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UniFirst Corporation
(NYSE:UNF) 

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UniFirst Corporation provides workplace uniforms and protective work wear clothing in the United States, Europe, and Canada. The company operates through U.S. and Canadian Rental and Cleaning, Manufacturing, Specialty Garments Rental and Cleaning, and First Aid segments. It designs, manufactures, pe...

Founded: 1936
Full Time Employees: 14,000
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Specialty Business Services

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      revenues
    634,402,000 622,505,000 621,318,000 614,447,000 610,778,000 602,219,000 604,908,000 639,867,000 603,328,000 590,711,000 593,525,000 571,890,000 576,668,000 542,691,000 541,798,000 516,414,000 511,548,000 486,696,000 486,164,000 465,276,000 464,323,000 449,764,000 446,853,000 428,643,000 445,518,000 464,600,000 465,398,000 479,621,000 453,720,000 437,485,000 438,550,000 434,063,000 427,384,000 419,264,000 415,778,000 403,589,000 409,834,000 391,427,000 386,108,000 363,766,000 367,799,000 363,097,000 373,384,000 359,208,000 365,574,000 361,462,000 370,361,000 351,988,000 352,238,000 343,967,000  334,306,000 332,569,000 312,374,000 320,931,000 309,959,000 313,025,000 290,874,000 291,567,000 278,595,000 273,090,000 254,950,000 261,248,000 253,562,000 256,179,000 241,472,000 252,105,000 257,285,000 262,554,000 254,617,000 222,367,000 247,260,000 227,509,000 229,849,000 222,367,000 222,377,000 207,541,000 211,938,000 202,168,000 575,075,000  
      yoy
    3.87% 3.37% 2.71% -3.97% 1.23% 1.95% 1.92% 11.89% 4.62% 8.85% 9.55% 10.74% 12.73% 11.51% 11.44% 10.99% 10.17% 8.21% 8.80% 8.55% 4.22% -3.19% -3.98% -10.63% -1.81% 6.20% 6.12% 10.50% 6.16% 4.35% 5.48% 7.55% 4.28% 7.11% 7.68% 10.95% 11.43% 7.80% 3.41% 1.27% 0.61% 0.45% 0.82% 2.05% 3.79% 5.09%  5.29% 5.91% 10.11%  7.85% 6.24% 7.39% 10.07% 11.26% 14.62% 14.09% 11.61% 9.87% 6.60% 5.58% 3.63% -1.45% -2.43% -5.16% 13.37% 4.05% 15.40% 10.78% 0.00% 11.19% 9.62% 8.45% 9.99% -61.33%      
      qoq
    1.91% 0.19% 1.12% 0.60% 1.42% -0.44% -5.46% 6.06% 2.14% -0.47% 3.78% -0.83% 6.26% 0.16% 4.92% 0.95% 5.11% 0.11% 4.49% 0.21% 3.24% 0.65% 4.25% -3.79% -4.11% -0.17% -2.97% 5.71% 3.71% -0.24% 1.03% 1.56% 1.94% 0.84% 3.02% -1.52% 4.70% 1.38% 6.14% -1.10% 1.29% -2.76% 3.95% -1.74% 1.14% -2.40% 5.22% -0.07% 2.40%   0.52% 6.47% -2.67% 3.54% -0.98% 7.62% -0.24% 4.66% 2.02% 7.12% -2.41% 3.03% -1.02% 6.09% -4.22% -2.01% -2.01% 3.12% 14.50% -10.07% 8.68% -1.02% 3.36% -0.00% 7.15% -2.07% 4.83% -64.84%   
      operating expenses:
                                                                                     
      cost of revenues
    399,676,000 403,686,000 393,029,000 382,012,000 385,189,000 394,145,000 381,054,000 408,604,000 391,244,000 396,191,000 383,796,000 378,009,000 379,419,000 369,896,000 353,972,000 336,872,000 334,633,000 324,816,000 310,130,000 289,415,000 286,605,000 289,455,000 275,800,000 270,971,000 303,223,000 301,422,000 289,316,000 300,574,000 279,900,000 281,672,000 277,049,000 270,528,000 267,146,000 265,400,000 253,650,000 249,720,000 255,824,000 249,280,000 238,765,000 223,220,000 224,932,000 229,672,000 222,603,000 219,442,000 221,995,000 223,874,000 219,353,000 217,965,000 216,644,000 215,560,000  208,421,000 201,551,000 198,935,000 202,433,000 201,437,000 195,139,000 187,624,000 185,217,000 176,233,000 163,235,000 155,915,000 158,563,000 157,025,000 149,224,000                 
      gross profit
    234,726,000 218,819,000 228,289,000 232,435,000 225,589,000 208,074,000 223,854,000 231,263,000 212,084,000 194,520,000 209,729,000 193,881,000 197,249,000 172,795,000 187,826,000 179,542,000 176,915,000 161,880,000 176,034,000 175,861,000 177,718,000 160,309,000 171,053,000 157,672,000 142,295,000 163,178,000 176,082,000 179,047,000 173,820,000 155,813,000 161,501,000 163,535,000 160,238,000 153,864,000 162,128,000 153,869,000 154,010,000 142,147,000 147,343,000 140,546,000 142,867,000 133,425,000 150,781,000 139,766,000 143,579,000 137,588,000 151,008,000 134,023,000 135,594,000 128,407,000  125,885,000 131,018,000 113,439,000 118,498,000 108,522,000 117,886,000 103,250,000 106,350,000 102,362,000 109,855,000 99,035,000 102,685,000 96,537,000 106,955,000                 
      yoy
    4.05% 5.16% 1.98% 0.51% 6.37% 6.97% 6.73% 19.28% 7.52% 12.57% 11.66% 7.99% 11.49% 6.74% 6.70% 2.09% -0.45% 0.98% 2.91% 11.54% 24.89% -1.76% -2.86% -11.94% -18.14% 4.73% 9.03% 9.49% 8.48% 1.27% -0.39% 6.28% 4.04% 8.24% 10.03% 9.48% 7.80% 6.54% -2.28% 0.56% -0.50% -3.03% -0.15% 4.29% 5.89% 7.15%  6.46% 3.49% 13.19%  16.00% 11.14% 9.87% 11.42% 6.02% 7.31% 4.26% 3.57% 6.03% 2.71%                     
      qoq
    7.27% -4.15% -1.78% 3.03% 8.42% -7.05% -3.20% 9.04% 9.03% -7.25% 8.17% -1.71% 14.15% -8.00% 4.61% 1.48% 9.29% -8.04% 0.10% -1.04% 10.86% -6.28% 8.49% 10.81% -12.80% -7.33% -1.66% 3.01% 11.56% -3.52% -1.24% 2.06% 4.14% -5.10% 5.37% -0.09% 8.35% -3.53% 4.84% -1.62% 7.08% -11.51% 7.88% -2.66% 4.35% -8.89% 12.67% -1.16% 5.60%   -3.92% 15.50% -4.27% 9.19% -7.94% 14.18% -2.91% 3.90% -6.82% 10.93% -3.55% 6.37% -9.74%                  
      gross margin %
    37.00% 35.15% 36.74% 37.83% 36.93% 34.55% 37.01% 36.14% 35.15% 32.93% 35.34% 33.90% 34.20% 31.84% 34.67% 34.77% 34.58% 33.26% 36.21% 37.80% 38.27% 35.64% 38.28% 36.78% 31.94% 35.12% 37.83% 37.33% 38.31% 35.62% 36.83% 37.68% 37.49% 36.70% 38.99% 38.13% 37.58% 36.32% 38.16% 38.64% 38.84% 36.75% 40.38% 38.91% 39.27% 38.06% 40.77% 38.08% 38.49% 37.33% NaN% 37.66% 39.40% 36.32% 36.92% 35.01% 37.66% 35.50% 36.48% 36.74% 40.23% 38.84% 39.31% 38.07% 41.75% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%  
      selling and administrative expenses
    175,925,000 157,413,000 147,806,000 146,980,000 142,690,000 141,914,000 133,515,000 139,236,000 129,074,000 131,417,000 122,859,000 124,685,000 132,677,000 122,190,000 117,363,000 118,258,000 116,191,000 112,406,000 104,388,000 104,153,000 96,976,000 93,329,000 88,703,000 89,788,000 88,405,000 93,080,000 90,528,000 92,353,000 88,207,000 68,321,000 85,959,000 96,219,000 88,350,000 88,648,000 87,510,000 85,023,000 93,077,000 84,861,000 79,446,000 62,134,000 74,541,000 75,423,000 72,749,000 72,612,000 72,205,000 77,245,000 72,382,000 68,086,000 67,996,000 69,853,000  65,817,000 64,288,000 61,369,000 59,108,000 61,197,000 59,124,000 58,462,000 60,852,000 58,614,000 55,183,000 54,770,000 54,798,000 52,423,000 51,472,000 52,210,000 52,152,000 50,113,000 57,487,000 54,466,000 50,441,000 53,548,000 49,658,000 48,659,000 50,441,000 48,390,000 45,332,000 44,610,000 45,159,000 120,528,000  
      depreciation and amortization
    35,771,000 35,392,000 35,175,000 35,879,000 34,722,000 34,946,000 34,808,000 37,979,000 34,560,000 35,160,000 33,733,000 33,118,000 31,175,000 29,895,000 27,045,000 28,033,000 27,027,000 26,861,000 26,856,000 26,777,000 26,583,000 26,287,000 26,308,000 27,085,000 26,182,000 25,971,000 25,459,000 27,770,000 25,401,000 25,046,000 25,116,000 25,890,000 24,801,000 23,264,000 22,707,000 23,437,000 22,162,000 21,140,000 22,140,000 21,656,000 20,409,000 19,809,000 19,738,000 21,262,000 19,022,000 18,792,000 18,037,000 18,515,000 18,109,000 17,830,000  17,179,000 16,771,000 16,824,000 16,718,000 16,489,000 16,408,000 16,791,000 16,365,000 16,075,000 15,502,000 15,574,000 15,814,000 15,033,000 15,056,000 15,106,000 14,641,000 14,339,000 13,703,000 13,192,000 11,819,000 12,787,000 12,786,000 12,322,000 11,819,000 11,585,000 11,585,000 11,515,000 11,278,000 32,872,000  
      total operating expenses
    611,372,000 596,491,000 576,010,000 564,871,000 562,601,000 571,005,000 549,377,000 585,819,000 554,878,000 562,768,000 540,388,000 535,812,000 543,271,000 521,981,000 498,380,000 483,163,000 477,851,000 464,083,000 441,374,000 420,345,000 410,164,000 409,071,000 390,811,000 387,844,000 417,810,000 420,473,000 405,303,000 420,697,000 393,508,000 375,039,000 388,124,000 392,637,000 380,297,000 377,312,000 363,867,000 413,980,000 371,063,000 355,281,000 340,351,000 307,010,000 319,882,000 324,904,000 315,090,000 313,316,000 313,222,000 319,911,000 309,772,000 304,566,000 302,749,000 303,243,000  291,417,000 282,610,000 277,128,000 278,259,000 279,123,000 270,671,000 262,877,000 262,434,000 250,922,000 233,920,000 226,259,000 229,175,000 224,481,000 215,752,000                 
      operating income
    23,030,000 26,014,000 45,308,000 49,576,000 48,177,000 31,214,000 55,531,000 54,048,000 48,450,000 27,943,000 53,137,000 36,078,000 33,397,000 20,710,000 43,418,000 33,251,000 33,697,000 22,613,000 44,790,000 44,931,000 54,159,000 40,693,000 56,042,000 40,799,000 27,708,000 44,127,000 60,095,000 58,924,000 60,212,000 62,446,000 50,426,000 41,426,000 47,087,000 41,952,000                                                
      yoy
    -52.20% -16.66% -18.41% -8.27% -0.56% 11.71% 4.51% 49.81% 45.07% 34.93% 22.38% 8.50% -0.89% -8.42% -3.06% -26.00% -37.78% -44.43% -20.08% 10.13% 95.46% -7.78% -6.74% -30.76% -53.98% -29.34% 19.17% 42.24% 27.87% 48.85%                                                    
      qoq
    -11.47% -42.58% -8.61% 2.90% 54.34% -43.79% 2.74% 11.55% 73.39% -47.41% 47.28% 8.03% 61.26% -52.30% 30.58% -1.32% 49.02% -49.51% -0.31% -17.04% 33.09% -27.39% 37.36% 47.25% -37.21% -26.57% 1.99% -2.14% -3.58% 23.84% 21.73% -12.02% 12.24%                                                 
      operating margin %
    3.63% 4.18% 7.29% 8.07% 7.89% 5.18% 9.18% 8.45% 8.03% 4.73% 8.95% 6.31% 5.79% 3.82% 8.01% 6.44% 6.59% 4.65% 9.21% 9.66% 11.66% 9.05% 12.54% 9.52% 6.22% 9.50% 12.91% 12.29% 13.27% 14.27% 11.50% 9.54% 11.02% 10.01% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% NaN% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%  
      other expense:
                                                                                     
