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Employee Benefit Plans | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 30, 2025
Postemployment Benefits [Abstract] |
Employee Benefit Plans | 7. Employee Benefit Plans Defined Contribution Retirement Savings Plan The Company has a defined contribution retirement savings plan with a 401(k) feature for all eligible U.S. and Canadian employees not under collective bargaining agreements. The Company matches a portion of the employee’s contribution and may make an additional contribution at its discretion. Contributions charged to expense under the plan for fiscal 2025, 2024 and 2023 were $15.6 million, $20.3 million and $18.7 million, respectively. Pension Plan and Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan The Company accounts for its pension plan and Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan on an accrual basis over employees’ estimated service periods. The Company maintains an unfunded Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”) for certain eligible employees of the Company. The benefits are based on the employee’s compensation upon retirement. The amount charged to expense related to this plan amounted to approximately $1.6 million, $1.7 million and $1.7 million for fiscal 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Company maintains a non-contributory defined benefit pension plan (“UniFirst Plan”) covering employees at one of its locations. The benefits are based on years of service. The UniFirst Plan assets are invested in a Guaranteed Deposit Account (“GDA”) that is maintained and operated by a third-party investment manager. The amount charged to expense related to this plan amounted to approximately $0.2 million, $0.2 million and $0.1 million for fiscal 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Net periodic benefit cost other than service costs have been recorded in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income in other expense, net. The components of net periodic benefit cost for fiscal 2025, 2024 and 2023 are as follows (in thousands):
|  | UniFirst Plan |  |  | SERP |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |  |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Service cost |  | $ | 73 |  |  | $ | 74 |  |  | $ | 73 |  |  | $ | 390 |  |  | $ | 405 |  |  | $ | 486 |
Interest cost |  |  | 148 |  |  |  | 159 |  |  |  | 147 |  |  |  | 1,239 |  |  |  | 1,255 |  |  |  | 1,191 |
Expected return on assets |  |  | (91 | ) |  |  | (90 | ) |  |  | (101 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Amortization of prior service cost |  |  | 21 |  |  |  | 21 |  |  |  | 21 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Amortization of actuarial gain |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (41 | ) |  |  | (116 | ) |  |  | — |
Other events |  |  | (10 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (12 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 141 |  |  | $ | 164 |  |  | $ | 128 |  |  | $ | 1,588 |  |  | $ | 1,544 |  |  | $ | 1,677 |
The Company’s obligations and funded status as of August 30, 2025 and August 31, 2024 are as follows (in thousands):
|  | UniFirst Plan |  |  | SERP |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Change in benefit obligation: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Projected benefit obligation, beginning of year |  | $ | 3,609 |  |  | $ | 3,549 |  |  | $ | 25,880 |  |  | $ | 25,119 |
Service cost |  |  | 73 |  |  |  | 74 |  |  |  | 390 |  |  |  | 405 |
Interest cost |  |  | 148 |  |  |  | 159 |  |  |  | 1,239 |  |  |  | 1,255 |
Actuarial loss (gain) |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | (28 | ) |  |  | (2,549 | ) |  |  | 465 |
Benefits paid |  |  | (37 | ) |  |  | (145 | ) |  |  | (1,481 | ) |  |  | (1,364 | )
Settlements |  |  | (792 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Projected benefit obligation, end of year |  | $ | 3,004 |  |  | $ | 3,609 |  |  | $ | 23,479 |  |  | $ | 25,880 |
Change in plan assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year |  | $ | 3,108 |  |  | $ | 2,986 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Actual return on plan assets |  |  | 27 |  |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Employer Contributions |  |  | 168 |  |  |  | 247 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Benefits paid |  |  | (37 | ) |  |  | (145 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Settlements |  |  | (792 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Fair value of plan assets, end of year |  | $ | 2,474 |  |  | $ | 3,108 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Funded status (net amount recognized) |  | $ | (530 | ) |  | $ | (501 | ) |  | $ | (23,479 | ) |  | $ | (25,880 | )
