The group's principal activities are to provide professional management expertise and food services to continuing care and health care facilities in the United States. The services include complete management and supervision of the dietary operations in its customers' facilities through the use of on-site management staff, quality and cost-control programs, and training and education of dietary staff. The market for the group's services consists of a large number of facilities involved in various aspects of the continuing care and health care fields, including nursing homes, retirement communities, hospitals and rehabilitation centers.