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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24
                                                              POWERS OF ATTORNEY



                                                             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-3 for up to
                           $400 million principal amount of debt securities of
                           the Company and/or its subsidiaries, and amendments
                           thereto which the Company may 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 thereto

(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:  August 12, 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-3 for up to
                           $400 million principal amount of debt securities of
                           the Company and/or its subsidiaries, and amendments
                           thereto which the Company may 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 thereto

(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:     August 12, 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-3 for up to
                           $400 million principal amount of debt securities of
                           the Company and/or its subsidiaries, and amendments
                           thereto which the Company may 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 thereto

(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:     August 17, 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-3 for up to
                           $400 million principal amount of debt securities of
                           the Company and/or its subsidiaries, and amendments
                           thereto which the Company may 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 thereto

(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:     August 17, 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-3 for up to
                           $400 million principal amount of debt securities of
                           the Company and/or its subsidiaries, and amendments
                           thereto which the Company may 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 thereto

(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:     August 12, 1998                      /s/  Joseph Neubauer
                                                -----------------------
                                                     Joseph Neubauer






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                                                            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-3 for up to
                           $400 million principal amount of debt securities of
                           the Company and/or its subsidiaries, and amendments
                           thereto which the Company may 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 thereto

(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:     August 19, 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-3 for up to
                           $400 million principal amount of debt securities of
                           the Company and/or its subsidiaries, and amendments
                           thereto which the Company may 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 thereto

(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:     August 17, 1998                           /s/  Mitchell S. Fromstein
                                                     --------------------------
                                                          Mitchell S. Fromstein






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                                                            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-3 for up to
                           $400 million principal amount of debt securities of
                           the Company and/or its subsidiaries, and amendments
                           thereto which the Company may 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 thereto

(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:     August 20, 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-3 for up to
                           $400 million principal amount of debt securities of
                           the Company and/or its subsidiaries, and amendments
                           thereto which the Company may 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 thereto

(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:     August 12, 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-3 for up to
                           $400 million principal amount of debt securities of
                           the Company and/or its subsidiaries, and amendments
                           thereto which the Company may 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 thereto

(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:     August 24, 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-3 for up to
                           $400 million principal amount of debt securities of
                           the Company and/or its subsidiaries, and amendments
                           thereto which the Company may 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 thereto

(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:     August 12, 1998                      /s/ James E. Ksansnak
                                                -----------------------
                                                    James E. Ksansnak





