Business Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2012

Sales and operating income by reportable segment follow (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended		Three Months Ended
Sales	December 28, 2012		December 30, 2011
Food and Support Services—North America	$	2,457,584	$	2,397,248
Food and Support Services—International	724,897		684,839
Uniform and Career Apparel	353,434		340,525
	$	3,535,915	$	3,422,612



	Three Months Ended			Three Months Ended
Operating Income	December 28, 2012			December 30, 2011
Food and Support Services—North America	$	141,551		$	126,245
Food and Support Services—International	19,210			20,554
Uniform and Career Apparel	31,096			33,042
	191,857			179,841
Corporate	(15,447		)	(12,965		)
Operating Income	176,410			166,876
Interest and other financing costs, net	(99,454		)	(108,814		)
Income from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes	$	76,956		$	58,062

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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