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Sodexho to Open First Einstein Bros.(R) Bagel Location in Hawaii on Naval Station Pearl Harbor Bringing an 'Anything But Routine' Experience to a Military Neighborhood GAITHERSBURG, Md., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sailors and their families will be saying 'Aloha' to bagels this spring when Sodexho opens an Einstein Bros. location on the Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu -- the first Einstein Bros. in the state. Under a newly signed five-year agreement, Sodexho Inc. (NYSE:SDX), the nation's leading provider of food and facilities management services, will renovate an existing cafeteria-style location on the base and operate the new retail store. "This is both an exciting and strategic project for our team," said Brett Ladd, vice president of operations for Sodexho's Government Services Division. "There is a lot of opportunity for our company to grow in this type of market, particularly in Hawaii. We are eager to bring high-quality brands and good service to these installations because we know it will have a positive impact on the daily lives of our military customers." Whether sailors want to nosh on a bagel and shmear, grab a cup of darn good coffee(R) or bite into a crisp fresh salad or warm panini, Einstein Bros. will have a full menu to satisfy every taste for breakfast and lunch, conveniently located on base. "We have a strong partnership with Sodexho," said Matt Sullivan, senior director of business development for New World Restaurant Group, Inc., parent company of Einstein and Noah Corp., the operator and licensor of Einstein Bros. Bagels. "We look forward to working together on this, an exciting project for both companies; the first Einstein Bros. location on a Navy base, and our company's first location in Hawaii." Through a licensing agreement signed in 2001, Sodexho operates several Einstein Bros. restaurants in the U.S. at colleges and universities and health care facilities including Auburn University in Auburn, Ala., Emory University in Atlanta and several locations opening this spring such as Savannah Memorial Health in Savannah, Ga. and Bentley College in Waltham, Mass. There are currently 373 company-operated and 61 licensed Einstein Bros. locations in 29 states. New World Restaurant Group is a leading company in the quick casual restaurant industry. The company operates locations primarily under the Einstein Bros. and Noah's New York Bagels brands, and primarily franchises locations under the Manhattan Bagel and Chesapeake Bagel Bakery brands. As of June 28, 2005, the company's retail system consisted of 442 company-operated locations, as well as 156 franchised locations, and 64 licensed locations in 34 states, plus the District of Columbia. The company also operates a dough production facility. Sodexho Inc. (http://www.sodexhousa.com/) is the leading provider of food and facilities management in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, with $6.3 billion in annual revenue and 120,000+ employees. Sodexho Inc. 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 throughout North America. Headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD, Sodexho Inc. proudly serves as the official food service provider for the U.S. Marine Corps. First Call Analyst: FCMN Contact: DATASOURCE: Sodexho Inc. CONTACT: Stacy Bowman-Hade of Sodexho Inc., +1-301-987-4352, ; or Katy Freeman of Einstein Bros. Bagels, +1-303-568-8195, Web site: http://www.sodexhousa.com/

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