As of August 30, 2025 and August 31, 2024, the accumulated benefit obligations related to the UniFirst Plan were $3.0 million and $3.6 million, respectively. As of August 30, 2025 and August 31, 2024, the accumulated benefit obligations related to the SERP were $21.7 million and $23.4 million, respectively. The amounts recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of August 30, 2025 and August 31, 2024 are as follows (in thousands):
|  | Pension Plans |  |  | SERP |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Deferred tax assets (liabilities) |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | (10 | ) |  | $ | (1,388 | ) |  | $ | (750 | )
Accrued liabilities |  |  | 530 |  |  |  | 501 |  |  |  | 23,479 |  |  |  | 25,880 |
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income |  |  | (11 | ) |  |  | 30 |  |  |  | 4,071 |  |  |  | 2,200 |
As of August 30, 2025 and August 31, 2024, the amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss are as follows (in thousands):
|  | UniFirst Plan |  |  | SERP |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Net actuarial gain |  | $ | 36 |  |  | $ | 113 |  |  | $ | 5,459 |  |  | $ | 2,950 |
Unrecognized prior service cost |  |  | (51 | ) |  |  | (73 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income |  | $ | (15 | ) |  | $ | 40 |  |  | $ | 5,459 |  |  | $ | 2,950 |
The weighted average assumptions used in calculating the Company’s projected benefit obligation as of August 30, 2025 and August 31, 2024 are as follows:
|  | UniFirst Plan |  |  | SERP |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Discount rate |  |  | 5.1 | % |  |  | 4.8 | % |  |  | 5.4 | % |  |  | 4.9 | %
Rate of compensation increase |  | N/A |  |  | N/A |  |  |  | 5.0 | % |  |  | 5.0 | %
The weighted average assumptions used in calculating the Company’s net periodic service cost for fiscal 2025, 2024 and 2023 are as follows:
|  | UniFirst Plan |  |  | SERP |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |  |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Discount rate |  |  | 4.8 | % |  |  | 5.1 | % |  |  | 4.3 | % |  |  | 4.9 | % |  |  | 5.2 | % |  |  | 4.4 | %
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | 3.5 | % |  |  | 3.5 | % |  |  | 3.5 | % |  | N/A |  |  | N/A |  |  | N/A |
Rate of compensation increase |  | N/A |  |  | N/A |  |  | N/A |  |  |  | 5.0 | % |  |  | 5.0 | % |  |  | 5.0 | %
The benefit payments, which reflect expected future service, are expected to be paid for the five fiscal years subsequent to August 30, 2025 and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):
|  | UniFirst Plan |  |  | SERP |
2026 |  | $ | 757 |  |  | $ | 1,738 |
2027 |  |  | 97 |  |  |  | 1,736 |
2028 |  |  | 157 |  |  |  | 1,673 |
2029 |  |  | 219 |  |  |  | 1,768 |
2030 |  |  | 198 |  |  |  | 1,557 |
Thereafter |  |  | 1,576 |  |  |  | 15,007 |
Total benefit payments |  | $ | 3,004 |  |  | $ | 23,479 |
Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plan The Company adopted the NQDC Plan effective on February 1, 2022. The NQDC Plan is an unfunded, non-qualified deferred compensation plan that allows eligible participants to voluntarily defer receipt of their salary and annual cash bonuses up to approved limits. In its discretion, the Company may credit one or more additional contributions to participant accounts. NQDC Plan participants who are not accruing benefits under the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan are eligible to have discretionary annual employer contributions credited to their NQDC Plan accounts. All participants are also eligible to have employer supplemental contributions and employer discretionary contributions credited to their NQDC Plan accounts. The amounts of such contributions, if any, may differ from year to year and from participant to participant. The amounts for employee or employer contributions charged to expense related to the NQDC Plan for fiscal 2025, fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2023, were $1.0 million, $0.8 million and $0.3 million, respectively. The Company, at its discretion, may also elect to transfer funds to a trust account with the intention to fund the future liability. Total NQDC Plan assets were $4.7 million and $3.3 million as of August 30, 2025 and August 31, 2024, respectively, and are included within other long-term assets in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. Total NQDC Plan liabilities were $2.8 million and $1.6 million as of August 30, 2025 and August 31, 2024, respectively, and are included within current accrued liabilities in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. Earnings and losses on contributions, based on investment elections, are recorded as a component of compensation expense in the period earned and are included within other (income) expense, net. For fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2024, other income was $0.4 million and $0.6 million, respectively. No amount was recorded for fiscal 2023.

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