Sodexo (Sodexho Alliance prior to 23 January 2008, Euronext: SW, OTCBB: SDXAY) is a French multinational corporation and one of the largest food services and facilities management companies in the world. It is present in 29,000 sites within eighty countries, earning revenue in 2007 of €13.385 billion. Sodexo has two major lines of business: food and facility management services, and service vouchers and cards.

Bon Appetit Management Company Adds ValuWaste(R) Food Waste Reduction Solution to Portfolio of Sustainable Food Service Initiatives

This story nails it...we are being convinced by the financial services industry that we will be eating dog food and living under a bridge if we don't pump a lot more money into the actively managed accounts that are so incredibly profitable for them. Is it any surprise why many investment banks and funds companies are just raking in the money? DIY

“The first time Joseph Neubauer took Aramark Corp. private in 1984, the deal was worth $889 million. When he and other managers led a leveraged buyout of the nation’s largest food services company a second time, the price tag zoomed to $6.24 billion. Neubauer and his family, whose holdings soared in value to almost $1 billion."

Software maker is moving beyond eating its own dog food. But some partners say company is grazing on their turf. If Microsoft is able to see the real warts of its products in real world environments, I think everyone will win in the end. Though some partners my complain that Microsoft is moving into desktop management services.

The food services company turned to an expense management system to keep track of more than 4,000 handheld devices. The result: It deactivated 500 idle or barely used phones.