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                                                              EXHIBIT 99.1(a)(5)
 
                    
                 SUPPLEMENT TO OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH     
                                       
                                    BY     
                              
                           ARAMARK CORPORATION     
               
            ALL OUTSTANDING SHARES OF ITS CLASS A COMMON STOCK     
                                       
                                    AT     
                               
                            $500.00 PER SHARE     
              
           THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M.,     
       
    PHILADELPHIA TIME, ON JUNE 15, 1998, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.     
   
  ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), has invited its
stockholders to tender all outstanding shares of its Common Stock, Class A,
par value $0.01 per share (the "Shares"), to the Company at a price of $500.00
per Share, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer
to Purchase dated May 15, 1998 and the related Letter of Transmittal (which
together, as amended and supplemented by this Supplement, constitute the
"Offer").     
   
  The Company as a matter of course obtains an appraisal of the fair market
value of the Shares as of December 1, March 1, June 1, and September 1 of each
year. The most recent appraisal of the fair market value per Share was
$377.50, according to an appraisal completed by Houlihan, Lokey, Howard &
Zukin Financial Advisors Inc. as of June 1, 1998. See Sections 6 and 7 of the
Offer to Purchase.     
   
  Payment for Shares accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be made
by check unless a stockholder elects to receive payment by wire transfer.
Stockholders electing to receive payment by wire transfer should call the
Special Depositary Group (the "Depositary") at (215) 238-3246 no later than
three business days prior to the Expiration Date (as defined in the Offer to
Purchase) to give the Depositary proper wire instructions.     
   
  After consummation of the Offer, the Company intends to refinance part of
the outstanding borrowings under its Bank Facility (as defined in the Offer to
Purchase) through the issuance of debt securities in the public markets,
subject to market conditions.     
   
  The Offer is conditioned upon, among other things, (1) at least 900,000
shares of Class A Common Stock being validly tendered and not withdrawn prior
to the expiration of the Offer, and (2) the approval by the Court (as defined
in the Offer to Purchase) of the terms of the Stipulation (as defined in the
Offer to Purchase). See Sections 6 and 8 of the Offer to Purchase.     
   
  Stockholders who have previously validly tendered and not properly withdrawn
their Shares pursuant to the Offer are not required to take any further
action. Except as otherwise set forth in this Supplement, the terms and
conditions previously set forth in the Offer to Purchase remain applicable in
all respects to the Offer, and this Supplement should be read in conjunction
with the Offer to Purchase.     
   
  THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY HAS APPROVED THE OFFER. HOWEVER,
STOCKHOLDERS MUST MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS WHETHER TO TENDER SHARES AND, IF
SO, HOW MANY SHARES TO TENDER. NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION TO ANY STOCKHOLDER AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER OR REFRAIN
FROM TENDERING SHARES.     
   
June 1, 1998     
