UniFirst Celebrates 80 Years in Business at 15th Annual Founder’s Day
August 01 2016 - 8:12AM
It’s the day when the over 225 locations of UniFirst Corporation
(NYSE:UNF) across North America celebrate the memory of company
founder Aldo Croatti. The company’s 12,000-plus employee Team
Partners take a break from their busy schedules and join together
to honor the man who started the billion-dollar uniform service and
supply company on July 12, 1936. And this year’s celebration was
extra special, as they also recognized 80 years in business.
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Headquartered in Wilmington, Mass., UniFirst is a leading
provider of customized work uniform programs, corporate attire, and
facility service products to businesses throughout the U.S. and
Canada. Together with its subsidiaries, UniFirst also provides
first-aid and safety products, and manages specialized garment
programs for the cleanroom and nuclear industries.
Founder’s Day has been an annual event since Aldo Croatti’s
passing in 2001. This special day is held on the Friday closest to
the historic founding date each year. On July 15, at company
facilities throughout the United States and Canada, UniFirst Team
Partners gathered for barbecues, speeches, activities, and awards.
During the festivities at the corporate headquarters in
Wilmington, Mass., UniFirst president and CEO Ron Croatti, who has
witnessed the company’s continued positive growth every year of his
more than 50 years with the company, said, “This is a remarkable
milestone and I know my father would be very proud of all we have
accomplished.” He went on to tell the employee Team Partners at the
corporate event, “I preach one thing all the time: Our people are
the key to our 80 years of success. You are our success. We’re a
team and we appreciate everybody’s effort.”
Each year on Founder’s Day, in addition to honoring Aldo
Croatti, employee Team Partners recognize his founding Core Values
that remain the foundation of UniFirst’s corporate culture today:
customer focus, respect for others, and commitment to quality. Team
Partners also renew their annual commitment to the company’s
Essentials of Service and pledge to keep customers the focus of
everything they do.
It is in this same spirit that on Founder’s Day each UniFirst
location names its Employee of the Year—the person who best
exemplifies the Core Values. Each Employee of the Year is presented
with a special recognition gift, earns an extra day off with pay,
and his or her name is engraved on a plaque that remains on
permanent display at their UniFirst location.
About UniFirst
Headquartered in Wilmington, Mass., UniFirst Corporation
(NYSE:UNF) is a North American leader in the supply and servicing
of uniform and workwear programs, as well as the delivery of
facility service programs. Together with its subsidiaries, the
company also provides first aid and safety products, and manages
specialized garment programs for the cleanroom and nuclear
industries. UniFirst manufactures its own branded workwear,
protective clothing, and floorcare products, and with over 225
service locations, 275,000 customer locations, and 12,000 employee
Team Partners, the company outfits more than 1.6 million workers
each business day. For more information, contact UniFirst at
800.455.7654 or visit www.unifirst.com.
Contact:
Meghan Marcus
PR/Communications Specialist
UniFirst Corporation
68 Jonspin Rd.
Wilmington, MA 01887
978.527.3974
Meghan_Marcus@unifirst.com
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