      interest income
    -1,779,000 -1,576,000 -1,929,000 -2,348,000 -2,514,000 -2,213,000 -2,695,000 -2,652,000 -1,406,000 -350,000 -2,834,000 -385,000 -553,000 -3,031,000 -2,769,000 -1,112,000 -340,000 -751,000 -648,000 -466,000 -671,000 -863,000 -568,000 -792,000 -1,054,000 -2,175,000 -2,361,000 -3,075,000 -2,293,000 -2,009,000 -1,705,000 -1,648,000 -1,189,000 -1,430,000 -1,276,000 -991,000 -1,003,000 -1,292,000 -983,000 -912,000 -902,000 -892,000 -764,000 -778,000 -784,000 -944,000 -804,000 -716,000 -773,000 -877,000  -924,000 -767,000    -631,000    -582,000                -425,000 -419,000 -475,000 -1,336,000  
      other expense
    365,000 250,000 259,000 513,000 -2,704,000 794,000 290,000 -372,000 522,000 575,000 716,000 -22,000 621,000 114,000 791,000 1,116,000 431,000 594,000 736,000 1,009,000 348,000 -584,000 749,000 -1,400,000 1,556,000 539,000 528,000 1,129,000 805,000 1,060,000 172,000 221,000 484,000 -186,000 154,000                                               
      total other income
    -1,414,000 -1,326,000 -1,670,000 -1,835,000 -5,218,000  -2,405,000    -2,118,000   -2,917,000    -157,000    -1,447,000  -2,192,000 502,000 -1,636,000 -1,833,000 -1,946,000 -1,488,000 -949,000 -1,533,000 -1,427,000 -705,000 -1,616,000 -1,122,000                                               
      income before income taxes
    24,444,000 27,340,000 46,978,000 51,411,000 53,395,000 32,633,000 57,936,000 57,072,000 49,334,000 27,718,000 55,255,000 36,485,000 33,329,000 23,627,000 45,396,000 33,247,000 33,606,000 22,770,000 44,702,000 44,388,000 54,482,000 42,140,000 55,861,000 42,991,000 27,206,000 45,763,000 61,928,000 60,870,000 61,700,000 63,395,000 51,959,000 42,853,000 47,792,000 43,568,000 53,033,000 -7,677,000 39,362,000 37,374,000 46,064,000 57,315,000 48,699,000 38,999,000 58,358,000 46,215,000 52,843,000 41,376,000 60,834,000 47,657,000 50,114,000 41,224,000  43,215,000 50,426,000 35,503,000 42,360,000 31,086,000 41,785,000 28,053,000 28,454,000 26,344,000 37,721,000 27,503,000 29,723,000 26,658,000 38,968,000 27,577,000 35,719,000 31,889,000 31,280,000 27,798,000 11,457,000 26,787,000 17,542,000 21,836,000 11,457,000 22,627,000 17,208,000 17,753,000 10,775,000 56,807,000  
      provision for income taxes
    4,528,000 6,856,000 12,615,000 10,384,000 13,715,000 8,174,000 14,831,000 12,437,000 11,277,000 7,261,000 12,930,000 8,854,000 9,053,000 5,817,000 11,439,000 7,066,000 8,539,000 4,319,000 10,997,000 9,774,000 12,466,000 9,555,000 13,965,000 11,428,000 5,921,000 11,083,000 13,686,000 14,882,000 14,480,000 15,789,000 13,639,000 7,901,000 11,433,000 -14,810,000 18,827,000 -2,781,000 15,000,000 14,858,000 17,850,000 21,821,000 18,555,000 15,501,000 22,468,000 17,274,000 20,344,000 15,930,000 23,421,000 18,785,000 19,170,000 15,577,000  16,573,000 19,666,000 12,971,000 14,901,000 11,890,000 15,983,000 10,039,000 10,023,000 10,067,000 13,957,000 10,211,000 10,409,000 10,432,000 15,392,000 10,556,000 14,030,000 13,609,000 12,418,000 10,858,000 4,497,000 10,313,000 6,736,000 8,153,000 4,497,000 8,881,000 6,635,000 6,835,000 4,448,000 21,588,000  
      net income
    19,916,000 20,484,000 34,363,000 41,027,000 39,680,000 24,459,000 43,105,000 44,635,000 38,057,000 20,457,000 42,325,000 27,631,000 24,276,000 17,810,000 33,957,000 26,181,000 25,067,000 18,451,000 33,705,000 34,614,000 42,016,000 32,585,000 41,896,000 31,563,000 21,285,000 34,680,000 48,242,000 45,988,000 47,220,000 47,606,000 38,320,000 34,952,000 36,359,000 58,378,000 34,206,000 -4,896,000 24,362,000 22,516,000 28,214,000 35,494,000 30,144,000 23,498,000 35,890,000 28,941,000 32,499,000 25,446,000 37,413,000 28,872,000 30,944,000 25,647,000  26,642,000 30,760,000 22,532,000 27,459,000 19,196,000 25,802,000 18,014,000 18,431,000 16,277,000 23,764,000 17,292,000 19,314,000 16,226,000 23,576,000 17,021,000 21,689,000 18,280,000 18,862,000 16,940,000 6,960,000 16,474,000 10,806,000 13,683,000 6,960,000 13,746,000 10,573,000 10,918,000 6,327,000 35,219,000  
      yoy
    -49.81% -16.25% -20.28% -8.08% 4.26% 19.56% 1.84% 61.54% 56.77% 14.86% 24.64% 5.54% -3.16% -3.47% 0.75% -24.36% -40.34% -43.38% -19.55% 9.67% 97.40% -6.04% -13.15% -31.37% -54.92% -27.15% 25.89% 31.57% 29.87% -18.45% 12.03% -813.89% 49.24% 159.27% 21.24% -113.79% -19.18% -4.18% -21.39% 22.64% -7.25% -7.66% -4.07% 0.24% 5.03% -0.78%  8.37% 0.60% 13.82%  38.79% 19.22% 25.08% 48.98% 17.93% 8.58% 4.18% -4.57% 0.31% 0.80% 1.59% -10.95% -11.24% 24.99% 0.48% 211.62% 10.96% 74.55% 23.80% 0.00% 19.85% 2.20% 25.33% 10.00% -60.97%      
      qoq
    -2.77% -40.39% -16.24% 3.39% 62.23% -43.26% -3.43% 17.28% 86.03% -51.67% 53.18% 13.82% 36.31% -47.55% 29.70% 4.44% 35.86% -45.26% -2.63% -17.62% 28.94% -22.22% 32.74% 48.29% -38.62% -28.11% 4.90% -2.61% -0.81% 24.23% 9.64% -3.87% -37.72% 70.67% -798.65% -120.10% 8.20% -20.20% -20.51% 17.75% 28.28% -34.53% 24.01% -10.95% 27.72% -31.99% 29.58% -6.70% 20.65%   -13.39% 36.52% -17.94% 43.05% -25.60% 43.23% -2.26% 13.23% -31.51% 37.43% -10.47% 19.03% -31.18% 38.51% -21.52% 18.65% -3.09% 11.35% 143.39% -57.75% 52.45% -21.03% 96.59% -49.37% 30.01% -3.16% 72.56% -82.04%   
      net income margin %
    3.14% 3.29% 5.53% 6.68% 6.50% 4.06% 7.13% 6.98% 6.31% 3.46% 7.13% 4.83% 4.21% 3.28% 6.27% 5.07% 4.90% 3.79% 6.93% 7.44% 9.05% 7.24% 9.38% 7.36% 4.78% 7.46% 10.37% 9.59% 10.41% 10.88% 8.74% 8.05% 8.51% 13.92% 8.23% -1.21% 5.94% 5.75% 7.31% 9.76% 8.20% 6.47% 9.61% 8.06% 8.89% 7.04% 10.10% 8.20% 8.78% 7.46% NaN% 7.97% 9.25% 7.21% 8.56% 6.19% 8.24% 6.19% 6.32% 5.84% 8.70% 6.78% 7.39% 6.40% 9.20% 7.05% 8.60% 7.10% 7.18% 6.65% 3.13% 6.66% 4.75% 5.95% 3.13% 6.18% 5.09% 5.15% 3.13% 6.12%  
      income per share – basic:
                                                                                     
