Exhibit 10.29

                          FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE
           MORRISON HEALTH CARE, INC. 1996 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

      THIS FIRST  AMENDMENT  is made this 26th day of June,  1996,  by  Morrison
Health Care,  Inc., a corporation  duly organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Georgia (hereinafter called the "Company").

                           W I T N E S S E T H:

      WHEREAS,  the Company  maintains the Morrison Health Care, Inc. 1996
Stock  Incentive Plan under an indenture  which was adopted as of February
23, 1996 (the "Plan"); and

      WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Plan to reflect increases in the
number of shares authorized for issuance thereunder and to increase the limit on
the  number of shares  that may be the  subject  of awards  granted  to  certain
executives during any single fiscal year of the Company; and

      WHEREAS,  the Board of  Directors  of the Company has duly  approved
and authorized these amendments to the Plan;


      NOW, THEREFORE, the Company does hereby amend the Plan as follows:


1. By deleting,  effective  March 26, 1996, the first sentence of Section 2.2 in
its entirety and by substituting therefor the following:

      "Subject to adjustment in accordance  with Section 5.2,  750,000 shares of
      Stock (the  `Maximum  Plan Shares') are hereby  reserved  exclusively  for
      issuance pursuant to Stock Incentives."

2. By deleting,  effective  June 26, 1996,  the first sentence of Section 2.2 in
its entirety and by substituting therefor the following:

      "Subject to adjustment in accordance  with Section 5.2,  850,000 shares of
      Stock (the  `Maximum  Plan Shares') are hereby  reserved  exclusively  for
      issuance pursuant to Stock Incentives."

3. By deleting,  effective March 26, 1996, the number "100,000" where it appears
in the last  sentence of Section  2.4 and by  substituting  therefor  the number
"300,000".

4. Except as specifically  amended  hereby,  the Plan shall remain in full force
and effect as prior to the adoption of this First Amendment.

5.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  the  adoption of this First  Amendment  is
subject to the approval of the stockholders of the Company and in the event that
the  stockholders  of the Company fail to approve such  adoption  within  twelve
months of March 26, 1996, the adoption of this First Amendment shall be null and
void.

      IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the Company has caused  this First  Amendment  to be
executed on the day and year first above written.


                                    MORRISON HEALTH CARE, INC.

                             By: /s/Glenn Davenport
                             Title: President and Chief Executive Officer


ATTEST:

By: /s/John E. Fountain
Title:  Secretary


      (CORPORATE SEAL)