Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 29, 2026

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Income Before Taxes

Income before taxes consists of the following components:

Year ended	2026		2025		2024
U.S. Operations	$	137,671	$	177,041	$	178,895
Foreign Operations	4,402		18,334		10,484
Total	$	142,073	$	195,375	$	189,379

Schedule of Components of Provision for Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes consists of the following (in thousands):

Year ended	2026		2025		2024
Current:
Federal	$	15,310	$	33,597	$	30,932
Foreign	185		1,907		1,231
State	6,223		8,667		6,007
Total current	$	21,718	$	44,171	$	38,170
Deferred:	10,865		2,933		5,735
Total provision for income taxes	$	32,583	$	47,104	$	43,905

Schedule of Reconciliation of Provision for Income Taxes

The reconciliation of income tax expense using the statutory federal income tax rate and actual income tax expense is as follows for fiscal 2026 (in thousands):

	2026
	Amount		Percent
Income taxes at the U.S. federal statutory rate	$	29,835	21.0	%
State and local income taxes, net of federal benefit (1)	5,883		4.1	%
Foreign tax effects	399		0.3	%
Effect of cross-border tax laws	(702)		(0.5)	%
Tax Credits	(5,147)		(3.6)	%
Nontaxable or nondeductible items:	1,876		1.3	%
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits	1,496		1.1	%
Other	(1,057)		(0.7)	%
Total	$	32,583	22.9	%

(1) State taxes in California, Florida, Illinois, New York and Texas make up the majority (greater than 50%) of the tax effect in the state and local income tax category.

The following table reconciles the provision for income taxes using the statutory federal income tax rate to the actual provision for income taxes:

Year ended	2025		2024
Income taxes at the statutory federal income tax rate	21.0	%	21.0	%
State income taxes	3.9		3.6
Adjustments to tax reserve	(0.4)		(0.5)
Other	(0.4)		(0.9)
Effective income tax rate	24.1	%	23.2	%

Schedule of Components of Deferred Income Taxes

The components of deferred income taxes included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets are as follows (in thousands):

	August 29, 2026		August 30, 2025
Deferred tax assets:
Payroll and benefit related	$	16,195	$	16,578
Insurance reserves	14,010		14,694
Environmental reserves	7,351		7,412
Accrued expenses	5,266		7,236
Operating lease liabilities	20,144		17,911
Research and development	1,916		4,891
Transaction costs	8,333		—
Other	13,312		13,121
Total deferred tax assets	$	86,527	$	81,843
Deferred tax liabilities:
Uniform and other rental items in service	$	60,579	$	56,617
Property and equipment	59,250		57,953
Intangible and other amortizable assets	59,834		54,169
Capitalized contract costs	28,168		26,441
Operating lease right-of-use assets	19,601		17,356
Other	—		48
Total deferred tax liabilities	227,432		212,584
Net deferred tax liability	$	140,905	$	130,741

Schedule of Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of the gross unrecognized tax benefits (exclusive of interest and penalties) is as follows (in thousands):

Balance at August 31, 2024	$	4,638
Additions for tax positions of the current year	1,202
Additions for tax positions of prior years	—
Reduction for tax positions of prior years	(1,826)
Statute expirations	(128)
Balance at August 30, 2025	3,886
Additions for tax positions of the current year	1,775
Additions for tax positions of prior years	765
Reduction for tax positions of prior years	(27)
Statute expirations	(799)
Balance at August 29, 2026	$	5,600