      common stock
    1.15 1.18 1.97 2.32 2.22 1.37 2.41 2.5 2.12 1.14 2.35 1.54 1.35 0.99 1.89 1.45 1.39 1.02 1.86 1.9 2.31 1.8 2.31 1.73 1.17 1.9 2.65 2.52 2.58 2.59 2.08 1.91 1.94 3.02 1.77 -0.26 1.26 1.17 1.46 1.84 1.57 1.23 1.88 1.51 1.7 1.33 1.96 1.51 1.62 1.34  1.4 1.62 1.19 1.45 1.01 1.37 0.95 0.98 0.86 1.26 0.91 1.03 0.88 1.28 0.93 1.18 1.03 0.92 0.38 0.9 0.59 0.75 0.38 0.75 0.6 0.63 0.36 0.113  
      class b common stock
    0.92 0.94 1.58 1.86 1.78 1.1 1.93 1.7 0.91 1.88 1.23 1.08 0.79 1.51 1.16 1.11 0.81 1.49 1.53 1.85 1.44 1.85 1.39 0.94 1.52 2.12 2.01 2.06 2.07 1.67 1.53 1.55 2.42 1.42 -0.2 1.01 0.93 1.17 1.47 1.26 0.98 1.5 1.21 1.36 1.06 1.57 1.21 1.3 1.08  1.12 1.3 0.95 1.16 0.81 1.09 0.76 0.78 0.69 1.01 0.73 0.83 0.71 1.03 0.74 0.95 0.8 0.82 0.74 0.3 0.72 0.47 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.48 0.5 0.29 0.09  
      income per share – diluted:
                                                                                     
      income allocated to – basic:
                                                                                     
      income allocated to – diluted:
                                                                                     
      weighted-average shares outstanding – basic:
                                                                                     
      weighted-average shares outstanding – diluted:
                                                                                     
      total other expense
         -1,419,000  -3,024,000 -884,000 225,000  -407,000 68,000  -1,978,000 4,000 91,000  88,000 -397,250 -323,000  181,000             -531,500 -591,000 -1,228,000 -307,000 -559,000 -782,000 -806,000 -64,000 -323,000 -491,000 175,000 -245,000 -235,000 -625,000 -500,000  -326,000 -467,000 -257,000 312,000  569,000 -56,000 679,000 1,329,000                      
      weighted-average number of shares outstanding – basic:
                                                                                     
      weighted-average number of shares outstanding – diluted:
                                                                                     
      dividends per share:
                                                                                     
      income from operations
                                      51,911,000 -10,391,000 38,771,000 36,146,000 45,757,000 56,756,000 47,917,000 38,193,000 58,294,000 45,892,000 52,352,000 41,551,000 60,589,000 47,422,000 49,489,000 40,724,000  42,889,000 49,959,000 35,246,000 42,672,000 30,836,000 42,354,000 27,997,000 29,133,000 27,673,000 39,170,000 28,691,000 32,073,000 29,081,000 40,427,000 29,159,000 36,715,000 33,861,000 34,301,000 29,790,000 13,917,000 29,778,000 20,210,000 24,611,000 13,917,000 25,483,000 19,911,000 20,330,000 12,964,000 61,735,000  
      interest expense
                                       137,000 194,000 172,000 182,000 277,000 211,000 218,000 221,000 225,000 221,000 239,000 188,000 239,000 109,000 216,000  400,000 460,000 493,000 511,000 555,000 573,000 747,000 1,586,000 2,202,000 2,203,000 2,199,000 2,210,000 2,185,000 2,184,000 2,172,000 2,226,000 2,324,000 2,591,000 2,567,000 2,998,000 3,504,000 3,129,000 3,226,000 2,998,000 3,322,000 3,128,000 2,996,000 2,664,000 6,487,000  
      foreign exchange loss
                                       151,000 218,000 -108,000 494,000 76,000 -91,000 -132,000 479,000 230,000 72,000 880,000 371,000      -160,000    627,000                         
      exchange rate loss
                                                   10,250 39,000 161,000  198,000  257,000 457,000       305,250 639,000 783,000  85,000  195,000 934,000             
      dividends declared per share:
                                                                                     
      exchange rate gain
                                                                -172,000                     
      other expense: - sum
                                                                1,449,000                2,703,000 2,577,000 2,189,000 4,928,000  
      income per share – basic
                                                                                     
      income per share – diluted
                                                                                     
      income allocated to: – basic
                                                                                     
      income allocated to: – diluted
                                                                                     
      weighted-average number of shares outstanding – basic
                                                                                     
      weighted-average number of shares outstanding – diluted
                                                                                     
      costs and expenses:
                                                                                     
      operating costs
                                                                     144,997,000 148,597,000 158,972,000 157,063,000 157,169,000 146,190,000 151,147,000 144,855,000 144,257,000 146,190,000 136,919,000 130,713,000 135,483,000 132,767,000 359,940,000  
      costs and expenses: - sum
                                                                     166,766,750 215,390,000 223,424,000  224,827,000 208,450,000  152,645,500 205,238,000 208,450,000  139,885,250 191,608,000 189,204,000 513,340,000  
      cost and expenses:
                                                                                     
      cost and expenses: - sum
                                                                        228,253,000   217,482,000    196,894,000      
      interest rate swap income
                                                                                   -223,000  
      `
                                                                                     
      ` - sum
                                                                                4,810.25 19,243    
      weighted-average number of shares outstanding:
                                                                                     
      basic-common stock
                                                                                   9,401,000  
      basic-class b common stock
                                                                                   9,814,000  
      dilutive effect of common stock options
                                                                                   89,000  
      diluted- common stock
                                                                                   19,304,000  
      net income per share
                                                                                     
      diluted-common stock
                                                                                   1.82  
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        assets
                                                                                   
        current assets:
                                                                                   
