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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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STREET 1: 3 AVENUE NEWTON
STREET 2: 78180 MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX
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BUSINESS PHONE: 0113313085
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                              SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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                                 REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
                             PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF THE
                                  SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                            January 5, 2005

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

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Contents: Fiscal 2004-2005 First Quarter revenues






                               EXHIBIT LIST

Exhibit           Description

99.1    Fiscal 2004-2005 First Quarter revenues






                                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
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Name:    Sian Herbert-Jones
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Date: January 5, 2005



EX-99.1
Fiscal 2004-2005 First Quarter revenues



Code EURONEXT: EXHO.PA / Code NYSE: SDX

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the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
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but are not limited to, those set forth in our Registration Statement on Form
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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
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               Revenues for the First Quarter of Fiscal 2004-2005

Paris, January 5, 2005.

Sodexho Alliance's (Euronext:  EXHO.PA/NYSE:  SDX) consolidated revenues for the
first quarter of fiscal 2004-2005 totaled 3.1 billion euro.

For the first quarter of 2004-2005 :
- Organic growth in revenues,  at a constant  consolidation  scope and excluding
exchange rate effects, was 2.8%.
- Excluding  the  hospitality  contract  for the 2003 Rugby  World Cup,  organic
growth was 4.4%, in line with our fiscal year growth  objective of approximately
4%.
- Including  consolidation and exchange rates, the total change in revenues from
the first quarter of 2003-2004 was a negative 1.6%.

                                     Revenues by Activity

                                                                                               


Activity                                                       Organic        Change in    Acquisitions, net     Total
In millions of euro             2003-2004      2004-2005      Growth(1)     exchange rates                       Change

Food and Management               3,075         3,024            2.7 %          -4.2 %         -0.2%             -1.7 %
Services :

o   North America                 1,466         1,403            3.6 %          -7.9 %           -               -4.3 %
o   Continental Europe              975         1,019            4.2 %          -0.1 %          0.4 %             4.5 %
o   United Kingdom and
    Ireland                         330           324          - 2.2 %           0.5 %           -               -1.7 % 
o   Rest of the World               304           278          - 1.3 %(2)       -4.5 %         -2.9 %            -8.7 %
                                    
Service Vouchers and Cards           60            61            8.7 %          -5.3 %         -1.0 %             2.4 %

                                ---------     ---------       -----------     ---------      ----------         ---------
TOTAL                             3,135         3,085            2.8 %(3)       -4.2 %         -0.2 %            -1.6 %
                                =========     =========       ===========     =========      ==========         ==========


(1) At a constant consolidation scope and excluding exchange rate effects
(2) 18% excluding the effect of the November 2003 Rugby World Cup 
(3) 4.4% excluding the effect of the November 2003 Rugby World Cup

                                                                             
Food and Management Services :

In Food and Management Services, organic growth in revenues amounted to 2.7% for
the first quarter of 2004-2005, including 0.6% in Business and Industry, 4.7% in
Education and 4.4% in Healthcare.

North America 

Organic  growth in revenues  amounted to 3.6%,  including 4.7% for the Education
segment and 6.2% for the Healthcare  segment.  Business and Industry  (including
Defense) declined by 1.2%.

Business and Industry  revenues  declined by 0.5% since the segment continues to
be negatively  affected by unsatisfactory  client retention rates,  notably as a
result of site closings  during the prior fiscal year.  During recent months new
clients who have chosen us include General Electric in multiple states,  Johnson
Space Center (NASA) in Texas and the California Department of Motor Vehicles.

In the Defense  segment  intensified  troop  deployments  to the Middle East and
delays in discussions  concerning certain  adjustments in connection with the US
Marine Corps contract have resulted in a decline in revenues of 7.7%.

In the  Education  segment  strong  client  retention,  increases in revenues on
existing sites as well as strong new sales signed at the end of the prior fiscal
year including Emory University and South Carolina State  University  translated
into good growth.

In the Healthcare segment excellent client retention,  together with an increase
in revenues on existing sites  contributed to an acceleration of organic growth.
In  addition,  dynamic new sales in the last few months  confirm this trend with
the signing of contracts such as the University of Alabama  Hospital and Mariner
Healthcare.  We are also  pleased to announce  the recent  signing of one of the
most  significant  food service  contracts in  healthcare  in the United  States
covering  eleven  hospitals and four long term care facilities with the New York
City Health and Hospital Corporation, valued at an estimated 340 million dollars
in revenues over ten years.

