<ARTICLE> 5 <LEGEND> This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of income in the Company's Quarterly Report to Shareholders for the quarter ended November 30, 1998 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements. </LEGEND> <CIK> 0001007507 <NAME> MORRISON HEALTH CARE, INC. <MULTIPLIER> 1000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 6-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> MAY-31-1999 <PERIOD-START> JUN-01-1998 <PERIOD-END> NOV-30-1998 <CASH> 2,694 <SECURITIES> 0 <RECEIVABLES> 29,852 <ALLOWANCES> 715 <INVENTORY> 2,924 <CURRENT-ASSETS> 45,845 <PP&E> 28,998 <DEPRECIATION> 10,967 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 104,672 <CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 25,617 <BONDS> 56,475 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 0 <COMMON> 125 <OTHER-SE> 11,628 <TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 104,672 <SALES> 150,079 <TOTAL-REVENUES> 150,079 <CGS> 125,227 <TOTAL-COSTS> 125,227 <OTHER-EXPENSES> 0 <LOSS-PROVISION> 0 <INTEREST-EXPENSE> 1,230 <INCOME-PRETAX> 10,875 <INCOME-TAX> 4,299 <INCOME-CONTINUING> 6,576 <DISCONTINUED> 0 <EXTRAORDINARY> 0 <CHANGES> 0 <NET-INCOME> 6,576 <EPS-PRIMARY> 0.54 <EPS-DILUTED> 0.54