Post 200: Top D.C.-Area Businesses

Sodexo Inc.

A Sodexo chef serves lunch to school children.

A Sodexo chef serves lunch to school children. (Photo: Courtesy of company.)

About Sodexo Inc.

9801 Washingtonian Blvd., Gaithersburg, Md. 20878
www.sodexoUSA.com | 800-763-3946 | Founded: 1966

Industry: Hospitality And Travel | Category: Top Private Companies

Sodexo runs food and facilities management services throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico � serving 9.3 million meals a day at 6,000 sites, including hospitals, military bases and college campuses. Last year the company streamlined its name, which had been spelled Sodexho. Why? The company, a member of the multinational Sodexo Group, says the letter H is associated with the hotel and food-services business in some countries, and it wanted to emphasize its "accelerating development in facilities management services."

President and CEO: George Chavel

President and CEO: George Chavel

2007 Financial Data

Total employees: 120,000 | Local employees: 4,180

Did You Know

FEEDING THE POOR: Since 1999, the Sodexo Foundation has provided $9.2 million for hunger assistance, including meals for undernourished children during school vacations, donations of surplus food to community groups and training unemployed people in food service jobs.

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