SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 11-K

(Mark One)
[X]  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
       ACT OF 1934  [No fee required effective October 7, 1996]

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999.

                                    OR

[   ]  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES
        EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934  [No fee required]

For the transition report period from ________________ to ____________________.



                         Commission file number 1-14194

A.   Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different  from that
     of the issuer named below:

                 MORRISON HEALTH CARE, INC. SALARY DEFERRAL PLAN

B.   Name of issuer of the  securities  held pursuant to the Plan and address of
     its principal executive office:

                      Morrison Management Specialists, Inc.

                              1955 Lake Park Drive

                                    Suite 400

                                Smyrna, GA 30080

Exhibit index appears on page 2.






                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number            Description
-------           ---------------------------------------------------
  13              Annual report to Security-Holders
  23              Consent of Independent Auditors





                                   SIGNATURES

                Morrison Health Care, Inc. Salary Deferral Plan.

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
Compensation  Committee of the Morrison  Health Care,  Inc. Salary Deferral Plan
has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.

                                                Morrison Health Care, Inc.
                                                Salary Deferral Plan
                                                ------------------------------
                                                (Name of Plan)



Date:  June 6, 2000                             /s/ Claire L. Arnold
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                                                Claire L. Arnold
                                                Director; Chairman, Compensation
                                                Committee