        cash and cash equivalents
      163,225,000 151,794,000 123,977,000 203,501,000 211,910,000 192,174,000 166,246,000 161,571,000 112,246,000 90,538,000 77,380,000 79,443,000 59,303,000 244,098,000 244,174,000 376,399,000                     312,684,000 313,535,000 286,119,000 363,795,000 347,583,000 311,532,000 276,553,000 235,672,000 231,461,000 212,974,000 191,769,000 151,021,000 157,242,000 197,479,000 175,591,000 163,279,000 152,664,000 120,123,000 78,821,000 59,346,000 54,123,000 48,812,000 109,008,000 107,487,000 133,265,000 121,258,000 104,463,000 84,249,000 79,708,000 60,151,000 32,381,000 24,065,000 24,108,000 24,494,000 23,109,000 17,333,000 12,698,000 12,159,000 8,029,000 8,302,000 5,671,000 
        short-term investments
      5,651,000 5,664,000 5,558,000 5,672,000  8,805,000 14,734,000 13,505,000 13,186,000 11,392,000 11,394,000 10,157,000 10,012,000 101,000,000 107,000,000                                                               
        receivables, less reserves of 7,185 and 6,802
      295,580,000                                                                             
        inventories
      148,495,000 147,477,000 142,891,000 145,197,000 148,847,000 159,067,000 155,098,000 156,908,000 161,487,000 158,279,000 148,513,000 148,334,000 150,253,000 150,907,000 143,430,000 151,459,000 151,741,000 160,835,000 158,111,000 143,591,000 120,337,000 110,701,000 104,525,000 106,269,000 104,503,000 94,875,000 99,794,000 100,916,000 94,921,000 95,706,000 91,154,000 90,176,000 87,978,000 84,509,000 81,972,000 79,068,000 72,112,000 71,493,000 73,164,000 78,887,000 76,347,000 76,856,000 80,449,000 83,897,000 84,817,000 77,963,000 78,858,000 69,974,000 69,385,000 74,351,000 72,355,000 74,386,000 75,309,000 75,420,000 76,291,000 77,539,000 73,782,000 76,460,000 66,843,000 58,475,000 52,496,000 47,630,000 37,934,000 40,379,000 39,217,000 43,586,000 47,296,000 51,454,000 48,566,000 45,209,000 46,460,000 44,116,000 44,282,000 39,729,000 36,890,000 36,469,000 24,367,000 
        rental merchandise in service
      237,344,000 236,251,000 237,477,000 227,720,000 227,580,000 226,259,000 234,353,000 237,969,000 242,971,000 241,340,000 249,611,000 248,323,000 246,998,000 232,543,000 232,277,000 219,392,000 209,055,000 196,690,000 189,773,000 181,531,000 168,234,000 155,410,000 155,100,000 154,278,000 161,732,000 179,291,000 184,889,000 184,318,000 181,451,000 179,134,000 178,636,000 174,392,000 164,271,000 152,669,000 151,354,000 151,340,000 147,300,000 144,603,000 144,637,000 138,105,000 140,279,000 141,489,000 140,384,000 144,535,000 144,839,000 148,267,000 146,449,000 141,225,000 137,031,000 132,630,000 133,741,000 129,697,000 136,219,000 138,284,000 140,327,000 136,523,000 133,281,000 126,536,000 114,136,000 98,510,000 92,205,000 86,633,000 82,897,000 75,318,000 75,820,000 73,063,000 76,447,000 80,437,000 88,763,000 91,666,000 90,743,000 93,003,000 86,129,000 82,198,000 85,561,000 85,875,000 70,324,000 
        prepaid taxes
      6,074,000 7,185,000 10,330,000 7,708,000 12,133,000 11,026,000 7,608,000 14,893,000 13,679,000 9,563,000 10,284,000 20,907,000 17,700,000 12,601,000 16,591,000 25,523,000 11,319,000 9,475,000 6,537,000 16,580,000 9,264,000 5,263,000 3,612,000 7,115,000 1,713,000 8,933,000 7,465,000 4,060,000  576,000 11,578,000 27,024,000 6,487,000 9,407,000 12,969,000 29,968,000 4,965,000 1,178,000                                        
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      63,571,000 63,135,000 59,088,000 49,508,000 55,589,000 57,309,000 56,816,000 51,979,000 56,457,000 61,582,000 62,262,000 53,876,000 49,254,000 49,571,000 51,305,000 41,921,000 45,012,000 48,743,000 45,588,000 40,891,000 37,171,000 38,459,000 40,661,000 35,918,000 36,201,000 35,522,000 35,837,000 35,699,000 32,688,000 35,195,000 38,854,000 21,899,000 26,365,000 24,945,000 22,241,000 16,924,000 22,670,000 25,873,000 23,917,000 29,831,000 12,993,000 14,670,000 12,382,000 16,523,000 15,979,000 13,067,000 6,349,000                               
        total current assets
      919,940,000 903,086,000 872,717,000 924,603,000 937,874,000 936,847,000 916,397,000 915,676,000 884,389,000 864,478,000 858,938,000 840,118,000 813,005,000 1,067,280,000 1,067,613,000 1,063,892,000 1,068,882,000 1,078,867,000 1,111,646,000 1,103,792,000 1,070,147,000 1,023,464,000 986,824,000 969,334,000 925,512,000 923,822,000 902,457,000 913,791,000 861,855,000 849,096,000 809,413,000 784,800,000 719,025,000 854,504,000 842,720,000 814,226,000 744,514,000 733,246,000 704,241,000 777,614,000 735,899,000 713,669,000 661,823,000 643,834,000 639,386,000 620,432,000 589,290,000 526,144,000 524,121,000 561,374,000 551,235,000 534,658,000 539,423,000 487,680,000 451,317,000 427,081,000 418,500,000 395,190,000 438,987,000 417,368,000 418,164,000 378,024,000 360,582,000 334,614,000 335,325,000 302,374,000 280,208,000 279,275,000 294,332,000 285,646,000 282,686,000 279,939,000 250,221,000 242,290,000 243,856,000 228,913,000 189,682,000 
        property, plant and equipment
      846,697,000 848,054,000 833,508,000 829,622,000 817,931,000 802,529,000 802,571,000 801,612,000 790,031,000 772,223,000 766,532,000 756,540,000 739,607,000 685,182,000 681,099,000 665,119,000 640,810,000 627,924,000 623,785,000 617,719,000 606,663,000 599,144,000 598,719,000 582,470,000 584,299,000 582,753,000 574,394,000 574,509,000    559,576,000    525,115,000    539,818,000                                      
        goodwill
      669,925,000 669,996,000 669,202,000 657,748,000 653,300,000 653,042,000 649,890,000 648,850,000 648,795,000 648,829,000 648,797,000 647,900,000 648,404,000 461,050,000 461,061,000 457,259,000 456,810,000 457,718,000 429,454,000 429,538,000 429,762,000 429,511,000 424,881,000 424,844,000 424,588,000 424,711,000 424,545,000 401,178,000 399,146,000 397,336,000 397,296,000 397,422,000 396,801,000 389,465,000 377,104,000 376,110,000 373,296,000 371,773,000 367,663,000 320,641,000 320,247,000 313,062,000 313,133,000 313,670,000 310,909,000 309,578,000 303,648,000 302,627,000 302,518,000 302,363,000 288,620,000 288,674,000 288,158,000 288,137,000 287,982,000 288,119,000 287,910,000 288,249,000 280,844,000 280,599,000 273,316,000 271,857,000 270,272,000 267,811,000 265,978,000 261,171,000 260,588,000 259,880,000 259,091,000 252,428,000 245,901,000 245,500,000 224,366,000 214,819,000 212,923,000 211,489,000 185,805,000 
        customer contracts
      68,122,000 69,991,000 73,288,000 74,784,000 76,378,000 80,119,000 83,557,000 85,990,000 90,386,000 94,335,000 98,438,000 103,452,000 108,131,000 46,358,000 48,368,000 49,053,000 50,919,000 53,595,000 47,203,000 49,129,000 50,734,000 53,438,000 54,820,000 56,946,000 60,061,000 63,217,000 64,590,000 56,588,000 59,249,000 61,510,000 64,357,000 67,318,000 68,664,000 68,333,000 65,225,000 67,485,000 71,319,000 71,121,000 76,208,000 35,854,000 35,889,000 36,125,000 38,024,000 39,221,000 40,124,000 40,953,000 40,210,000 41,536,000 43,389,000 47,397,000 42,530,000 44,490,000 46,249,000 48,580,000 50,706,000 53,079,000 55,423,000 57,890,000 56,146,000 57,296,000 55,562,000 56,528,000 56,644,000 57,622,000 58,133,000 56,616,000 58,018,000 59,558,000 61,013,000 62,994,000 61,084,000 62,707,000 56,558,000    50,788,000 
        other intangible assets
      24,471,000 25,799,000 30,938,000 31,045,000 30,904,000 30,821,000 30,873,000 34,009,000 35,491,000 38,143,000 40,030,000 42,166,000 43,198,000 36,609,000 36,482,000 35,920,000 36,710,000 36,626,000 35,464,000 35,509,000 35,176,000 31,704,000 30,330,000 28,590,000 26,868,000 25,138,000 22,922,000 16,132,000 15,938,000 16,097,000 3,179,000 3,586,000 3,811,000 4,104,000 4,231,000 4,259,000 4,522,000 4,766,000 5,121,000 2,810,000 2,687,000 1,843,000 2,025,000 1,095,000 1,325,000 1,370,000 1,267,000 1,323,000 1,519,000 1,947,000 1,446,000 1,611,000 1,757,000 1,951,000 2,182,000 2,439,000 2,718,000 3,015,000 2,974,000 2,274,000 2,245,000 2,509,000 2,748,000 2,995,000 4,853,000 3,438,000 3,779,000 4,121,000 4,517,000 6,087,000 5,989,000 6,402,000 5,506,000     
        deferred income taxes
      854,000 991,000 967,000 977,000 851,000 794,000 804,000 833,000 729,000 617,000 615,000 567,000 528,000 511,000 514,000 498,000 535,000 565,000 561,000 580,000 553,000 543,000 522,000 522,000 458,000 475,000 474,000 448,000 421,000 433,000 423,000 425,000 398,000 418,000 407,000 394,000 347,000 338,000 338,000 97,000  1,453,000 1,475,000 1,237,000 1,235,000 1,334,000 1,403,000 1,387,000 1,362,000              52,343,000 52,290,000 25,017,000 52,115,000 42,576,000 41,954,000 42,064,000 39,764,000 39,807,000 39,782,000 39,508,000 39,835,000 10,038,000 10,046,000 42,067,000 
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      82,825,000 77,804,000 74,595,000 70,110,000 72,461,000 68,564,000 64,921,000 66,682,000 66,702,000 69,726,000 65,389,000 62,565,000 62,744,000 48,543,000 47,347,000 50,050,000 49,408,000 51,237,000 44,059,000 42,115,000 40,423,000 41,203,000 42,033,000 42,710,000 44,670,000 46,426,000                                                    
        other assets
      207,860,000 204,677,000 197,483,000 189,266,000 170,328,000 160,646,000 152,739,000 142,761,000 134,895,000 132,602,000 123,313,000 116,667,000 109,886,000 108,787,000 108,270,000 106,181,000 106,750,000 106,064,000 105,341,000 102,683,000 102,463,000 96,751,000 96,031,000 93,611,000 86,817,000 86,320,000 86,464,000 84,674,000 78,977,000 75,447,000 74,048,000 30,259,000 29,326,000 30,568,000 31,013,000 31,539,000 29,242,000 29,250,000 29,914,000 25,173,000 3,388,000 3,076,000 2,904,000 3,070,000 2,418,000 2,310,000 2,061,000 2,271,000 2,270,000 2,658,000 2,428,000 2,412,000 2,596,000 1,982,000 2,178,000 2,246,000 2,247,000 2,109,000 2,190,000 2,197,000 2,508,000 2,178,000 2,763,000 2,420,000 2,467,000 2,416,000 2,548,000 2,340,000 2,578,000 4,925,000 3,739,000 3,517,000 3,746,000 6,527,000 6,459,000 6,375,000 3,812,000 
        total assets
      2,820,694,000 2,800,398,000 2,752,698,000 2,778,155,000 2,760,027,000 2,733,362,000 2,701,752,000 2,696,413,000 2,651,418,000 2,620,953,000 2,602,052,000 2,569,975,000 2,525,503,000 2,454,320,000 2,450,754,000 2,427,972,000 2,410,824,000 2,412,596,000 2,397,513,000 2,381,065,000 2,335,921,000 2,275,758,000 2,234,160,000 2,199,027,000 2,153,273,000 2,152,862,000 2,123,585,000 2,047,320,000 1,981,301,000 1,954,106,000 1,907,158,000 1,843,386,000 1,778,043,000 1,890,734,000 1,844,830,000 1,819,128,000 1,791,475,000 1,761,547,000 1,724,785,000 1,702,007,000 1,630,991,000 1,585,685,000 1,533,237,000 1,517,608,000 1,490,567,000 1,461,806,000 1,424,161,000 1,360,943,000 1,345,987,000 1,373,425,000 1,334,782,000 1,305,021,000 1,301,256,000 1,240,534,000 1,204,413,000 1,173,673,000 1,159,000,000 1,141,520,000 1,175,482,000   1,092,295,000                
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                                   
        current liabilities:
                                                                                   
