2010 | Sodexo Named One of the World's Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE | ||
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| First time company has been included in the annually published survey which measures the corporate reputations of the world's largest companies | |||
| 3/9/2010 | Jazzman's Café & Bakery Named a "Top 25 Bakery Cafe Chain" by Technomic Information Services | ||
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| Report illustrates players in this popular, rapidly growing segment of the fast casual industry | |||
| 3/2/2010 | Sodexo Names Patricia Bellinger to North America Advisory Board | ||
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| Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nordic Windpower, Inc. joins company advisors to provide business expertise and guide North American operations | |||
| 2/25/2010 | Sodexo Education Market Wins Award for Virtual Training Program | ||
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| Company's summer training program allows 4,500 Sodexo managers to share know how without leaving the office | |||
| 2/23/2010 | Sodexo's Sustainable Development Commitment Recognized Again in Sustainability Yearbook | ||
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| Company named a "SAM Sector Leader" and "SAM Gold Class" in the 2010 Sustainability Yearbook | |||
| 2/9/2010 | Sodexo Joins First Lady Michelle Obama in National Fight Against Childhood Obesity | ||
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| Company Supports First Lady's Initiative; 135,000 students to be positively impacted in next school year alone | |||
| 1/15/2010 | Sodexo Donates 100,000 Euros (nearly $145,000) to benefit Earthquake Victims in Haiti | ||
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| Sodexo, the world leader in quality of daily life solutions has made a donation to the World Food Programme to assist the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. | |||
| 1/13/2010 | Sodexo Expands Government Affairs and Compliance Team | ||
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| Jessica Montoya appointed Vice President of Government Affairs and Assistant General Counsel | |||
| 1/12/2010 | Sodexo Tops 2009 HACR List of Most Inclusive Companies for Hispanics | ||
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| Corporate Inclusion Index highlights companies that are committed to Hispanic hiring, supplier diversity and community service | |||
| 1/4/2010 | Sodexo Foundation Accepting Applications for STOP Hunger Scholarships that Recognize and Reward Young People Who Are Helping Fight Hunger | ||
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| Up to five $5,000 winners to be named; Application period runs January 1 - February 26, 2010 | |||
