Sodexo

The Sodexo Group, Sodexho Alliance until 2008, is a French company for catering, catering and facility management. These services are offered for industrial companies, government agencies, hospitals and rehabilitation centers, retirement and nursing homes, schools, kindergartens and day care centers, military bases and prisons. The brand name is Sodexo.

The company operates in 80 countries and in fiscal year 2011/2012 with 420,000 employees at 34,300 sites a turnover of around 18 billion euros. Claims to use worldwide more than 75 million consumers every day the company's services. Among the world's largest employers, Sodexo takes a place 20. The company is listed on the NYSE, EUR Euronext Paris and Frankfurt am Main.

History

Sodexo was founded in 1966 by Pierre Bellon in Marseille. CEO Michel Landel since 2005. The name was originally from Société d'exploitation hotelière, or " Sodexho ". At the Board meeting of 22 January 2008 in Paris, a new vision and brand identity was unveiled. Here, the brand name was shortened to Sodexo. For Sodexo Group has two main areas: On-site Services and Benefits and Rewards Services.

Sodexo On- site Services in Germany

In the German market, Sodexo On- site Services made ( Sodexo Services GmbH, Sitz: Rüsselsheim ) in 1991 through the acquisition of Eiring & Ott KG (founded in 1958) a. After good growth and several acquisitions medium-sized enterprises in December 2008, the connection with the Zehnacker Group, including its subsidiaries GA- tec. This is the company that until then in Germany was mainly active in community catering, the whole area of ​​facility management including building services in the service portfolio. In the relevant Lünendonk study Sodexo is in the top 10 The merger was carried out under the umbrella of Sodexo holding company headquartered in Heidelberg. Sodexo offers since 2012 also concepts for development and operation of daycare centers for companies and communities.

Epidemic with bowel disease

In September 2012, the company was known for bowel disease in approximately 11,200 children and educators in many kindergartens and schools in eastern Germany the public. The Brechdurchfall wave reached its peak between the 25th and 28th September 2012.

The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety assumes that frozen strawberries from China are the trigger for the massive crushing diarrhea in students. These strawberries have been supplied by a wholesaler to the large kitchens Sodexo, based in Hessen Rüsselsheim, which in turn supplied the school canteens so. The company in early October 2012 apologized in writing and announced a compensation of affected persons. The Darmstadt prosecutor declared on 24 October 2012, that the company was not to blame for the disease.

Benefits and Rewards Services

Benefits and Rewards Services - in addition to the on-site business Solutions ( catering & facility management ) - the second largest division of the Sodexo Group. Benefits and Rewards Services provides companies of all sizes and public sector motivation concepts and solutions based on various media ( inter alia as vouchers, maps, or on an electronic basis ). The sales volume of the company amounted to 2011/2012 14.7 billion euros. Around the world, 27 million users Sodexo solutions in 34 countries. The Sodexo users are over a million redemption locations available.

In Germany, Benefits and Rewards Services has been operating since 1977. 's Main business field is the Restaurant Pass, which is issued by companies in 9000 approximately 250,000 employees as of cashless meal subsidy. The restaurant - pass (or restaurant check, voucher or restaurant food brand ) is a proven system of food subsidies, can generate tax benefits to the employer and employee. Customers that use this system, including corporations count as Allianz, Daimler, German Bank, and more than 10,000 companies from the SME sector.

The division also includes the settlement of vouchers for asylum seekers who get these in some German districts in accordance with the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act instead of cash to buy food can. The product is called " voucher Pass". These solutions are connected for asylum seekers with handicaps " in vouchers arise in practice regularly severe impairments, such as magnitude too large denomination, lack of residual money back and / or the redemption only in certain stores ." Sodexo is therefore accused of involvement in racism.

Benefits and Rewards Services is in other European countries (including Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Russia, Italy, France, Great Britain, Belgium, Spain), South America ( including Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Peru), in Asia ( including China, India, Indonesia ) as well as in the USA with various services.

The largest single shareholder of Sodexo Group, with almost 40% of the holding company Bellon SA, the family of Pierre Bellon.