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SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Croatti Family Limited Partnership

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O UNIFIRST CORPORATION

68 JONSPIN ROAD

(Street)

WILMINGTON

01887

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
UNIFIRST CORP [ UNF ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	X	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)
Chief Exec Officer; Treasurer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/03/2006

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

	Form filed by One Reporting Person
X	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class B Common Stock	01/03/2006		C		86,250	D	⁽⁸⁾	2,331,250	D⁽¹⁾
Common Stock	01/03/2006		C		86,250	A	⁽⁸⁾	91,000	D⁽¹⁾
Common Stock								2,923	I⁽²⁾	By 401(k)
Common Stock								22,000	D⁽³⁾
Class B Common Stock								1,471,352	D⁽⁴⁾
Common Stock								171,434	I⁽⁵⁾	By Trusts and LLC
Class B Common Stock								2,648,000	I⁽⁵⁾	By Trusts and LLC
Common Stock								950	I⁽⁶⁾	By Trusts and LLC
Class B Common Stock								2,600,000	I⁽⁶⁾	By Trusts
Common Stock								19,105	I⁽⁷⁾	By Estate and Trust
Class B Common Stock								2,841,644	I⁽⁷⁾	By Estate and Trust

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Croatti Family Limited Partnership

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O UNIFIRST CORPORATION

68 JONSPIN ROAD

(Street)

WILMINGTON

01887

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

CROATTI RONALD D

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

68 JONSPIN ROAD

(Street)

WILMINGTON

01887

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

CROATTI CYNTHIA

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

68 JONSPIN ROAD

(Street)

WILMINGTON

01887

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

CROATTI MARIE

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

68 JONSPIN ROAD

(Street)

WILMINGTON

01887

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Croatti Management Associates, Inc.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

68 JONSPIN ROAD

(Street)

WILMINGTON

01887

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. See Note 1 to Addendum.

2. See Note 2 to Addendum.

3. See Note 3 to Addendum.

4. See Note 4 to Addendum.

5. See Note 5 to Addendum.

6. See Note 6 to Addendum.

7. See Note 7 to Addendum.

8. See Note 8 to Addendum.

	Croatti Management Associates, Inc., by power of attorney	01/09/2006
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Addendum to Form 4 of The Croatti Family Limited Partnership, January 9, 2006

Explanation of Responses:

(1)

These shares were owned directly by The Croatti Family Limited Partnership, a ten percent owner of the issuer, and indirectly by each of Croatti Management Associates, Inc. (CMA), Marie Croatti, Ronald Croatti and Cynthia Croatti. Croatti Management Associates, Inc. is the general partner of The Croatti Family Limited Partnership. Each of Marie Croatti, Ronald Croatti and Cynthia Croatti are also officers, directors and shareholders of CMA. Ronald Croatti and Cynthia Croatti are each an officer and director of UniFirst Corporation. Cynthia Croatti is also a trustee to and beneficiary of two trusts which hold approximately 25% of the limited partnership interests in The Croatti Family Limited Partnership. Ronald Croatti is also a trustee to and a beneficiary of two trusts which hold approximately 25% of the limited partnership interests in The Croatti Family Limited Partnership. Marie Croatti is a trustee to all of the trusts holding 100% of the limited partnership interests in The Croatti Family Limited Partnership. Each of the reporting persons disclaims beneficial ownership of these reported securities, except to the extent of his, her or its pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that such reporting person is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.

(2)	Represents 2,923 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Cynthia Croatti.

(3)	Represents 2,000, 0 and 20,000 shares of Common Stock held directly by Marie Croatti, Ronald Croatti and Cynthia Croatti, respectively.

(4)	Represents 940,172, 472,560 and 58,620 shares of Class B Common Stock held directly by Marie Croatti, Ronald Croatti and Cynthia Croatti, respectively.

(5)

Represents shares required to be reported by Cynthia Croatti. Cynthia Croatti is a trustee of the Marie Croatti QTIP Trust which is the direct owner of 2,600,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, is the manager of a limited liability company, Trilogy Investment Partners LLC, and a trustee for the following trusts, that, as of the date of filing this report, combined directly own the remainder of the reported securities: The Samuel E. Brown Gallo Trust — 1989, The Nicholas C. Brown Gallo Trust — 1989, the Monica Levenstein Gallo Trust — 1989 and the Lisa Levenstein Gallo Trust — 1989. Cynthia Croatti disclaims beneficial ownership of these reported securities, except to the extent of her pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that she is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.

(6)

Represents shares required to be reported by Ronald Croatti. Ronald Croatti is a trustee of The Marie Croatti QTIP Trust which is the direct owner of 2,600,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, is the manager of a limited liability company, MMC Trust LLC. Ronald Croatti disclaims beneficial ownership of these reported securities, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that he is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.

(7)

Represents shares required to be reported by Marie Croatti. Marie Croatti is a trustee of the following trusts that directly own 217,584 shares of Class B Common Stock: The Melissa Marie Croatti Gallo Trust-1990; The Matthew C. Croatti Gallo Trust-1989 and The Matthew Croatti Trust-1985. In addition, Marie Croatti is the executrix of the estate of her deceased husband, which is the direct owner of 19,105 shares of Common Stock and 2,624,060 shares of Class B Common Stock. Marie Croatti disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities, except to the extent of her pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that she is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.

(8)	The reporting person converted shares of Class B Common Stock to Common Stock on a one-for-one basis pursuant to the terms of the underlying securities; accordingly, there is no purchase or sale price. For purpose of reference, the closing price of UNF Common Stock on January 3, 2006 was $31.35.