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Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
 12 Months Ended
Aug. 25, 2012
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]  
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
Schedule II - Valuation and qualifying accounts and reserves for each of the three years in the period ended August 25, 2012
 
UNIFIRST CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES
FOR EACH OF THE THREE YEARS IN THE PERIOD ENDED
AUGUST 25, 2012 (IN THOUSANDS)

Description
 
Balance,
Beginning of
Period
  
Charged to
Costs and
Expenses
  
Charges for
Which Reserves
Were Created
or Deductions
  
Balance,
End of
Period
 
              
Reserves for Accounts Receivable
            
For the year ended August 25, 2012
 $4,201  $6,221  $(5,270) $5,152 
                  
For the year ended August 27, 2011
 $4,102  $3,751  $(3,652) $4,201 
                  
For the year ended August 28, 2010
 $5,567  $2,733  $(4,198) $4,102 
                  
Reserve for Obsolete Inventory
                
For the year ended August 25, 2012
 $1,410  $1,465  $(553) $2,322 
                  
For the year ended August 27, 2011
 $1,783  $52  $(425) $1,410 
                  
For the year ended August 28, 2010
 $1,588  $867  $(672) $1,783 
                  
Separate financial statements of the Company have been omitted because the Company is primarily an operating company and all subsidiaries included in the Consolidated Financial Statements are totally held.

All other schedules have been omitted since the required information is not present or not present in amounts sufficient to require submission of the schedule, or because the information required is included in the financial statements or the notes thereto.