ARAMARK Expands Contract with Council Rock School District to Manage Energy Program.

PHILADELPHIA -- ARAMARK (NYSE:RMK), a world leader in providing professional services, announced today that ARAMARK Education - Facility Services has been awarded a 5-year contract to provide energy management services to the Council Rock School District in Newtown, Pennsylvania.

ARAMARK developed a district-wide energy management plan for Council's Rock's 16 elementary, middle and high school buildings which total over 1.7 million square feet. The initial analysis projected more than $2.2 million gross savings to the District over the term of the contract. In the first four months of the program, savings have exceeded the initial target with nearly $400,000 attributable to energy consumption reductions and utility procurement initiatives. The total reduction in energy consumption is 23 percent to date.

"We are pleased to expand our partnership with Council Rock School District," said Frank Mendicino, President, ARAMARK Education - Facility Services. "ARAMARK's goal is to demonstrably contribute to the quality and the efficiency of the Council Rock facilities operation. Every dollar saved in the utility budget has a direct, positive effect on the District's commitment to providing an exceptional educational experience for each of its students."

"The numbers speak for themselves at a time when our budget is under pressure," said Robert Schoch, Director of Business Administration for Council Rock School District. "Without this program, the instructional program and facilities maintenance efforts would have been negatively impacted. The program is just starting and future conservation measures, including quick payback improvements, will result in far greater savings. The timing of these savings could not be better."

ARAMARK has been providing custodial services to Council Rock School District since 1999.

About ARAMARK Education

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.aramarkschools.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 2006 FORTUNE 500 survey. Headquartered in Philadelphia, ARAMARK has approximately 240,000 employees serving clients in 20 countries. Learn more at the company's Web site, www.aramark.com.

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