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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 RONALD D

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

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)
President and CEO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/19/2006

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

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

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	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	05/30/2006		W		372,197⁽¹⁾	A	$0	844,757	D
Class B Common Stock	06/19/2006		J		1,229⁽²⁾	D	⁽²⁾	843,528	D
Class B Common Stock	06/19/2006		J		3,174⁽³⁾	D	⁽³⁾	3,174⁽³⁾	I	By Partnership
Class B Common Stock	06/19/2006		J		2,150,000⁽⁴⁾	D	⁽⁴⁾	450,000⁽⁴⁾	I	By Trust
Class B Common Stock	06/19/2006		J		3,173,900⁽²⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	A	⁽²⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	3,173,900⁽²⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	I	By Partnership
Class B Common Stock								950⁽⁵⁾	I	By LLC
Class B Common Stock	06/19/2006		J		792,688⁽⁶⁾	D	⁽⁶⁾	1,522,312⁽⁶⁾	I	By Partnership
Common Stock	06/19/2006		J		5,667⁽⁶⁾	D	⁽⁶⁾	10,883⁽⁶⁾	I	By Partnership

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)

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.

	Ronald D. Croatti	06/19/2006
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Addendum to Form 4 of

Ronald D. Croatti

June 19, 2006

(1)

The Estate of Aldo A. Croatti (the “Estate”) transferred 372,197 shares of Class B Common Stock to Ronald D. Croatti pursuant to the estate plan of Mr. Aldo A. Croatti.

(2)

Ronald D. Croatti transferred 511 shares of Class B Common Stock to Red Cat Management Associates, Inc. in exchange for 100 shares of Common Stock in Red Cat Management Associates, Inc. and transferred 718 shares of Class B Common Stock to Queue Management Associates, Inc. in exchange for 100 shares of Common Stock in Queue Management Associates, Inc., in each case for estate planning purposes. Ronald D. 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 Ronald D. Croatti is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.

(3)

Ronald D. Croatti is an officer, director and shareholder of Red Cat Management Associates, Inc., which transferred 1,022 shares of Class B Common Stock to The Red Cat Limited Partnership in exchange for a 0.1% general partnership interest in The Red Cat Limited Partnership for estate planning purposes. Ronald D. Croatti is also an officer, director and shareholder of Queue Management Associates, Inc, which transferred 2,152 shares of Class B Common Stock to The Queue Limited Partnership in exchange for a 0.1% general partnership interest in The Queue Limited Partnership for estate planning purposes. Certain trusts transferred a total of 1,020,726 shares of Class B Common Stock to The Red Cat Limited Partnership in exchange for an aggregate limited partnership interest of 99.9%. Ronald D. 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.

(4)

Ronald Croatti is a trustee of The Marie Croatti QTIP Trust, which transferred 2,150,000 shares of Class B Common Stock to The Queue Limited Partnership in exchange for a 99.9% limited partnership interest for estate planning purposes. 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.

(5)

Represent shares required to be reported by Ronald D. Croatti. Ronald D. Croatti 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.

(6)

These shares are 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), Ronald D. Croatti, Cynthia Croatti and Marie Croatti. CMA is the general partner of The Croatti Family Limited Partnership. Ronald D. Croatti, Cynthia Croatti and Marie Croatti are also officers, directors and shareholders of CMA. Ronald D. Croatti and Cynthia Croatti are each an officer and director of UniFirst Corporation. Cynthia Croatti is a trustee to and a beneficiary of a trust which holds approximately 8% of the limited partnership interests in The Croatti Family Limited Partnership, and Cynthia Croatti holds an additional approximately 30% of the limited partnership interests in The Croatti Family Limited Partnership. Ronald D. Croatti is a trustee to and a beneficiary of a trust which holds approximately 8% of the limited partnership interests in The Croatti Family Limited Partnership, and Ronald D. Croatti holds an additional approximately 30% of the limited partnership interests in The Croatti Family Limited Partnership. Marie Croatti is a trustee to trusts holding approximately 40% of the limited partnership interests in The Croatti Family Limited Partnership. On June 19, 2006, The Croatti Family Limited Partnership transferred 450,973 shares of Class B Common Stock and 3,224 shares of Common Stock to a trust holding limited partnership interests in The Croatti Family Limited Partnership for the purpose of redeeming such interests and transferred 341,715 shares of Class B Common Stock and 2,443 shares of Common Stock to another trust holding limited partnership interests in The Croatti Family Limited Partnership for the purpose of redeeming such interests. 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.