---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-012329"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNF"
cik: "0000717954"
company_name: "UNIFIRST CORP"
filed_at: "2022-03-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T14:05:55.571342+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UniFirst Q2 adjusted EPS $1.24; GAAP EPS $0.97 vs $1.71; revenue up 8.2%

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.97 vs $1.71 prior year; net income $18.5M down 43.4%.
- Revenue $486.7M, up 8.2%; Core Laundry organic growth 8.0%.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $1.24, excluding $6.7M Key Initiative costs this quarter.
- Operating margin pressured by higher merchandise amortization, energy, and labor costs.
- FY2022 guidance: revenue $1.967-1.980B; adjusted diluted EPS $6.80-7.00; GAAP EPS $5.62-5.82.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-012329
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNF
- cik: 0000717954
- company_name: UNIFIRST CORP
- filed_at: 2022-03-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717954/000156459022012329/0001564590-22-012329-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717954/000156459022012329/unf-8k_20220226.htm

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