        accounts payable
      89,560,000 92,089,000 90,552,000 94,980,000 76,395,000 89,551,000 86,468,000 92,509,000 86,273,000 86,318,000 86,315,000 92,730,000 89,496,000 80,556,000 85,239,000 82,131,000 80,341,000 84,517,000 77,919,000 81,356,000 69,553,000 61,177,000 60,268,000 64,035,000 57,701,000 71,172,000 71,416,000 77,918,000 66,993,000 69,596,000 71,987,000 73,500,000 70,730,000 58,747,000 63,901,000 64,691,000 53,070,000 55,250,000 49,255,000 50,884,000 49,216,000 58,654,000 50,826,000 56,542,000 57,241,000 59,548,000 59,177,000 42,724,000 58,406,000 54,221,000 55,531,000 49,055,000 63,545,000 52,340,000 58,492,000 54,198,000 59,230,000 56,064,000 50,544,000 44,081,000 48,735,000 45,931,000 42,205,000 39,469,000 46,566,000 41,180,000 36,367,000 40,955,000 52,820,000 48,139,000 51,189,000 52,531,000 45,297,000 42,042,000 43,080,000 43,003,000 36,617,000 
        accrued liabilities
      185,312,000 178,065,000 154,414,000 176,903,000 172,719,000 170,776,000 156,445,000 170,240,000 165,386,000 158,478,000 155,419,000 156,408,000 150,921,000 137,108,000 143,659,000 146,808,000 152,381,000 151,743,000 154,653,000 159,578,000 155,729,000 152,171,000 138,693,000 132,965,000 126,342,000 117,968,000 114,203,000 111,721,000 105,711,000 108,574,000 104,712,000 124,225,000 109,008,000 116,737,000 104,099,000 112,236,000 106,469,000 104,785,000 94,202,000 100,782,000 120,425,000 107,391,000 113,022,000 105,996,000 107,847,000 96,572,000 100,818,000 89,713,000 91,901,000 86,994,000 85,641,000 84,252,000 80,125,000 80,475,000 76,328,000 76,741,000 75,508,000 76,630,000 86,531,000 86,169,000 85,081,000 83,804,000 105,256,000 108,009,000 106,131,000 104,003,000 103,121,000 97,455,000 95,154,000 89,912,000 92,402,000 87,507,000 86,283,000 87,834,000 81,943,000 80,580,000 75,410,000 
        accrued taxes
       30,000  674,000    447,000    352,000    1,204,000    743,000    527,000    205,000 1,569,000 2,012,000  736,000    921,000   7,621,000                                       
        operating lease liabilities, current
      20,822,000 20,225,000 18,987,000 17,846,000 17,835,000 17,233,000 17,985,000 18,241,000 18,160,000 18,068,000 17,051,000 17,739,000 18,515,000 14,472,000 13,873,000 13,602,000 13,999,000 13,791,000 13,441,000 12,993,000 13,002,000 12,783,000 12,731,000 12,569,000 12,191,000 12,255,000 12,013,000                                                   
        total current liabilities
      295,694,000 290,409,000 263,953,000 290,403,000 266,949,000 277,560,000 260,898,000 281,437,000 269,819,000 262,864,000 258,785,000 267,229,000 258,932,000 232,136,000 242,771,000 243,745,000 246,721,000 250,051,000 246,013,000 254,670,000 238,284,000 226,131,000 211,692,000 210,096,000 196,234,000 201,395,000 197,632,000 189,844,000 174,273,000 180,182,000 176,699,000 198,461,000 179,738,000 175,484,000 168,000,000 177,848,000 159,539,000 160,035,000 151,078,000 152,635,000 169,641,000 200,352,000 184,111,000 188,905,000 193,689,000 193,698,000 191,041,000 154,493,000 173,427,000 258,889,000 253,350,000 249,614,000 272,659,000 145,525,000 141,881,000 135,504,000 148,731,000 152,827,000 187,297,000 210,621,000 217,512,000 210,895,000 156,479,000 153,536,000 173,648,000 154,067,000 163,759,000 148,844,000 161,107,000 141,894,000 150,212,000 148,558,000 132,119,000 130,531,000 135,903,000 127,237,000 115,872,000 
        accrued and deferred income taxes
      133,157,000 137,166,000 138,708,000 135,648,000 137,029,000 135,380,000 135,105,000 132,496,000 130,954,000 131,248,000 131,040,000 130,084,000 119,398,000 107,697,000 107,395,000 106,307,000 89,888,000 90,284,000 89,642,000 89,177,000 91,066,000 87,229,000 86,642,000 85,721,000 98,192,000 99,439,000 98,963,000 99,172,000 90,674,000 87,688,000 86,837,000 74,070,000 62,255,000 63,641,000 83,741,000 81,352,000 78,500,000 79,038,000 79,742,000 969,000  33,706,000 18,878,000 22,991,000 22,964,000 31,440,000 23,342,000 12,722,000 14,207,000 6,421,000 54,488,000 54,725,000 54,543,000 54,509,000 50,198,000 51,169,000 51,005,000 50,890,000 47,238,000 48,123,000 48,353,000 42,756,000               2,841,000 
        operating lease liabilities
      64,226,000 59,669,000 57,952,000 54,593,000 56,892,000 53,650,000 49,505,000 50,568,000 50,676,000 53,710,000 50,334,000 47,020,000 45,888,000 35,635,000 35,104,000 38,070,000 37,009,000 39,023,000 32,120,000 30,181,000 27,955,000 28,378,000 28,874,000 29,261,000 31,139,000 32,476,000 33,619,000                                                   
        total liabilities
      622,649,000 617,106,000 590,100,000 609,198,000 585,236,000 589,806,000 568,105,000 587,902,000 575,810,000 571,268,000 561,879,000 566,015,000 548,652,000 499,232,000 508,788,000 512,101,000 506,813,000 513,621,000 502,612,000 508,113,000 490,722,000 474,648,000 460,808,000 457,898,000 445,173,000 451,424,000 447,577,000 406,090,000 371,605,000 373,316,000 367,660,000 378,419,000 348,622,000 346,333,000 359,222,000 365,936,000 344,151,000 344,151,000 335,013,000 337,226,000 301,415,000 308,746,000                                    
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                   
        shareholders’ equity:
                                                                                   
        preferred stock, 1.00 par value; 2,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding
                                                                                   
