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Sodexho to Enhance Indoor and Outdoor Dining at New York City Landmark Church NEW YORK, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sodexho (NYSE:SDX) announced today that the company's Corporate Services Division has been named the new restaurant provider for the venerable St. Bartholomew's Church in midtown Manhattan. This spring, Sodexho will develop a new sustainable concept for the restaurant at St. Bart's, which includes indoor/outdoor facilities and catering services. Located at Park Avenue and 51st Street in one of New York's most treasured landmark buildings, St. Bartholomew's Church is a unique destination that welcomes a vibrant and diverse community in both spiritual and practical ways. "We're absolutely delighted to have Sodexho as the new operator of our restaurant at St. Bart's," said The Rev. William McD. Tully, Rector of St. Bartholomew's Church. He continued, "They're a business -- and we're a church, obviously. But hospitality in the best and deepest sense is at the heart of both our missions." Under this new agreement, Sodexho will collaborate with St. Bart's Church to create a more flexible indoor space for dining and special events, as well as improve operations for the popular outdoor terrace. Sodexho will invest over $2 million in this project with major plans for the construction of a new kitchen and the redesign of the indoor restaurant space, partnering with New York-based Conant Architects and foodservice design consultant Pascoe-Jacobs Associates. "We are excited to join with St. Bart's on this new venture," said Sodexho's Market President and COO Michael Norris. "Our shared goals of supporting the community and sustainability are at the core of our operations. This is a very special partnership and we are committed to taking this historic site to a higher level and providing diners with inventive cuisine, a welcoming ambience and fabulous service." Today's St. Bartholomew's, the church's third location in New York City, opened in 1918. The dome and much of the interior decoration were added in 1929-30; the adjacent Community House dates from 1927. Currently, St. Bart's is a lively community that, in addition to worship services, offers many events and programs including the Great Music Series, the Summer Festival of Sacred Music, The Center for Religious Inquiry, St. Bartholomew's Boy and Girl Choristers and other programs. To learn more about St. Bart's, visit http://www.stbarts.org/ or call 212.378.0222. Sodexho, Inc. (http://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, groundskeeping, 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. DATASOURCE: Sodexho, Inc. CONTACT: Laura Lehrman or Andria Chin of Lehrman + Chin Public Relations, +1-212-580-0099, for St. Bartholomew's Church; or Bob Johnson, Director of Communications of St. Bartholomew's Church, +1-212-378-0244, ; or Jaya K. Bohlmann, Vice President, Public Relations of Sodexho, Inc., +1-301-987-4550, Web site: http://www.sodexhousa.com/ http://www.stbarts.org/

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