FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SODEXHO ALLIANCE SA
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001169715
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MANAGEMENT SERVICES [8741]
IRS NUMBER: 000000000
FISCAL YEAR END: 0831
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FORM TYPE: 6-K
SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC
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BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 3 AVENUE NEWTON
STREET 2: 78180 MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX
CITY: FRANCE
STATE:
ZIP: 00000
BUSINESS PHONE: 0113313085
6-K
FORM 6-K
                              SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                      Washington D.C. 20549

                                             FORM 6-K

                                 REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
                             PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF THE
                                  SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                         January 8, 2002

                                        SODEXHO ALLIANCE SA
                                         3, avenue Newton
                                   78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux
                                              France
                             (Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

                         Form 20-F         X                 Form 40-F

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Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

                         Yes                                 No       X

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Contents: Press Release






                               EXHIBIT LIST

Exhibit           Description

99.1     Press Release






                                SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

SODEXHO ALLIANCE SA
By: /s/ Sian Herbert-Jones
-------------------------------
Name:    Sian Herbert-Jones
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Date: January 8, 2003




EX-99.1
PRESS RELEASE

                        Exhibit 99.1

                   Organic Growth Resumes

Code EURONEXT : EXHO.PA / Code NYSE : SDX

This press release contains  "forward-looking  statements" within the meaning of
the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
include,  but are not limited to,  statements  regarding  anticipated  future
events and financial  performance with respect to our operations.
Forward-looking  statements can be identified by the fact that they do not
relate strictly to historical or current facts.  They often include words like
"believe,"  "expect,"  "anticipate,"  "estimated" , "project " , "plan" "pro
forma," and "intend"  or future or  conditional  verbs  such as "will,"
"would,"  or "may."  Factors  that could  cause  actual  results to differ
materially  from  expected  results  include,  but are not limited to, those set
forth in our  Registration  Statement on Form 20-F, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC), the competitive  environment in which we operate,
changes in general economic conditions and changes in the French,  American
and/or global financial and/or capital markets.  Forward-looking  statements
represent management's  views as of the date they are made,  and we assume no
obligation  to update any  forward-looking  statements  for actual events
occurring after that date. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on our
forward-looking statements.


Paris, France - January 8, 2003 - Sodexho  Alliance's  consolidated  revenues
for the first  quarter of fiscal 2002/2003,  which ended  November 30, 2002,
totaled EUR 3.3 billion. Compared to the same period of the previous fiscal
year, changes in revenues are as follows :

Organic growth    :        +3.1 %
Acquisitions      :        -0.4 %
Currency effect   :        -5.5 %

Despite  improved  organic growth of 3.1 %, the euro's gains over other
currencies,  principally the US dollar,  resulted in a decline in reported
revenues of 2.8 % for the first quarter.

In the  continuing  difficult  global  economic  environment,  the organic
increase  in  first-quarter  revenues  was in line with our objective of 5 to 6%
organic growth for the full fiscal year 2002/2003.  We should  therefore
gradually return to the rate of organic revenue growth enjoyed in earlier years.



                                                                               


      =============================================================================================
      Business                                               Revenues                Organic growth
                                                         (in EUR millions)
      =============================================================================================

      Food and Management Services                               3,049                    2.9%

             North America                                       1,616                    4.0%
             Continental Europe                                    919                    3.4%
             United Kingdom and Ireland                            389                   - 2.5%
             Rest of the World                                     125                    3.3%

      =============================================================================================

      Remote Sites                                                 139                   - 1.2%
      =============================================================================================

      Service Vouchers and Cards                                    63                    16.7%
      =============================================================================================

      River and Harbor Cruises                                      20                    18.8%
      =============================================================================================

                          TOTAL                                  3,271                    3.1%
      =============================================================================================


-    Food and Management Services

-    In North America,  revenues in the Business,  Industry and Defense
     segment gained 3.4%, led by the start-up of contracts with the US Marine
     Corps on October 1, 2002.  Excluding  Defense,  the signing of a large
     number of other contracts slowed the previous year's sharp 8% decline and
     should  enable us to meet the  objective of revenue  growth for the full
     fiscal  year.  The  Education  segment  reported 5% growth,  reflecting
     the  commitment  of our teams to  increasing  on-site  sales by
     implementing  effective merchandising offers and continuing to develop and
     deliver multi-service solutions.

-    Organic sales growth was 3.4% in Continental  Europe.  Despite slower
     business in the  Netherlands  and Italy,  the Business, Industry and
     Defense  segment  advanced  3.1%. In Sweden,  for example,  faster  organic
     growth was driven by the  development of multi-service contracts in the
     Defense segment. Healthcare revenues increased 5.8%, with strong gains in
     France.

-    In the United Kingdom and Ireland,  where our priority is to restore
     profitability,  revenues declined 2.5% excluding changes in  consolidation
     scope and exchange  rates.  Favorable  development in the Education segment
     was not sufficient to offset lower sales in Business & Industry,
     reflecting a decline in customers on certain sites and our policy of
     renegotiating  insufficiently profitable contracts which has led in some
     cases to terminations.

-    Remote  Sites  revenues  decreased an organic  1.2% during the period,
     with a pronounced  slowdown in drilling in the Gulf of Mexico offset by a
     strong performance in the North Sea.

-    In Service  Vouchers and Cards,  organic  growth  continued at a sharp
     pace of 16.7%,  led by the  development,  notably among existing clients,
     of new services such as Gift Pass,  Training Pass,  Grocery Pass and
     Restaurant Pass. Issue volume rose to EUR 1.2 billion during the quarter.


About Sodexho Alliance

Founded in Marseille in 1966 by Chairman and Chief Executive  Officer Pierre
Bellon,  Sodexho  Alliance is the world's leading provider of food and
management  services.  With more than  315,000  employees  on 24,700  sites in
74  countries,  Sodexho  Alliance  reported consolidated  sales of 12.6 billion
euros for the fiscal year that ended on August 31, 2002. The Sodexho Alliance
share has been listed since 1983 on the Euronext Paris Bourse,  where its market
value totals 3.6 billion euros.  The Sodexho  Alliance share has been listed
since April 3, 2002, on the New York Stock Exchange.


Media Relations: Jerome Chambin
Tel: +33 130 85 74 18
Fax: +33 130 85 52 32
E-mail:  jerome.chambin@sodexhoalliance.com

Investor Relations: Jean-Jacques Vironda
Tel: +33 130 85 29 39
Fax +33 130 85 51 81
E-mail: jeanjacques.vironda@sodexhoalliance.com