September 2006

GW, Sodexho Ink 10-Year Contract
for Campus Dining

Quiznos, Pandini’s, and Cyclone Salads are among the new venues opening in J Street.

A voluntary dining program, a new restaurant on the Marvin Center’s fifth floor, and a host of new venues in J Street are among the enhancements to GW’s
Dining Program. Under the terms of a 10- year contract, Sodexho, Inc., assumed full management and operational responsibility for GW Dining operations effective
June 1. Headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md., Sodexho is the leading provider of food and facilities management in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

“GW strives to provide students with a variety of options and freedom of choice in dining, and Sodexho’s robust retail operation is a good fit for the GW dining
model,” says Louis Katz, GW executive vice president and treasurer.

One significant new option for students is a voluntary dining plan. Under the plan, participating students pay one price for either 50 or 100 meals at the J Street Cafe, a new all-you-can-eat venue located on the first floor of the Marvin Center. WOW Cafe and Wingery will open on the Marvin Center fifth floor. The Southwestern-themed restaurant’s offerings include wraps, salads, hamburgers, fajitas, and wings. WOW also will feature sports and other entertainment on high-definition televisions through DIRECTV and on XM Satellite Radio.

Other new Marvin Center venues include:
- A new coffee, tea, and specialty drink venue;
- District Market;
- Chick Fil-A;
- Quiznos;
- Pandini’s; and
- Cyclone Salads.

Along with the new Sodexho dining concepts, the University’s GWorld Colonial Cash Dining Program will continue to offer students more than 80
on-campus and in-the-city dining partners.

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