SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                   WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                          FORM 11-K
                              
                              
                              
(Mark One)
[X]  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
     ACT OF 1934  [No fee required effective October 7, 1996]

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997.

                              OR

[ ]  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES
     EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934  [No fee required]

For the transition report period from ________________ to ________________.



              Commission File number   1-14194



A.  Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if
    different from that of the issuer named below:
                              
       MORRISON HEALTH CARE, INC. SALARY DEFERRAL PLAN
                              
B.  Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the
    Plan and address of its principal executive office:

                 Morrison Health Care, Inc.
                    1955 Lake Park Drive
                          Suite 400
                      Smyrna, GA 30080





Exhibit index appears on page 2.



                        EXHIBIT INDEX



                              
Exhibit
Number         Description
_______        __________________________________________

  13             Annual report to Security-Holders
  23             Consent of Independent Auditors




                         SIGNATURES


Morrison Health Care, Inc. Salary Deferral Plan.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the Compensation Committee of the Morrison Health
Care, Inc. Salary Deferral Plan has duly caused this annual
report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.


                              Morrison Health Care, Inc.
                              Salary Deferral Plan
                                     (Name of Plan)



Date:  June 29, 1998                    /s/ Claire L. Arnold
     ---------------                    -----------------------
                                        Claire L. Arnold
                                        Director; Chairman,
                                        Compensation Committee