Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Information Of Reportable Segments

Housekeeping provides services in Canada, although essentially all of its revenues and net income, 99% in both categories, are earned in one geographic area, the United States. Dietary provides services solely in the United States.

	Housekeeping Services		Dietary Services		Corporate and Eliminations				Total
Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
Revenues	$	226,581,000	$	128,665,000	$	—			$	355,246,000
Income before income taxes	20,617,000		8,905,000		(4,468,000		)	(1)	25,054,000
Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
Revenues	$	204,741,000	$	107,424,000	$	—			$	312,165,000
Income before income taxes	18,752,000		6,780,000		(2,403,000		)	(1)	23,129,000

(1) Represents primarily corporate office cost and related overhead, recording of transactions at the reportable segment level which use methods other than U.S. GAAP, as well as consolidated subsidiaries’ operating expenses that are not allocated to the reportable segments, net of investment and interest income.

Revenues By Client Services

The following revenues earned from clients differ from segment revenues reported above due to the inclusion of adjustments used for segment reporting purposes by management. We earned total revenues from clients in the following service categories:

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Housekeeping services	$	156,587,000	$	140,940,000
Laundry and linen services	69,488,000		63,270,000
Dietary services	128,665,000		107,424,000
Maintenance services and other	506,000		531,000
	$	355,246,000	$	312,165,000