12.09.2006 12:45:00

ARAMARK Healthcare Launches Quick Casual Restaurant Brand Called Soluna Cafe & Bakery; Soluna Restaurants Will Offer High Quality Fare in a Relaxing Environment on Large Healthcare Campuses

ARAMARK Healthcare today announced that it will openARAMARK's (NYSE:RMK) first brand of free-standing retail restaurantslater this year in Houston, Texas and early next year in Columbus,Ohio and San Diego, Calif. Leveraging ARAMARK Healthcare's wealth ofcustomer insight and food and nutrition expertise, Soluna Cafe &Bakery is strategically developed to meet the needs of physicians,nurses, hospital employees and visitors on large healthcare campuses.Soluna will offer tossed-to-order salads, made-to-order sandwiches andpremium, home-style soups in a tranquil atmosphere, where those on themedical campus can relax, refresh and renew.

"Bringing Soluna Cafe & Bakeries to medical campuses is animportant strategic initiative as physicians, nurses and hospitalstaff often have difficulty finding the time to refuel and relaxduring the demands of a typical work day," said Bob Carpenter,President of ARAMARK Healthcare. "Our research has indicated that agap for this type of dining option exists in the healthcare setting,and developing this concept in close proximity to leading healthcareinstitutions allows us to meet their needs."

The first Soluna Cafe & Bakery will open in October and isstrategically located at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, theworld's largest concentration of research and healthcare institutionsincluding The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center,Methodist Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children'sHospital and Saint Luke's Hospital. This 4,000-square-foot restaurantis housed on the ground floor of the Bank of America Building locatedon the Southeast corner of Holcombe Boulevard and South Main Street.This location will feature a 60-seat dining room with an outdoor patiothat can accommodate more than 40 additional guests.

The second Soluna Cafe & Bakery will open in early 2007 atOhioHealth's Grant Medical Center, located in the heart of downtownColumbus, Ohio at 111 South Grant Avenue. The third Soluna will alsoopen in early 2007 at the newly constructed Physicians Medical OfficeBuilding located at 7910 Frost Street in San Diego. This5,000-square-foot store is located across the street from SharpMemorial Hospital and shares the campus with Sharp Mary Birch Hospitaland Children's Hospital and Health Center of San Diego. There are alsoplans for future U.S. expansion.

Serving as an inviting oasis where guests can breathe new lifeinto their day, Soluna's environment provides a refreshing atmospherefilled with the soothing elements of nature. Each cafe evokes feelingsof relaxation and serenity by utilizing natural colors, environmentalaccents, shapes and photography geared toward the seasons.

Providing meal options for breakfast, lunch and dinner, Soluna'smenu will feature premium items such as:

-- The Southwest Chicken Panini (roasted vegetables, Provolone, grilled chicken, crisp bacon & spicy tomato spread)

-- Mozzarella, Plum Tomato & Pesto Sandwich (on ciabatta with roasted red pepper, pesto mayonnaise & green leaf lettuce)

-- Roast Beef with Sharp Cheddar Wrap (tomato, spinach, onion & horseradish spread)

-- Asian Steak Salad (romaine, green beans, tomato, carrot, green onion & Asian dressing)

-- Cranberry & Mandarin Orange Salad (mesclun and green leaf lettuce, Mandarin orange, dried cranberries and balsamic vinegar)

Soluna's signature menu item will be its Quiche-Adilla(R). Aone-of-a kind recipe baked in a flour tortilla. Lorraine's FavoriteQuiche-Adilla features Swiss cheese, smoked bacon and a touch ofnutmeg, while the Roasted Vegetables with Asiago Quiche-Adillaconsists of red, yellow and green peppers, eggplant, zucchini, yellowsquash and red onion.

Moreover, Soluna will offer its guests blended and specialtycoffee drinks, infused teas, real fruit smoothies and desserts.Customers may also request nutritional information for any menu item,which can be printed and given to them with their order.

Soluna Cafe & Bakery also features a premium catering component,which allows the restaurant to deliver catered meals and snacks tonearby hospitals, universities and businesses. Customers will be ableto order and schedule delivery by phone, fax or online.

About ARAMARK Healthcare

ARAMARK Healthcare is a leader in providing best-in-classnon-clinical services that are essential to healthcare delivery.Understanding that clinical excellence and the environment areinterdependent, ARAMARK Healthcare directly impacts the entirehealthcare continuum - patient, employee, nurse and physiciansatisfaction, operational efficiency and service excellence. Throughits facility, food and clinical technology services, ARAMARKHealthcare helps nearly 1,300 hospitals and senior living facilitiesdeliver the optimal experience for patients and residents, theirfamilies, and the physicians, nurses and staff who care for them. Formore information, visit http://www.aramarkhealthcare.com.

About ARAMARK

ARAMARK is a leader in professional services, providingaward-winning food services, facilities management, and uniform andcareer apparel to health care institutions, universities and schooldistricts, stadiums and arenas, and businesses around the world. InFORTUNE magazine's 2006 list of "America's Most Admired Companies,"ARAMARK was ranked number one in its industry, consistently rankingsince 1998 as one of the top three most admired companies in itsindustry as evaluated by peers and industry analysts. The company wasalso ranked first in its industry in the 2006 FORTUNE 500 survey.Headquartered in Philadelphia, ARAMARK has approximately 240,000employees serving clients in 20 countries. Learn more at the company'sWeb site, www.aramark.com

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These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that couldcause actual results to differ materially from those expressed orimplied in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might causesuch a difference include: unfavorable economic conditions;ramifications of any future terrorist attacks or increased securityalert levels; increased operating costs, including labor-related andenergy costs; shortages of qualified personnel or increases in laborcosts; costs and possible effects of further unionization of ourworkforce; currency risks and other risks associated withinternational markets; risks associated with acquisitions, includingacquisition integration issues and costs; our ability to integrate andderive the expected benefits from our recent acquisitions;competition; decline in attendance at client facilities;unpredictability of sales and expenses due to contract terms andterminations; the impact of natural disasters on our sales andoperating results; the risk that clients may become insolvent; thecontract intensive nature of our business, which may lead to clientdisputes; high leverage; claims relating to the provision of foodservices; costs of compliance with governmental regulations andgovernment investigations; liability associated with noncompliancewith governmental regulations, including regulations pertaining tofood services, the environment, the Federal school lunch program,Federal and state employment and wage and hour laws and import andexport controls and customs laws; dram shop compliance and litigation;contract compliance and administration issues, inability to retaincurrent clients and renew existing client contracts; determination bycustomers to reduce their outsourcing and use of preferred vendors;seasonality; and other risks that are set forth in the "Risk Factors,""Legal Proceedings" and "Management Discussion and Analysis of Resultsof Operations and Financial Condition" sections of and elsewhere inARAMARK's SEC filings, copies of which may be obtained by contactingARAMARK's investor relations department via its websitewww.aramark.com.

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