Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves

12 Months Ended

Aug. 29, 2015

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]

Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Text Block]

Schedule II — Valuation and qualifying accounts and reserves for each of the three years in the period ended August 29, 2015

UNIFIRST CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES

FOR EACH OF THE THREE YEARS IN THE PERIOD ENDED

AUGUST 29, 2015 (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 29, 2015	$	5,114	$	5,098	$	(4,205	)	$	6,007
For the year ended August 30, 2014	$	4,894	$	4,378	$	(4,158	)	$	5,114
For the year ended August 31, 2013	$	5,152	$	3,939	$	(4,197	)	$	4,894
Reserve for Obsolete Inventory
For the year ended August 29, 2015	$	1,913	$	2,060	$	(1,359	)	$	2,614
For the year ended August 30, 2014	$	2,018	$	535	$	(640	)	$	1,913
For the year ended August 31, 2013	$	2,322	$	251	$	(555	)	$	2,018

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.