Jazzman's(R) Cafe Wins Nation's Restaurant News Hot Concepts! Award

Jazzman's Cafe, the nation's hottest new coffee bar concept, has been named the winner of the prestigious Hot Concepts! Award. The award, now in its tenth year and sponsored by Nation's Restaurant News and Tyson's Food Inc., identifies innovative restaurant concepts demonstrating both emerging growth and the ability to fire up appetites across the country. Jazzman's Cafe, which is available exclusively through Sodexho USA, is the first-ever proprietary brand from a contract management company to be recognized as a "Hot Concept!"

Sodexho USA celebrated the honor by finalizing plans for the 100th Jazzman's location, which will open this month at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif. The company expects to open as many as 10 more sites this spring at Sodexho USA healthcare, campus and corporate locations across the nation. Jazzman's has enjoyed rapid growth in the past year, and fully expects to realize double-digit increases again in 2004.

"Being named a 'Hot Concept' puts Jazzman's in the same league as some of our industry's most exciting dining concepts, and proves once and for all that a brand like Jazzman's really can change the way people think about contract dining," said Husein Kitabwalla, vice president of brand development for Sodexho USA's Retail Brand Group. "Walk into any Jazzman's and you'll experience a fully realized coffee bar that I would put up against any brand in the marketplace today. We are very pleased that a quality on-site concept like Jazzman's is now being recognized by the restaurant industry as a viable, fully-conceived brand."

Jazzman's, one of nine signature retail brands offered by the Retail Brand Group exclusively to Sodexho USA's clients, blends a selection of Seattle's Best Coffee(R), espresso drinks, teas, soups and salads, specialty sandwiches and a unique offering of fresh bakery items, into one of the nation's fastest growing concepts.

"Our unique approach to branding allows us to focus not only on the quality of the food, but also the guest's total experience," said Damon Liever, senior vice president of Sodexho USA's Retail Brand Group. "At Sodexho USA, we've created brands that offer our customers an experience that brings them back again and again. That's not something you will find with most other contract food service companies." (Additional information about Sodexho USA's unique retail brands can be found at www.retailbrandgroup.com.)

"At Jazzman's, our client's get the quality they've come to expect from other concepts, but with the flexibility to adapt the brand to fit their distinct needs and locations," Liever added. "Jazzman's provides a unique experience that works just as well on a college campus as it does in a corporate headquarters or a senior living center."

Sodexho USA (www.sodexhoUSA.com) is the leading provider of food and facilities management in the United States, with $5.8 billion in annual revenues and 110,000+ employees. Sodexho USA 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, military and remote sites in North America. Headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD, Sodexho USA is signatory to the Global Sullivan Principles for Corporate Social Responsibility and proudly serves as the official food service provider for the U.S. Marine Corps.


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