ARAMARK Celebrates the Most Important Meal of the Day During National School Breakfast Week; Professional Athletes Help Bolster Student Achievement by Eating Breakfast in Local School Districts.

PHILADELPHIA -- To emphasize the importance of eating breakfast, ARAMARK (NYSE:RMK), a professional services partner in more than 420 school districts across the U.S. and serving nearly 300 million meals each year to students in grades K-12, is celebrating National School Breakfast Week from March 6-10, 2006 under the theme "Go Places With School Breakfast." The event coincides with National Nutrition Month(R), a nutrition education and information campaign sponsored annually by the American Dietetic Association.

ARAMARK research over the last two years has revealed compelling insights about K-12 students' eating habits, specifically showing that nearly one-third of high school students do not eat breakfast.

"National School Breakfast Week is an opportunity for ARAMARK and its district partners to demonstrate our commitment to healthy lifestyles," said Jeff Wheatley, President, ARAMARK Education, School Support Services. "We continue to be dedicated to highlighting the importance of eating a nutritious breakfast as studies reveal that students are more alert and perform better in class when they eat breakfast, and student attendance also improves."

In honor of this year's National School Breakfast Week theme, ARAMARK has developed customized educational tools, posters, banners, letters to parents, advertisements in school papers, public address announcements, and graphics to communicate the importance of eating a well-balanced breakfast. In addition, local professional athletes will be speaking to students about the importance of breakfast and nutrition at several ARAMARK-managed school districts including:

Houston Independent School District - Mark Bruener, Houston Texans
  Philadelphia School District - Todd Pinkston, Philadelphia Eagles

Some examples of ARAMARK's breakfast programs include:

Breakfast in the Cafeteria

ARAMARK offers the USDA-regulated School Breakfast Program to school districts across the country. Before classes begin, menu items are made available to students in a traditional line service format and include cereal, fruit, bagels, muffins, eggs, breakfast meats, and breakfast burritos.

Breakfast in the Classroom

In many districts, students may not be able to participate in a standard cafeteria-provided breakfast program. This alternative service delivery is a way that students can eat as a community in their classrooms. Most importantly, classroom breakfasts help to ensure that children are in their classrooms on time and are ready to learn. One example of this effort is the Breakfast in a Bag Program. Pre-packaged or grab-and-go items are arranged in thermal-controlled bags and served with low-fat milk to provide a full USDA-regulated meal. Students then pick up their portable breakfast on their way into classroom.

ARAMARK Education provides a complete range of food, facility, uniform and other support services to more than 650 K-12 school districts in the U.S. It offers public and private education institutions a family of dining and facility services including: on-site and off-site breakfast and lunch meal programs, after-school snacks, catering, nutrition education, retail design and operations, maintenance, custodial, grounds, energy management, construction management, and building commissioning. For more information on ARAMARK's K-12 food service programs, please visit www.aramarkschoolfood.com.

About ARAMARK

ARAMARK is a leader in professional services, providing award-winning food services, facilities management, and uniform and career apparel to health care institutions, universities and school districts, stadiums and arenas, and businesses around the world. In FORTUNE magazine's 2006 list of "America's Most Admired Companies," ARAMARK was ranked number one in its industry, consistently ranking since 1998 as one of the top three most admired companies in its industry as evaluated by peers and industry analysts. The company was also ranked first in its industry in the 2005 FORTUNE 500 survey. Headquartered in Philadelphia, ARAMARK has approximately 240,000 employees serving clients in 19 countries. Learn more at the company's Web site, www.aramark.com

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