Sodexo's 用心深い 指導／手引 take 向こうずね off profitability （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域
By Juliette Portala and Piotr Lipinski
April 1 (Reuters) - French catering and food services group Sodexo 報告（する）／憶測d on Thursday a large 利益（をあげる） 利ざや （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 but 用心深い second-half 予測（する）s, flagging short-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 volatility in 見解（をとる） of a resurgence in coronavirus 感染s.
The Paris-based 会社／堅い 地位，任命するd an underlying operating 利益（をあげる） 利ざや of 3.1% for the six-month period through February, （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing its own raised 予測（する）s of at least 2.5%.
"We are わずかに above 分析家s' 見積（る）s, as the 合意 was around 2.7%-2.8%," 財政／金融 長，指導者 Marc Rolland said on a call with reporters.
Lockdowns have 傷つける the big catering companies such as Sodexo and British 競争相手 Compass Group, with offices の近くにd in parts of the world and large public events on 持つ／拘留する.
Sodexo, whose （弁護士の）依頼人s 範囲 from England's 王室の Ascot Racecourse to the U.S. 海洋 軍団, 特記する／引用するd the 再交渉 of 契約s and tight cost 支配（する）／統制する as 推論する／理由s behind the 業績／成果, as its 再編成 programme moves 今後.
In October, the group 発表するd 計画（する）s to 削減（する） more than 2,000 職業s as COVID-19 lockdowns ate into 歳入. The 計画（する） should be 器具／実施するd between now and the summer, 大統領 Denis Machuel said on the call.
For the second half of its 財政上の year through August, the company 推定する／予想するs 利ざやs to be stable while it sees little 改良 in ４半期/4分の1-on-４半期/4分の1 歳入 容積／容量s 傾向s, given the new waves of the pandemic.
On Wednesday, French 大統領 Emmanuel Macron ordered the country into its third 国家の lockdown.
Sodexo 株 slipped 0.4% by 0905 GMT, paring earlier losses of as much as 1.6%, with 分析家s seeing the 指導／手引 as 一般に disappointing.
"指導／手引 and results 連合させるd 暗示する a downgrade to 合意 (十分な-year 2021) operating 利益（をあげる）," Berenberg's 分析家s said in a 公式文書，認める to （弁護士の）依頼人s.
Compass, which 発表するd 職業 削減（する）s, furloughs, and 減ずるd working hours last year, last month 予報するd better m argins as it trimmed costs to 軟化する the coronavirus blow. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Juliette Portala and Piotr Lipinski ; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips and Keith Weir)