        common stock
      1,453,000 1,453,000 1,452,000 1,468,000 1,494,000 1,501,000 1,503,000 1,500,000 1,504,000 1,509,000 1,513,000 1,510,000 1,510,000 1,510,000 1,509,000 1,508,000 1,512,000 1,521,000 1,522,000 1,524,000 1,524,000 1,523,000 1,522,000 1,525,000 1,525,000 1,529,000 1,530,000 1,533,000 1,531,000 1,540,000 1,543,000 1,543,000 1,543,000 1,549,000 1,547,000 1,545,000 1,542,000 1,546,000 1,543,000 1,542,000 1,540,000 1,526,000 1,525,000 1,525,000 1,528,000 1,524,000 1,519,000 1,518,000 1,521,000 1,513,000 1,512,000 1,512,000 1,508,000 1,506,000 1,505,000 1,505,000 1,500,000 1,499,000 1,497,000 1,496,000 1,492,000 1,491,000 1,491,000 1,450,000 1,444,000 1,443,000 1,440,000 1,440,000 1,439,000 1,438,000 1,436,000 1,435,000 1,435,000 1,433,000 1,431,000 1,431,000 947,000 
        class b common stock
      355,000 355,000 355,000 355,000 355,000 356,000 356,000 359,000 359,000 359,000 359,000 359,000 359,000 359,000 359,000 359,000 363,000 363,000 364,000 364,000 364,000 364,000 364,000 364,000 364,000 364,000 364,000 364,000 371,000 371,000 371,000 371,000 371,000 482,000 482,000 482,000 485,000 485,000 485,000 485,000 485,000 485,000 485,000 485,000 486,000 486,000 486,000 486,000 487,000 487,000 487,000 488,000 488,000 488,000 488,000 488,000 488,000 488,000 490,000 490,000 491,000 491,000 491,000 492,000 493,000 493,000 493,000 494,000 494,000 494,000 494,000 494,000 494,000 494,000 494,000 494,000 975,000 
        capital surplus
      112,621,000 109,755,000 107,058,000 109,107,000 108,486,000 106,141,000 104,108,000 104,791,000 103,097,000 101,197,000 99,537,000 99,303,000 97,154,000 94,861,000 92,564,000 93,131,000 91,571,000 90,006,000 90,340,000 89,257,000 87,545,000 86,979,000 87,210,000 86,645,000 85,572,000 84,577,000 84,749,000 84,946,000 84,836,000 84,454,000 84,015,000 82,973,000 82,408,000 87,740,000 87,844,000 86,245,000 85,408,000 77,668,000 74,941,000 72,561,000 68,179,000 69,254,000 67,611,000 66,912,000 67,788,000 62,811,000 59,415,000 58,089,000 56,831,000 51,445,000 47,449,000 48,814,000 45,443,000 42,984,000 40,648,000 39,197,000 35,504,000 33,588,000 31,669,000 29,827,000 27,166,000 25,329,000 23,301,000 21,976,000 20,736,000 20,137,000 19,126,000 18,772,000 18,481,000 17,935,000 17,246,000 16,534,000 16,332,000 15,474,000 14,638,000 14,497,000 13,428,000 
        retained earnings
      2,105,352,000 2,091,769,000 2,077,625,000 2,079,812,000 2,088,873,000 2,068,510,000 2,056,219,000 2,025,505,000 1,994,279,000 1,969,659,000 1,962,688,000 1,926,549,000 1,904,490,000 1,885,788,000 1,873,550,000 1,845,163,000 1,838,055,000 1,833,579,000 1,830,263,000 1,806,643,000 1,778,212,000 1,740,737,000 1,714,937,000 1,684,565,000 1,657,543,000 1,648,069,000 1,622,069,000 1,588,075,000 1,551,475,000 1,520,431,000 1,480,922,000 1,405,239,000 1,372,358,000 1,478,030,000 1,419,180,000 1,386,438,000 1,392,060,000 1,368,424,000 1,346,633,000 1,319,142,000 1,284,373,000 1,232,172,000 1,197,000,000 1,168,777,000 1,136,996,000 1,112,268,000 1,075,572,000 1,047,415,000 1,017,186,000 958,508,000 928,661,000 900,652,000 874,723,000 844,676,000 822,856,000 796,108,000 777,623,000 752,530,000 735,225,000 717,502,000 701,934,000 678,876,000 662,291,000 643,683,000 628,149,000 605,262,000 588,931,000 567,930,000 550,339,000 520,569,000 504,316,000 489,722,000 473,934,000 450,818,000 444,542,000 431,481,000 386,473,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -21,736,000 -20,040,000 -23,892,000 -21,785,000 -24,417,000 -32,952,000 -28,539,000 -23,644,000 -23,631,000 -23,039,000 -23,924,000 -23,761,000 -26,662,000 -27,430,000 -26,016,000 -24,290,000 -27,490,000 -26,494,000 -27,588,000 -24,836,000 -22,446,000 -28,493,000 -30,681,000 -31,970,000 -36,904,000 -33,101,000 -32,704,000 -33,688,000 -28,517,000 -26,006,000 -27,353,000 -25,159,000 -27,259,000 -23,400,000 -23,445,000 -21,518,000 -32,171,000         -10,122,000                                
        total shareholders’ equity
      2,198,045,000 2,183,292,000 2,162,598,000 2,168,957,000 2,174,791,000 2,143,556,000 2,133,647,000 2,108,511,000 2,075,608,000 2,049,685,000 2,040,173,000 2,003,960,000 1,976,851,000 1,955,088,000 1,941,966,000 1,915,871,000 1,904,011,000 1,898,975,000 1,894,901,000 1,872,952,000 1,845,199,000 1,801,110,000 1,773,352,000 1,741,129,000 1,708,100,000 1,701,438,000 1,676,008,000 1,641,230,000 1,609,696,000 1,580,790,000 1,539,498,000 1,464,967,000 1,429,421,000 1,544,401,000 1,485,608,000 1,453,192,000 1,447,324,000 1,417,396,000 1,389,772,000 1,364,781,000 1,329,576,000 1,276,939,000 1,242,208,000    1,134,459,000                              402,907,000 
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
      2,820,694,000 2,800,398,000 2,752,698,000 2,778,155,000 2,760,027,000 2,733,362,000 2,701,752,000 2,696,413,000 2,651,418,000 2,620,953,000 2,602,052,000 2,569,975,000 2,525,503,000 2,454,320,000 2,450,754,000 2,427,972,000 2,410,824,000 2,412,596,000 2,397,513,000 2,381,065,000 2,335,921,000 2,275,758,000 2,234,160,000 2,199,027,000 2,153,273,000 2,152,862,000 2,123,585,000 2,047,320,000 1,981,301,000 1,954,106,000 1,907,158,000 1,843,386,000 1,778,043,000 1,890,734,000 1,844,830,000 1,819,128,000 1,791,475,000 1,761,547,000 1,724,785,000 1,702,007,000 1,630,991,000 1,585,685,000 1,533,237,000 1,517,608,000 1,490,567,000 1,461,806,000 1,424,161,000 1,360,943,000 1,345,987,000 1,373,425,000 1,334,782,000 1,305,021,000 1,301,256,000 1,240,534,000 1,204,413,000 1,173,673,000 1,159,000,000 1,141,520,000 1,175,482,000   1,092,295,000                
        receivables, less reserves of 7,280 and 6,802
       291,580,000                                                                            
        receivables, less reserves of 7,030 and 6,802
        293,396,000                                                                           
        receivables, less reserves of 6,802 and 7,916
         285,297,000                                                                          
        receivables, less reserves of 7,956 and 7,916
          281,815,000                                                                         
        receivables, less reserves of 8,000 and 7,916
           282,207,000                                                                        
        receivables, less reserves of 7,805 and 7,916
            281,542,000                                                                       
        receivables, less reserves of 7,916 and 6,276
             278,851,000                                                                      
        receivables, less reserves of 23,370 and 17,185
              284,363,000                                                                     
        receivables, less reserves of 21,978 and 17,185
               291,784,000                                                                    
        receivables, less reserves of 19,429 and 17,185
                299,494,000                                                                   
        receivables, less reserves of 17,185 and 15,605, respectively
                 279,078,000                                                                  
        receivables, less reserves of 20,493 and 15,605
                  279,485,000                                                                 
        receivables, less reserves of 19,751 and 15,605
                   276,560,000                                                                
        receivables, less reserves of 18,613 and 15,605
                    272,836,000                                                               
        receivables, less reserves of 15,605 and 11,122, respectively
                     249,198,000                                                              
        cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments
                      410,595,000 425,887,000 478,061,000 512,868,000 535,005,000 509,563,000 473,010,000 474,838,000 421,253,000 395,323,000 356,588,000 385,341,000 349,410,000 335,322,000 276,536,000 270,512,000 238,491,000 387,691,000 374,036,000 349,752,000                                          
        receivables, less reserves of 15,040 and 11,122
                      241,160,000                                                             
        receivables, less reserves of 12,569 and 11,122
                       237,237,000                                                            
        receivables, less reserves of 12,921 and 11,122
                        233,576,000                                                           
        receivables, less reserves of 11,122 and 12,125, respectively
                         208,331,000                                                          
        receivables, less reserves of 14,177 and 12,125
                          200,136,000                                                         
        receivables, less reserves of 14,385 and 12,125
                           204,068,000                                                        
        receivables, less reserves of 14,224 and 12,125
                            209,916,000                                                       
        receivables, less reserves of 12,125 and 9,935, respectively
                             190,916,000                                                      
        receivables, less reserves of 17,611 and 9,935
                              200,110,000                                                     
        receivables, less reserves of 13,368 and 9,935
                               209,878,000                                                    
        receivables, less reserves of 10,775 and 9,935
                                217,884,000                                                   
        operating lease, right-of-use assets
                                47,739,000                                                   
        receivables, less reserves of 9,935 and 9,237, respectively
                                 203,457,000                                                  
        receivables, less reserves of 13,036 and 9,237
                                  203,385,000                                                 
        property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation
                                  565,715,000 554,187,000 558,442,000  560,018,000 543,342,000 524,130,000  568,235,000 551,053,000 541,300,000  532,881,000 516,457,000                                    
        receivables, less reserves of 12,328 and 9,237
                                   203,163,000                                                
        receivables, less reserves of 11,926 and 9,237
                                    212,655,000                                               
        receivables, less reserves of 9,237 and 8,719 respectively
                                     200,797,000                                              
        receivables, less reserves of 13,236 and 8,719
                                      195,433,000                                             
        receivables, less reserves of 11,538 and 8,719
                                       195,283,000                                            
        receivables, less reserves of 11,085 and 8,719
                                        200,148,000                                           
        receivables, less reserves of 8,719 and 7,675 respectively
                                         187,174,000                                          
        receivables, less reserves of 11,652 and 7,675
                                          184,783,000                                         
        receivables, less reserves of 10,152 and 7,675
                                           176,564,000                                        
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                           -30,727,000 -33,830,000 -28,949,000 -25,001,000 -26,498,000 -24,413,000 -20,984,000 -21,335,000  -2,533,000 -632,000 -2,970,000 1,445,000 3,747,000 4,831,000 7,646,000 7,271,000 3,556,000 7,527,000 2,439,000 9,837,000 10,301,000 9,578,000 5,210,000 1,863,000 2,305,000 2,418,000 1,961,000 -300,000    9,487,000 7,923,000 8,549,000 5,132,000 3,005,000 3,816,000 4,642,000 1,084,000 
        receivables, less reserves of 9,974 and 7,675
                                            176,404,000                                       
        receivables, less reserves of 7,675 and 6,007 respectively
                                             156,578,000                                      
        prepaid and deferred income taxes
                                             10,418,000 424,000 198,000 204,000 5,336,000 3,188,000  13,342,000 474,000  7,079,000 12,813,000 12,785,000 12,721,000 12,785,000 7,232,000 7,298,000 7,369,000 11,358,000 16,198,000 24,343,000 11,785,000 14,252,000 24,789,000 25,752,000  24,901,000 17,053,000 16,349,000 16,246,000 12,845,000 13,779,000 12,793,000 13,399,000 10,964,000    
        loans payable
                                               601,000 1,385,000                                   
        receivables, less reserves of 10,252 and 6,007
                                              158,273,000                                     
        receivables, less reserves of 8,573 and 6,007
                                               168,924,000                                    
        receivables, less reserves of 6,007 and 5,114 respectively
                                                151,851,000                                   
        property, plant and equipment:
                                                                                   
