PHILADELPHIA, November 25, 2002 - ARAMARK (NYSE:RMK), a world leader in managed services, has been selected to manage on-site retail food service and patient food and nutrition services for two hospitals in the Baylor Health Care System, one of the country's largest healthcare organizations. Annual sales of the new contract with Baylor All Saints Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, and Baylor City View Hospital in City View, Texas, are estimated at $2.7 million with an initial term of up to five years.

The new contract expands ARAMARK's partnership with Baylor Health Care System. ARAMARK already provides on-site retail food service and patient food and nutrition services at nine other hospitals in the Baylor Health Care System in Texas. Total annual sales for the Baylor Health Care System contract are estimated at $13 million with an initial term of up to five years.

“Our expanded partnership with Baylor demonstrates ARAMARK's ability to deliver a broader managed services solution to clients with a wide variety of requirements,” said Joseph Neubauer, Chairman and CEO of ARAMARK. “We look forward to working in partnership with Baylor to support its core mission of meeting patients' needs.”

ARAMARK has implemented “World Class Patient Service” – an innovative program that focuses on all aspects of the patient's mealtime experience to enhance patient satisfaction – at all Baylor Health Care System hospitals. Additionally, ARAMARK's hospitality design group has designed new kitchen and dining areas at Baylor Garland Hospital and has renovated the Baylor University Medical Center's Atrium Restaurant. An upscale take-out restaurant is also scheduled to open in Baylor University Medical Center this month.

ARAMARK provides innovative, non-clinical support services to more than 1,200 hospitals, long-term care facilities and regional healthcare systems in North America. ARAMARK offers healthcare organizations a complete range of managed service solutions, including patient and retail food and nutrition services, clinical equipment maintenance, environmental services, laundry and linen distribution, plant operations, energy management, strategic/technical services, supply chain management and central transportation.

ARAMARK serves more than 45 clients in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including Electronic Data Systems Corp., Southern Methodist University, Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital and Lewisville Independent School District.

About ARAMARK

ARAMARK is a world leader in providing managed services, including food, facility and other support services, uniform and career apparel and childcare and early education. ARAMARK has leadership positions serving the business, education, healthcare, government, sports and recreation sectors. ARAMARK is ranked No. 1 in the outsourcing services category and is among the Top 50 companies overall in FORTUNE Magazine's 2002 "Most Admired Companies in America." Headquartered in Philadelphia, ARAMARK has approximately 200,000 employees serving customers in 18 countries.

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