Site name: ARAMARK URL: www.aramark.com Background information: ARAMARK is a global leader in professional services. It provides food, hospitality, facility management services, and high-quality uniforms and work apparel.

Site name: Compass Group URL: www.compass-group.com Background information: Compass Group is one of the world’s leading food service companies. It specializes in providing food, vending, and related services on its clients’ premises in over 90 countries. It prides itself on developing and delivering original food and service solutions whether in the workplace, schools and colleges, hospitals, at leisure, on the move, or in remote environments.

Site name: Sodexo URL: www.sodexo.com Background information: Sodexo is a leading food and facilities management services company worldwide. Every day, Sodexo employees work to improve the quality of daily life for their clients and customers around the world. Sodexo offers a full range of outsourcing solutions to the corporate, health care, education, government, and defense markets.

Exercises: Review all three of the above corporate Web sites, and compare each organization based on the following characteristics:

a. What markets do they serve?

b. What hospitality services do they provide?

c. What job opportunities are available to hospitality management graduates with these companies?

d. How many different countries do they serve worldwide?

e. In which country is each company headquartered?