        land, buildings and leasehold improvements
                                                402,781,000 400,236,000 397,004,000 395,459,000 393,584,000 391,067,000 386,513,000 376,222,000 373,530,000 369,819,000 365,575,000 355,568,000 350,698,000 349,672,000 345,020,000 346,738,000 345,215,000 343,417,000 338,101,000 334,037,000 329,022,000 328,950,000 327,586,000 325,034,000 322,662,000 314,784,000 312,641,000 304,706,000 300,698,000 291,485,000 286,255,000 276,966,000 274,080,000 269,696,000 255,957,000 
        machinery and equipment
                                                535,698,000 534,916,000 529,849,000 520,447,000 512,842,000 504,953,000 494,804,000 474,402,000 461,576,000 450,767,000 437,614,000 425,274,000 419,581,000 408,275,000 398,120,000 393,530,000 388,599,000 386,243,000 376,387,000 370,088,000 365,997,000 363,113,000 358,799,000 352,511,000 349,771,000 338,225,000 331,097,000 322,696,000 315,060,000 308,244,000 299,831,000 293,409,000 289,442,000 284,619,000 272,022,000 
        motor vehicles
                                                193,643,000 192,466,000 171,049,000 165,506,000 166,573,000 166,669,000 158,030,000 153,219,000 153,411,000 145,090,000 141,978,000 141,370,000 140,975,000 136,075,000 132,176,000 129,762,000 129,899,000 127,371,000 122,933,000 121,135,000 121,647,000 121,268,000 119,117,000 113,048,000 114,598,000 111,158,000 107,876,000 103,474,000 102,172,000 98,021,000 95,214,000 89,182,000 85,024,000 84,138,000 75,828,000 
        total property, plant and equipment
                                                1,132,122,000 1,127,618,000 1,097,902,000 1,081,412,000 1,072,999,000 1,062,689,000 1,039,347,000 1,003,843,000 988,517,000 965,676,000 945,167,000 922,212,000 911,254,000 894,022,000 875,316,000 870,030,000 863,713,000 857,031,000  825,260,000                
        less – accumulated depreciation
                                                618,269,000   595,583,000 586,717,000                               
        long-term liabilities:
                                                                                   
        long-term debt
                                                    155,000 155,000 155,000 155,000 155,000 155,000 155,000 100,155,000 100,157,000 100,164,000 100,180,000 100,163,000 130,163,000 100,197,000 100,251,000 100,304,000                
        total long-term liabilities
                                                106,918,000 111,988,000 111,415,000 101,141,000 98,661,000 99,574,000 99,505,000 101,138,000 99,576,000 99,110,000 98,789,000 198,084,000 193,479,000 193,344,000 192,715,000 190,751,000 209,003,000 179,443,000 179,359,000 173,350,000                
        receivables, less reserves of 9,050 and 5,114, respectively
                                                 157,871,000                                  
        less -- accumulated depreciation
                                                 612,137,000 602,732,000   577,034,000 568,539,000 546,157,000 539,994,000 532,500,000 522,094,000 510,008,000 501,206,000 493,313,000 483,114,000 474,963,000 469,372,000 467,808,000 456,052,000 444,061,000 435,616,000 427,537,000 418,113,000 407,823,000 401,099,000 387,103,000 379,799,000 375,060,000 366,316,000 356,661,000 347,233,000 334,708,000 327,729,000 319,550,000  
        liabilities and shareholders' equity
                                                                                   
        loans payable and current maturities of long-term debt
                                                 3,376,000 5,637,000 6,138,000 7,704,000 9,334,000 8,913,000 111,253,000 110,716,000 110,686,000 108,847,000                         
        shareholders' equity:
                                                                                   
        total shareholders' equity
                                                 1,216,715,000 1,185,463,000 1,166,967,000  1,106,876,000 1,073,055,000 1,013,398,000 981,856,000 956,297,000 929,808,000 896,925,000 869,053,000 844,825,000 817,554,000 797,942,000 779,182,000 758,893,000 736,293,000 708,050,000 689,879,000 670,019,000 652,783,000 627,035,000 609,116,000 577,765,000 562,247,000 549,923,000 531,415,000 516,734,000 497,327,000 471,224,000 464,921,000 452,545,000  
        receivables, less reserves of 7,997 and 5,114, respectively
                                                  159,102,000                                 
        receivables, less reserves of 7,868 and 5,114, respectively
                                                   168,161,000                                
        prepaid income taxes
                                                                                   
        receivables, less reserves of 5,114 and 4,894 respectively
                                                    152,523,000                               
        receivables, less reserves of 8,469 and 4,894 at may 31, 2014 and august 31, 2013, respectively
                                                     153,723,000                              
        prepaid expenses
                                                     9,727,000 9,119,000 7,618,000 9,565,000 8,143,000 8,611,000 5,741,000 8,506,000 6,812,000 6,769,000 3,647,000 5,447,000 4,316,000 5,457,000 3,004,000 4,276,000 3,352,000 4,989,000 2,889,000 3,516,000 3,907,000 5,255,000 3,026,000 3,921,000 3,840,000 1,807,000 2,841,000 4,758,000 1,672,000 2,596,000 
        receivables, less reserves of 6,496 and 4,894, respectively
                                                      151,344,000                             
        receivables, less reserves of 4,894 and 5,152 respectively
                                                       142,217,000                            
        receivables, less reserves of 7,851 and 5,152, respectively
                                                        147,170,000                           
        accrued income taxes
                                                        1,462,000 5,621,000 20,142,000 8,180,000 2,569,000  2,523,000    2,946,000  3,259,000  14,429,000 2,437,000 6,430,000 5,375,000 8,942,000 3,753,000 6,334,000 8,136,000   10,197,000 3,041,000  
        receivables, less reserves of 6,912 and 5,152, respectively
                                                         146,368,000                          
        receivables, less reserves of 7,318 and 5,152, respectively
                                                          153,899,000                         
        receivables, less reserves of 5,152 and 4,201 respectively
                                                           135,327,000                        
        current maturities of long-term debt
                                                           4,530,000 4,492,000 4,565,000 11,470,000 20,133,000    81,160,000                
        receivables, less reserves of 8,186 and 4,201, respectively
                                                            140,140,000                       
        receivables, less reserves of 6,658 and 4,201, respectively
                                                             139,563,000                      
        receivables, less reserves of 5,441 and 4,201, respectively
                                                              143,176,000                     
        receivables, less reserves of 4,201 and 4,102 respectively
                                                               128,377,000                    
        receivables, less reserves of 5,612 and 4,102, respectively
                                                                127,355,000                   
        current maturities of long-term obligations
                                                                50,222,000 80,371,000 80,750,000  5,759,000 6,058,000 6,522,000 6,447,000 17,841,000 5,059,000 4,191,000 90,000 287,000 384,000 539,000 655,000 683,000 613,000 1,004,000 
        receivables, less reserves of 5,062 and 4,102, respectively
                                                                 124,237,000                  
        receivables, less reserves of 5,064 and 4,102, respectively
                                                                  122,956,000                 
        property, plant and equipment: - sum
                                                                  837,421,000  816,666,000 813,331,000 805,502,000 790,593,000            
        receivables, less reserves of 4,102 and 5,567 respectively
                                                                   105,247,000                
        receivables, less reserves of 6,479 and 5,567, respectively
                                                                    106,223,000               
        long-term obligations, net of current maturities
                                                                    175,358,000 175,411,000 175,465,000 175,568,000 175,622,000 213,675,000 227,928,000 236,315,000 229,579,000 234,080,000 205,510,000 208,526,000 206,116,000 209,922,000 178,133,000 
        receivables, less reserves of 5,679 and 5,567, respectively
                                                                     105,564,000              
        receivables, less reserves of 6,700 and 5,567, respectively
                                                                      110,574,000             
        receivables, less reserves of 5,567 and 4,164 respectively
                                                                       97,784,000            
        receivables, less reserves of 7,628 and 4,164, respectively
                                                                        103,515,000           
        property and equipment:
                                                                                   
        property and equipment: - sum
                                                                        787,031,000 764,167,000 751,614,000 730,876,000 717,930,000 697,750,000 681,300,000 659,557,000 648,546,000 638,453,000 603,807,000 
        receivables, less reserves of 7,216 and 4,164, respectively
                                                                         103,063,000          
        receivables, less reserves of 6,114 and 4,164, respectively
                                                                          111,394,000         
        receivables, less reserves of 5,502 and 4,144, respectively
                                                                           108,406,000        
        receivables, less reserves of 5,286 and 4,144, respectively
                                                                            104,674,000       
        receivables, less reserves of 5,168 and 4,144, respectively
                                                                             108,854,000      
        receivables, less reserves of 4,144 and 3,653, respectively
                                                                              91,906,000     
        receivables, less reserves of 3,863 and 3,653, respectively
                                                                               94,399,000    
        customer contracts and other intangible assets
                                                                               61,631,000 62,796,000 64,022,000  
        receivables, less reserves of 3,786 and 3,653, respectively
                                                                                98,580,000   
        receivables, less reserves of 3,653 and 3,179, respectively
                                                                                 86,549,000  
        receivables, less reserves of 3,127 and 2,616, respectively
                                                                                  82,540,000 
        prepaid taxes and deferred tax assets
                                                                                  4,184,000 
        less — accumulated depreciation
                                                                                  300,653,000 
        intangible assets
                                                                                  5,738,000 
        preferred stock, 1.00 par value; 2,000,000 shares authorized; no shares outstanding
                                                                                   