Continental Europe

Organic  revenue  growth  amounted to 4.2%,  including  4.4% in the Business and
Industry segment, 5.8% in Education, and 2.1% in Healthcare.

The Business and Industry segment  experienced solid growth,  notably in France,
Spain,  Finland  and  Germany,  due to the  ramp  up of  food  and  multiservice
contracts  signed  during the prior fiscal year.  In this  segment,  a difficult
economic  environment  persists  in  Scandanavia  and  the  Netherlands.  Recent
commercial  successes include T-mobile in the Netherlands,  T-online in Germany,
Natexis Banque Populaire in France and Isdemir,  the Turkish leader in the steel
industry, as well as Toyota in Turkey.

The schools  segment  benefited from the start up of contracts  during the prior
fiscal  year with the cities of  Frankfurt  and  Budapest.  New clients who have
joined us include the schools of Linkoping in Sweden,  Milan,  Albeda college in
the Netherlands and Ted college in Ankara. 

In Healthcare,  modest organic  growth in revenues  reflects our  selectivity in
choosing  clients.  Recent  developments  since the beginning of the fiscal year
include  the start up of the  Military  Hospital  in Warsaw,  the  January  2005
opening of the University Hospital Center in Rennes and beginning in March 2005,
Public Hospitals in Paris.

United Kingdom and Ireland

On a  constant  exchange  rate  basis,  revenues  declined  by 2.2%,  due to the
particularly  weak prior year client retention rate in the Business and Industry
segment.  The extension of additional services following the signing of a thirty
five year  contract  under the Private  Finance  Initiative  for the  Colchester
Garrison contributed to good growth in the Defense segment.

Recovery initiatives continue. For example,  Sodexho teams in the United Kingdom
and France collaborated to sign hospitality and travel package contracts for the
next Rugby World Cup in 2007.  Revenues for this  contract  are  estimated to be
approximately 140 million euros.

Rest of the World

Latin America,  Asia/Australia and the Remote Sites activity all participated in
strong growth in organic  revenues of 18%,  excluding the impact of the November
2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia.  Among our recent commercial  successes are :
Exxon Mobil in Venezuela, Abril and Petrobras in Brazil, Bechtel in Remote Sites
in Romania,  Pride International in Angola and various drilling companies in the
Gulf of Mexico. In Continental China,  multiservice sales remain strong with the
signature  of  contracts  including  Guangzhou  Mak Diesel  Engine and  Shanghai
Container Terminal.


Service Vouchers and Cards :

The Service  Vouchers and Cards  activity  reported  organic growth of 8.7%. The
reasons for this growth are:

- Good sales in traditional  services  notably in Latin America,  central Europe
and in Asia, with new clients such as Bechtel, Siemens and HSBC;

- Cross-selling of additional  services such as gift vouchers to current clients
including  Melitta  and Chevron in Brazil,  La Poste in Belgium and  ABN-AMRO in
India; and

- The creation of new  services  such as the launch in October 2004 of Surf@home
by Sodexho, a joint venture with Belgacom. 


Finally,  we express our deepest  sympathies to all the families  touched by the
tsunami.  As of today, none of the Group's employees has been lost. As we have a
strong  presence in Southeast  Asia,  all of our teams are lending their support
and their aid to the  victims,  to the  refugees,  and to those who are  working
tirelessly in the rescue effort.

In Phuket,  where we manage the Bangkok Phuket  hospital,  we are implementing a
number of initiatives:

o meals for employees, rescuers and injured victims at the hospital;

o supplying food to the local Red Cross and recruitment of additional  personnel
to aid them in receiving and distributing the aid coming from other countries;

o collecting clothing and essential items from all other countries in Asia where
Sodexho is present.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the teams in the area who
are  working  around  the  clock and to all of those  who have  expressed  their
support.


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 313,000  employees  on 24,900  sites in 76  countries,
Sodexho  Alliance  reported  consolidated  sales of 11.5  billion  euros for the
fiscal year that ended on August 31, 2004.  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.

Press Relations: Jerome Chambin
Tel : + 33 (1) 30 85 74 18 - Fax : + 33 (1) 30 85 52 32
E-mail : jerome.chambin @sodexhoalliance.com

Investor Relations: Jean-Jacques Vironda
Tel : + 33 (1) 30 85 72 03 - Fax : + 33 (1) 30 85 50 88 
E-mail : jeanjacques.vironda@sodexhoalliance.com