Aramark goes private again in possibly biggest foodservice deal ever

PHILADELPHIA Aramark Corp., the contract foodservice concern based here, became a private company today with the completion of its $8.3-billion buyout by a management-led group.

The deal, announced last August, was organized by Aramark chairman and chief executive Joseph A. Neubauer and private equity investor groups GS Capital Partners, CCMP Capital Advisors, J.P. Morgan Partners, Thomas H. Lee Partners and Warburg Pincus LLC as well as 250 senior executives of