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   AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 1, 1998     
                                                                FILE NO. 1-8827
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
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                                SCHEDULE 13E-4
 
                         ISSUER TENDER OFFER STATEMENT
                         (PURSUANT TO SECTION 13(E)(1)
                    OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934)
                               
                            (AMENDMENT NO. 1)     
 
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                              ARAMARK CORPORATION
                 (NAME OF ISSUER AND PERSON FILING STATEMENT)
 
                       COMMON STOCK, CLASS A, PAR VALUE
                $0.01 PER SHARE (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)
 
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                               MARTIN W. SPECTOR
                           EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT,
                         GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
                              ARAMARK CORPORATION
                                 ARAMARK TOWER
                              1101 MARKET STREET
                       PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19107
                                (215) 238-3000
  (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE NOTICES
         AND COMMUNICATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE PERSON FILING STATEMENT)
 
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                                   COPY TO:
                            CHARLES I. COGUT, ESQ.
                          SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT
                             425 LEXINGTON AVENUE
                         NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017-3954
                                (212) 455-2000
 
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                                 MAY 15, 1998
    (DATE TENDER OFFER FIRST PUBLISHED, SENT OR GIVEN TO SECURITY HOLDERS)
 
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                           CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
 
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Transaction Valuation*........................................... $949,443,500*
Amount of Filing Fee.............................................    $189,889
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*   Based upon purchase of 1,898,887 shares at $500.00 per share
   
[X] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2)
    and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid.
    Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the form
    or schedule and the date of its filing.     
                                                          
    Amount Previously Paid: $189,889                     Filing Party: ARAMARK
                                                               Corporation     
    
    Form Or Registration No.: Schedule 13E-4                
                                                             Date Filed: May
                                                             15, 1998     
 
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  This Amendment No. 1 amends and supplements the Statement on Schedule 13E-4,
filed May 15, 1998 (as amended, the "Statement") relating to the issuer tender
offer by ARAMARK Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), to
purchase all outstanding shares of its Common Stock, Class A, par value $0.01
per share (the "Shares"), 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 (the "Offer to Purchase") and the related Letter of Transmittal.     
   
  The Statement is hereby amended and supplemented by incorporating by
reference the information contained in the Supplement to the Offer to Purchase
dated June 1, 1998 and the Letter to Stockholders from the Chairman of the
Company, copies of which are filed as exhibits (a)(5) and (a)(6) hereto.     
          
  Item 9 is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following:     
 
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 (a)(5)  Form of Supplement to Offer to Purchase dated June 1, 1998.
 (a)(6)  Letter to Stockholders from the Chairman of the Company.
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                                  SIGNATURES
 
  After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that
the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
 
                                          Aramark Corporation
   
June 1, 1998     
 
                                                   /s/ Martin W. Spector
                                          By:
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                                             MARTIN W. SPECTOR EXECUTIVE VICE
                                                        PRESIDENT,
                                               GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
 
 
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