First Starbucks Coffee Shop Opens at Norfolk Navy Exchange

NORFOLK, Va., December 8, 2006 - A landmark Starbucks store opened today at the Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Navy Exchange. This opening, made possible by an agreement between Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM); Commander, Navy Installations Morale, Welfare and Recreation (CNI/MWR) and Sodexho (NYSE: SDX), marks the first-ever Starbucks location on a Navy installation.

“Our mission is to provide quality goods and services at a savings and to support quality of life programs,” said NEXCOM's Commander Rear Adm. Bob Cowley. “Our partnership with Starbucks and Sodexho will allow Navy Exchanges to bring sailors Starbucks' world-class products with Sodexho's world-class service and support MWR quality of life programs.”

Greg Verone, president of Sodexho's Government Services Division said, “Delivering high quality brands is a hallmark of Sodexho. Combining Starbucks, CNI/MWR and Sodexho is a powerful way to deliver great service to our customers at the Navy Exchange. We look forward to operating the Starbucks here, as a way to improve the quality of daily life for them.”

Through a licensing agreement, Sodexho operates several Starbucks stores in the U.S. at colleges and universities, corporations and health care facilities, as well as a location at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, Calif.

Sodexho anticipates opening additional Starbucks locations including Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va.; Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Wash.; Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla.; and Naval Station San Diego, Calif.

About Sodexho, Inc.

Sodexho, Inc. (www.SodexhoUSA.com) is the leading provider of integrated food and facilities management in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, with $6.7 billion in annual revenue and 125,000 employees. Sodexho offers innovative outsourcing solutions in food service, housekeeping, grounds keeping, plant operations and maintenance, asset management, and laundry services to more than 6,000 corporations, health care, long term care and retirement centers, schools, college campuses, government and remote sites throughout North America. Headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md., Sodexho proudly serves as the official food service provider for the U.S. Marine Corps.

About Starbucks Coffee Company

Through the dedication of our passionate partners (employees), Starbucks Coffee Company has transformed the way people in 37 countries enjoy their coffee, one cup at a time. Starbucks is the premier purveyor of the finest coffee in the world, with more than 11,500 retail locations in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific Rim. The Company is committed to offering its customers the highest quality coffee and human connection through the Starbucks Experience, while striving to improve the social, environmental and economic well being of its partners, coffee farmers, countries of coffee origin, and the communities which it serves. Through Ethos Water, Starbucks demonstrates its long history of integrating a social conscience into all aspects of its business. The Company surprises and delights its customers by producing and selling bottled Starbucks Frappuccino ® coffee drinks, Starbucks DoubleShot ® espresso drinks and Starbucks ® superpremium ice creams through its joint-venture partnerships, and Starbucks ™ Coffee and Cream Liqueurs through a marketing and distribution agreement, in other convenient locations outside its retail operations. The Company's brand portfolio includes superpremium Tazo ® teas, Starbucks Hear Music ™ compact discs, Seattle's Best Coffee and Torrefazione Italia. These brands' unique and innovative personalities allow Starbucks to appeal to a broad consumer base.

About NEXCOM

NEXCOM is headquarters for the worldwide Navy Exchange System. Its mission is to provide authorized customers quality goods and services at a savings and to support quality of life programs for active duty military, retirees, reservists and their families. NEXCOM and the NES operate primarily with non-appropriated funds (NAF) and by selling goods and services to military patrons and their families, generate revenues that are used to support Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) programs. NEXCOM is responsible for the oversight of 109 Navy Exchange complexes with 344 stores worldwide, 45 Navy Lodges, ship's stores and the Uniform Program Management Office. These four independently functioning programs of the Navy Exchange System generated $2.3 billion in sales in 2005 and provided $47.5 million to Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) programs.