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<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
consolidated  balance  sheets and  consolidated  statements  of income  from the
Company's Quarterly Report to Shareholders for the quarter ended August 31, 2000
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.

</LEGEND>
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<NAME>           Morrison Management Specialists, Inc.
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