Aldo Croatti founded the business.

Ron transformed the business into a formidable competitor and an industry leader.

Under the current trustees' stewardship (Carol Croatti, Matthew Croatti, Cynthia Croatti, and Cecelia Levenstein), however, UniFirst has lost its way.

Whether fair or unfair, their leadership era will be remembered as a period of stagnation and decline that we think many will view as having destroyed Aldo and Ron’s legacies and tarnished the Croatti family name.

The numbers don’t lie: since Ron’s passing more than eight years ago, UniFirst’s stock price has been essentially flat, while Cintas’ shares have risen six-fold over the same period.