SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

	WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


	FORM 8-K


	Current Report Pursuant
	to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 
	Securities Exchange Act of 1934


	       October 5, 1995 (September 27, 1995)              
 
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

			     MORRISON RESTAURANTS INC.                   
	(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

			     DELAWARE                            
	(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

	  1-12454                           63-0475239           
  (Commission File Number)               (I.R.S. Employer
					Identification No.)

	    4721 Morrison Drive
	    P.O.Box 160266
	    Mobile, Alabama                           36625      
   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)          (Zip Code)

			 (334) 344-3000                          
	(Registrant's Telephone Number)

			      N/A                                
	(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)








Item 5.         Other Events

	On September 27, 1995 the Registrant announced that its 
Board of Directors approved a plan to spin off its family dining 
and health-care businesses to shareholders to create three 
separate publicly held corporations through tax-free 
transactions.   The three independent companies will be Ruby 
Tuesday, Inc., which will operate the Registrant's current 
specialty restaurant business; Morrison Fresh Cooking, Inc., 
consisting of the Registrant's current family dining business; 
and Morrison Health Care, Inc., succeeding to the Registrant's 
existing health- care contract-feeding business.

	Founded in 1920 as a unique cafeteria concept, the 
Registrant has grown during its 75-year history into a 
diversified restaurant, cafeteria and contract-feeding company. 
The Registrant entered the casual dining market in 1982 by 
acquiring Ruby Tuesday and expanded its specialty restaurant 
operations through internally developed concepts such as 
Mozzarella's Cafes and by acquiring Tia's, a Tex-Mex restaurant 
concept, in January 1995.

	The Registrant's contract-feeding business has its origin in 
the health-care food-service with its self-developed operations 
which began in the early 1950s.  The Registrant expanded this 
business by acquiring various contract-feeding businesses and 
combining them with internally-generated operations.  In August 
1994, the Registrant sold or closed all of its non-health-care 
related contract-feeding division assets, and reorganized its 
remaining contract-feeding operations into the Health Care 
Division of its Morrison Group.

	The distribution plan calls for holders of shares of 
Morrison Common Stock to receive one share of Morrison Health 
Care, Inc. Common Stock (the proposed name for the company that 
will operate Morrison's health-care business) for every three 
Morrison shares now held; and one share of Morrison Fresh 
Cooking, Inc. (the proposed name for the company that will 
operate Morrison's family dining business) for every four shares 
now held.  The name of the existing company will be changed to 
Ruby Tuesday, Inc. and through a reverse stock split, 
shareholders will receive one share of Ruby Tuesday, Inc. Common 
Stock for every two Morrison shares they currently hold.

	After considerable study and detailed analysis, the Board of 
Directors concluded that its three main businesses had reached 
the stage of maturity where they will be best positioned as 
independent, publicly owned companies. 

	Noting that its three businesses operate under different 
market and competitive conditions with unique management and 
capital needs, the Registrant's Board of Directors determined 
that the new structure will allow the management of each company 
to focus more intensively on its own business and provide each 
company flexibility to grow in a manner best suited for its 
business and its market.  The planned separation will also enable 
the management of each company to design corporate policies and 
strategies that will be based primarily on the characteristics of 
its own business and to concentrate its financial resources 
wholly on its own operations.  Each company will be in a position 
to access directly the capital markets and will not compete with 
each other for allocation of the Registrant's financial 
resources.

	The creation of a public market for each of the three 
businesses will establish a value for each company that is 
independent of the other businesses.  This will enhance the 
ability of each company to attract, motivate and retain qualified 
executives and key employees by designing effective incentive-
based compensation programs based solely on each company's 
performance.  In addition, the newly created securities will 
facilitate development by enhancing the ability of each company 
to enter into merger and acquisition transactions using its own 
stock.

	The Board of Directors also concluded that the new structure 
will provide investors and securities analysts a clearer basis on 
which to analyze the financial performance of the three 
businesses.  The separate businesses will be more accurately 
valued, based on their respective performance and prospects.  The 
stock of each of the three companies will also appeal to 
investors with differing investment objectives, risk tolerance 
and dividend expectations and will allow potential investors to 
direct their investments more directly to the areas of their 
primary interest.  

	Sandy Beall, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the 
Registrant, will become Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 
Ruby Tuesday, Inc.

	John McKinnon, currently a director of the Registrant and a 
former President of Sara Lee Corporation, will become Chairman of 
Morrison Health Care, Inc.  Glenn Davenport, who is currently 
President of the Health Care Division, will be President and 
Chief Executive Officer of Morrison Health Care, Inc.

	Dolph W. von Arx, who is currently a director of the 
Registrant and was formerly Chairman of the Board, President and 
Chief Executive Officer of RJR Nabisco's Planters LifeSavers 
Company, will become Chairman of Morrison Fresh Cooking, Inc.  
Ronnie Tatum, currently President of Morrison's Family Dining 
Division, will become Chief Executive Officer, and Chris Elliott, 
who is currently Senior Vice President, Operations, of the Family 
Dining Division, will become President.

	The Registrant does not expect staff reductions or employee 
layoffs as a result of the distribution.  

	Ruby Tuesday, Inc. will operate the specialty restaurant 
business currently conducted by the Ruby Tuesday Group.  As of 
September 2, 1995, the Ruby Tuesday Group operated 283 Ruby 
Tuesday's, 47 Mozzarella's and 16 Tia's restaurants.  It had 
revenues of $514.9 million for fiscal year ended June 3, 1995.

	Morrison Fresh Cooking, Inc. will operate the business 
currently conducted by the Family Dining Division of the Morrison 
Group.  The Family Dining Division operates 145 traditional 
cafeterias, six small cafeterias and 26 quick-service 
restaurants.  It had revenues of $294.5 million for fiscal year 
1995.

	Morrison Health Care, Inc. will operate the business 
currently conducted by the Health Care Division of the Morrison 
Group.  The Health Care Division, with 289 accounts, is one of 
the leading providers of food and nutrition services to hospital 
and health-care facilities across North America.  The Health Care 
Division accounts range in size from 100-bed specialty hospitals 
to facilities with over 2,000 beds.  It had revenues of $225.3 
million for fiscal year 1995.

	The Plan of Distribution is subject to a number of 
conditions, including shareholder approval.  It is contemplated 
that the spin-off will occur late in the first calendar quarter 
of 1996.

	


   
	


			 Signatures

	Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be 
signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly 
authorized.



			      MORRISON RESTAURANTS INC.   
				    (Registrant)


   10/05/95                     s/ J. Russell Mothershed       
    DATE                        J. RUSSELL MOTHERSHED
				Senior Vice President, Finance
				 (Senior Vice President and
				Principal Accounting Officer)