Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2019

Valuation And Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]

Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves

Schedule II—Valuation and qualifying accounts and reserves for each of the three years in the period ended August 31, 2019

UNIFIRST CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES

FOR EACH OF THE THREE YEARS IN THE PERIOD ENDED

AUGUST 31, 2019 (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 31, 2019	$	9,237	$	5,996	$	(5,298	)	$	9,935
For the year ended August 25, 2018	$	8,719	$	5,882	$	(5,364	)	$	9,237
For the year ended August 26, 2017	$	7,675	$	5,629	$	(4,585	)	$	8,719

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.