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ARAMARK Refreshment Services Inc. ARAMARK LAUNCHES JUST4U™ FOR VENDING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR CUSTOMERS TO ENJOY HEALTHIER SNACKS AND BEVERAGES

New program offers more than 150 items, with easy-to-read nutritional guidance at the vending machine

PHILADELPHIA, October 28, 2005 — ARAMARK Refreshment Services Inc. is offering a new healthy vending program that helpscustomers identify, purchase and enjoy healthier snacks and beverages in the workplace. The new initiative, Just4U for Vending, incorporates elements of ARAMARK’s Just4U – Food that fits your life! initiative, which introduced customers nationwide to an award-winning, healthy dining alternative.

Just4U for Vending builds on nearly 10 years of healthy vending options from ARAMARK, which introduced its Balanced Selections program in 1996 to make it easier for customers to identify snack foods that are low in fat. Just4U for Vending takes healthy vending to the next level, recognizing that different people may choose to eat healthy in different ways and making it easier to find food and drink options that fit their preferences.

“ARAMARK has helped us at AstraZeneca provide healthier choices to our employees in our vending machines. Not only have they met the selection request, but they are taking it to the next level with their Just4U program, customized to fit vending machines,” said Joseph M. Henry, MD, executive director, Safety, Health, and Environment, AstraZeneca. “We believe that the food choices our employees are exposed to at work have a significant impact on their food choices after they go home.”

Based on Unprecedented Customer Research
In 2004, ARAMARK launched DiningStyles™, the company’s comprehensive, proprietary research methodology that enables ARAMARK to better understand its customers’ differing dining needs and preferences. Unprecedented research conducted under the DiningStyles framework found that 76 percent of consumers surveyed believe they are ultimately responsible for making sensible food choices away from home, they want providers to help by designating items that meet specific diet and healthy requirements, and they want nutrition information at the point of sale.

“It is extremely important for us to understand our customers and deliver innovative solutions that meet their changing needs,” said Richard Wyckoff, President, ARAMARK Refreshment Services and Business & Industry - Facility Services. “Our extensive research provides us with even greater insight and guides us in our customized approach to food and beverage solutions.”

With this research, and led by an on-staff registered dietitian, ARAMARK identified more than 150 products that qualify for Just4U for Vending:

• Foods lower in fat, such as pretzels, baked potato chips, low-fat cookies and crackers, and granola and fruit bars.
• Foods and drinks lower in carbohydrates, such as nuts, low-carb snack bars and diet soft drinks.
• Foods and drinks lower in calories, such as fruit cups and reduced-calorie juices.
• Bottled water and 100 percent juices.

“Consumers increasingly are aware of the health implications of what they eat, and they want nutrition information available at the point of purchase,” said Rebecca S. Reeves, President of the American Dietetic Association and Managing Director of the Behavioral Medicine Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine. “As a registered dietitian working to address the epidemic of obesity in this country, I am gratified to see an industry leader like ARAMARK taking a proactive approach to improving the nutritional health of its customers.”

Maximizing Employee Satisfaction
As with all ARAMARK vending systems, clients are able to customize what is available in their vending machines. ARAMARK works with clients to understand their goals for introducing more nutritional options into the workplace, then makes suggestions for how to best integrate that into their current offerings to maximize employee satisfaction with the selections.

Options that fall within criteria for Just4U for Vending are highlighted with bold product identifiers. Easy-to-understand nutrition information is posted on the vending machine, allowing consumers to quickly and easily find the snacks and beverages that are right for them.

Just4U for Vending is now available to clients throughout North America.

About ARAMARK Refreshment Services
Through its refreshment services group, ARAMARK provides a wide range of food and beverage services, supplying more than one billion cups of coffee annually to business and industry clients at approximately 100,000 locations worldwide. ARAMARK offers Fortune 500 companies and other large and small employers a single source for office coffee service, water filtration, brand-name beverages and food and break-room essentials.

About ARAMARK
ARAMARK Corporation is a world leader in providing award-winning food and facilities management services to health care institutions, universities and school districts, stadiums and arenas, and corporations, as well as providing uniform and career apparel. ARAMARK was ranked number one in its industry in the 2005 FORTUNE 500 survey and was also named one of “America’s Most Admired Companies” by FORTUNE Magazine in 2005, consistently ranking since 1998 as one of the top three most admired companies in its industry as evaluated by peers. Headquartered in Philadelphia, ARAMARK has approximately 242,500 employees serving clients in 20 countries.

November 14-19, 2005