


<PAGE>




                                                           ROBERT J. CALLANDER





                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, L. Frederick Sutherland, Martin
W. Spector and Donald S. Morton, as his Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to
each of them acting alone without the others, for him and in his name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any
                           amendments thereto relating to the registration of
                           shares under the Company's Combined Stock Ownership
                           Plan which the Company proposes to file with the
                           Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
                           Securities Act of 1933; and

                  (b)      perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-Fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with the registration statement or
                           amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and
accounting officers whose signatures to such report or amendments thereto
shall be conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated:  May 11, 1998                         /s/ Robert J. Callander
                                                 -----------------------
                                                 Robert J. Callander


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                                                               PATRICIA BARRON




                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, L. Frederick Sutherland, Martin
W. Spector and Donald S. Morton, as her Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to
each of them acting alone without the others, for her and in her name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any
                           amendments thereto relating to the registration of
                           shares under the Company's Combined Stock Ownership
                           Plan which the Company proposes to file with the
                           Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
                           Securities Act of 1933; and

                  (b)      perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-Fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with the registration statement or
                           amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and
accounting officers whose signatures to such report or amendments thereto
shall be conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated:     May 11, 1998                            /s/  Patricia Barron
                                                       --------------------
                                                        Patricia Barron










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                                                              EDWARD G. JORDAN





                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, L. Frederick Sutherland, Martin
W. Spector and Donald S. Morton, as his Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to
each of them acting alone without the others, for him and in his name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any
                           amendments thereto relating to the registration of
                           shares under the Company's Combined Stock Ownership
                           Program which the Company proposes to file with the
                           Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
                           Securities Act of 1933; and

                  (b)      perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-Fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with the registration statement or
                           amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and
accounting officers whose signatures to such report or amendments thereto
shall be conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated:     May 11, 1998                           /s/  Edward G. Jordan
                                                      ---------------------
                                                       Edward G. Jordan







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                                                              JAMES E. PRESTON





                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, L. Frederick Sutherland, Martin
W. Spector and Donald S. Morton, as his Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to
each of them acting alone without the others, for him and in his name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any
                           amendments thereto relating to the registration of
                           shares under the Company's Combined Stock Ownership
                           Plan which the Company proposes to file with the
                           Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
                           Securities Act of 1933; and

                  (b)      perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-Fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with the registration statement or
                           amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and
accounting officers whose signatures to such report or amendments thereto
shall be conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated:     May 11, 1998                           /s/  James E. Preston
                                                      ---------------------
                                                       James E. Preston







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                                                               JOSEPH NEUBAUER





                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, L. Frederick Sutherland, Martin
W. Spector and Donald S. Morton, as his Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to
each of them acting alone without the others, for him and in his name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any
                           amendments thereto relating to the registration of
                           shares under the Company's Combined Stock Ownership
                           Plan which the Company proposes to file with the
                           Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
                           Securities Act of 1933; and

                  (b)      perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-Fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with the registration statement or
                           amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and
accounting officers whose signatures to such report or amendments thereto
shall be conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated:     May 11, 1998                           /s/  Joseph Neubauer
                                                      --------------------
                                                       Joseph Neubauer






<PAGE>




                                                          LEE F. DRISCOLL, JR.





                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, L. Frederick Sutherland, Martin
W. Spector and Donald S. Morton, as his Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to
each of them acting alone without the others, for him and in his name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any
                           amendments thereto relating to the registration of
                           shares under the Company's Combined Stock Ownership
                           Plan which the Company proposes to file with the
                           Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
                           Securities Act of 1933; and

                  (b)      perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-Fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with the registration statement or
                           amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and
accounting officers whose signatures to such report or amendments thereto
shall be conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated:     May 11, 1998                       /s/ Lee F. Driscoll, Jr.
                                                  ------------------------
                                                  Lee F. Driscoll, Jr.






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                                                         MITCHELL S. FROMSTEIN





                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, L. Frederick Sutherland, Martin
W. Spector and Donald S. Morton, as his Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to
each of them acting alone without the others, for him and in his name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any
                           amendments thereto relating to the registration of
                           shares under the Company's Combined Stock Ownership
                           Plan which the Company proposes to file with the
                           Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
                           Securities Act of 1933; and

                  (b)      perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-Fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with the registration statement or
                           amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and
accounting officers whose signatures to such report or amendments thereto
shall be conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated:     May 11, 1998                         /s/  Mitchell S. Fromstein
                                                    --------------------------
                                                     Mitchell S. Fromstein






<PAGE>




                                                          REYNOLD C. MACDONALD





                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, L. Frederick Sutherland, Martin
W. Spector and Donald S. Morton, as his Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to
each of them acting alone without the others, for him and in his name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any
                           amendments thereto relating to the registration of
                           shares under the Company's Combined Stock Ownership
                           Plan which the Company proposes to file with the
                           Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
                           Securities Act of 1933; and

                  (b)      perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-Fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with the registration statement or
                           amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and
accounting officers whose signatures to such report or amendments thereto
shall be conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated:     May 11, 1998                      /s/ Reynold C. MacDonald
                                                 ------------------------
                                                 Reynold C. MacDonald



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                                                           RONALD R. DAVENPORT





                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, L. Frederick Sutherland, Martin
W. Spector and Donald S. Morton, as his Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to
each of them acting alone without the others, for him and in his name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any
                           amendments thereto relating to the registration of
                           shares under the Company's Combined Stock Ownership
                           Plan which the Company proposes to file with the
                           Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
                           Securities Act of 1933; and

                  (b)      perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-Fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with the registration statement or
                           amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and
accounting officers whose signatures to such report or amendments thereto
shall be conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated:     May  11, 1998                       /s/ Ronald R. Davenport
                                                  -----------------------
                                                   Ronald R. Davenport








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                                                                THOMAS H. KEAN





                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, L. Frederick Sutherland, Martin
W. Spector and Donald S. Morton, as his Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to
each of them acting alone without the others, for him and in his name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any
                           amendments thereto relating to the registration of
                           shares under the Company's Combined Stock Ownership
                           Plan which the Company proposes to file with the
                           Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
                           Securities Act of 1933; and

                  (b)      perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-Fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with the registration statement or
                           amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and
accounting officers whose signatures to such report or amendments thereto
shall be conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated:     May 11, 1998                          /s/ Thomas H. Kean
                                                     ------------------
                                                     Thomas H. Kean


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                                                             JAMES E. KSANSNAK





                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned director of ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Joseph Neubauer, L. Frederick Sutherland, Martin
W. Spector and Donald S. Morton, as his Attorney-in-Fact and hereby grants to
each of them acting alone without the others, for him and in his name as such
director, full power to:

                  (a)      sign the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any
                           amendments thereto relating to the registration of
                           shares under the Company's Combined Stock Ownership
                           Program which the Company proposes to file with the
                           Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
                           Securities Act of 1933; and

                  (b)      perform every other action which any such
                           Attorney-in-Fact may deem necessary or proper in
                           connection with the registration statement or
                           amendments

(all as approved by the Company's principal executive, financial and
accounting officers whose signatures to such report or amendments thereto
shall be conclusive evidence of such approval).




Dated:     May 11, 1998                              /s/ James E. Ksansnak
                                                         ---------------------
                                                         James E. Ksansnak