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-05-30 2026-02-28 2025-11-29 2025-08-30 2025-05-31 2025-03-01 2024-11-30 2024-08-31 2024-05-25 2024-02-24 2023-11-25 2023-08-26 2023-05-27 2023-02-25 2022-11-26 2022-08-27 2022-05-28 2022-02-26 2021-11-27 2021-08-28 2021-05-29 2021-02-27 2020-11-28 2020-08-29 2020-05-30 2020-02-29 2019-11-30 2019-08-31 2019-05-25 2019-02-23 2018-11-24 2018-08-25 2018-05-26 2018-02-24 2017-11-25 2017-08-26 2017-05-27 2017-02-25 2016-11-26 2016-08-27 2016-05-28 2016-02-27 2015-11-28 2015-08-29 2015-05-30 2015-02-28 2014-11-29 2014-08-30 2014-05-31 2013-08-31 2013-05-25 2013-02-23 2012-11-24 2012-08-25 2012-05-26 2012-02-25 2011-11-26 2011-08-27 2011-05-28 2011-02-26 2010-11-27 2010-08-28 2010-05-29 2010-02-27 2009-11-28 2009-08-29 2009-05-30 2009-02-28 2008-11-29 2008-05-31 2008-03-01 2007-11-24 2007-08-25 2007-05-26 2007-02-24 2006-11-25 2006-05-27 
                                                                                     
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                     
          net income
        19,916,000 20,484,000 34,363,000 41,027,000 39,680,000 24,459,000 43,105,000 44,635,000 38,057,000 20,457,000 42,325,000 27,631,000 24,276,000 17,810,000 33,957,000 26,181,000 25,067,000 18,451,000 33,705,000 34,614,000 42,016,000 32,585,000 41,896,000 31,563,000 21,285,000 34,680,000 48,242,000 45,988,000 47,220,000 47,606,000 38,320,000 34,952,000 36,359,000 58,378,000 34,206,000 -4,896,000 24,362,000 22,516,000 28,214,000 35,494,000 30,144,000 23,498,000 35,890,000 28,941,000 32,499,000 25,446,000 37,413,000 28,872,000 30,944,000 30,561,000 28,722,000 26,642,000 30,760,000 22,532,000 27,459,000 19,196,000 25,802,000 18,014,000 18,431,000 16,277,000 23,764,000 17,292,000 19,314,000 16,226,000 23,576,000 17,021,000 21,689,000 18,280,000 18,862,000 16,940,000 15,281,000 16,474,000 10,806,000 13,683,000 6,960,000 13,746,000 10,918,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash from operating activities:
                                                                                     
          depreciation and amortization
        35,771,000 35,392,000 35,175,000 35,879,000 34,722,000 34,946,000 34,808,000 37,979,000 34,560,000 35,160,000 33,733,000 33,118,000 31,175,000 29,895,000 27,045,000 28,033,000 27,027,000 26,861,000 26,856,000 26,777,000 26,583,000 26,287,000 26,308,000 27,085,000 26,182,000 25,971,000 25,459,000 27,770,000 25,401,000                                                 
          share-based compensation
        3,405,000 3,674,000 2,587,000 3,124,000 3,015,000 3,198,000 2,836,000 2,628,000 2,303,000 2,308,000 2,534,000 2,189,000 2,341,000 3,072,000 1,461,000 1,989,000 2,153,000 3,056,000 1,905,000 1,818,000 1,927,000 1,644,000 1,622,000 1,382,000 1,390,000 1,652,000 1,575,000 1,480,000 1,485,000 1,614,000 1,182,000 1,099,000 1,122,000 1,303,000 1,114,000 781,000 7,311,000 2,355,000 2,015,000 2,003,000 1,088,000 1,277,000 1,260,000 953,000 1,044,000 1,754,000 1,615,000 1,060,000 1,153,000 1,264,000 1,354,000 1,992,000 1,705,000 1,512,000 1,501,000 2,033,000 1,668,000 1,552,000 1,688,000 1,808,000 1,684,000                 
          accretion on environmental contingencies
        351,000 351,000 351,000 320,000 320,000 320,000 320,000 316,000 316,000 316,000 316,000 259,000 259,000 259,000 259,000 149,000 149,000 149,000 149,000 112,000 112,000 112,000 112,000 134,000 134,000 135,000 134,000 189,000 189,000 188,000 189,000 173,000 173,000 173,000 173,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 167,000 168,000 167,000 167,000 151,000 150,000 151,000 151,000 179,000 179,000 135,000 136,000 135,000 136,000 157,000 158,000 158,000 158,000 170,000 170,000 171,000 170,000 199,000 198,000               
          accretion on asset retirement obligations
        268,000 269,000 267,000 273,000 288,000 257,000 57,000 255,000 254,000 234,000 233,000 233,000 232,000 231,000 227,000 238,000 241,000 245,000 246,000 245,000 248,000 247,000 245,000 235,000 231,000 231,000 232,000 218,000 206,000 221,000 220,000 231,000 234,000 230,000 240,000 217,000 213,000 218,000 205,000 227,000 201,000 199,000 199,000 187,000 187,000 122,000 194,000 185,000 394,000 179,000 166,000 165,000 166,000 159,000 157,000 158,000 158,000 147,000 147,000 148,000 147,000 142,000 142,000 142,000 142,000 137,000 127,000 126,000 127,000 119,000 128,000 119,000 114,000 110,000 108,000 107,000 101,000 
          deferred income taxes
        -6,161,000 -1,701,000 2,134,000 383,000 1,355,000 453,000 1,706,000 1,183,000 3,151,000 257,000 640,000 10,434,000 10,629,000 315,000 765,000 18,185,000 90,000 1,693,000 40,000 -1,725,000 1,178,000 605,000 242,000 -12,233,000 -646,000 482,000 245,000 8,163,000 369,000 861,000 -497,000 12,508,000 244,000 -22,644,000 2,031,000 2,800,000 -499,000 -600,000 -746,000 3,865,000 56,000 5,952,000 26,000 -10,141,000 -372,000 7,019,000 21,000 8,573,000 56,000 20,587,000 2,000 95,000 -18,000 -692,000 311,000 51,000 7,720,000 -22,000 187,000 5,433,000 1,019,000          27,000      
          loss on sale of property and equipment
        47,000 -70,000 233,000                                                                           
          other
        138,000 -69,000 152,000 112,000 57,000 173,000 106,000 -34,000 98,000 884,000 79,000 1,004,000 -103,000 161,000 -42,000 -1,054,000 -97,000 -6,000 590,000 -218,000 -9,000 28,000 2,488,000 20,000 11,000 5,000 670,000 -143,000 -843,000 33,000 113,000 -176,000 -518,000 318,000 559,000 -584,000 -158,000 281,000 213,000 -175,000 -112,000 223,000 413,000 -958,000 -302,000 100,000 789,000 79,000 239,000 -113,000 246,000 -318,000 -72,000 28,000 -346,000 -118,000 147,000 -579,000 811,000 -776,000 -463,000    302,000 -316,000 201,000 117,000 639,000   -172,000 113,000 811,000 298,000 -304,000 
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
                                                                                     
          receivables, less reserves
        -4,276,000 2,563,000 -8,478,000 -3,304,000 1,704,000 -1,272,000 -3,606,000 5,799,000 7,286,000 7,839,000 -20,413,000 434,000 5,488,000 -3,961,000 -23,675,000 -8,628,000 -4,143,000 -2,272,000 -25,583,000 -9,028,000 4,854,000 6,364,000 -18,875,000 10,072,000 9,384,000 7,904,000 -12,771,000 -72,000 -615,000 9,663,000 -12,165,000 -4,905,000 -584,000 5,948,000 -12,879,000 -1,114,000 -8,231,000 225,000 -13,112,000 1,749,000 830,000 10,848,000 -17,376,000     32,000                              
          inventories
        -1,067,000 -4,480,000 2,929,000 3,980,000 10,580,000 -4,003,000 1,761,000 4,643,000 -3,166,000 -9,797,000 -138,000 1,891,000 1,427,000 -7,471,000 8,154,000 110,000 8,931,000 -2,564,000 -14,625,000 -23,342,000 -9,584,000 -6,070,000 1,783,000 -1,496,000 -9,695,000 4,930,000 1,195,000 -5,915,000 768,000 -4,528,000 -1,061,000 -2,098,000 -3,657,000 -2,414,000 -2,882,000 -6,862,000 -506,000 1,707,000 7,526,000 -2,596,000 -670,000 1,281,000 3,452,000 3,478,000 864,000 -7,223,000 645,000 -9,000,000 -623,000 -1,924,000 1,962,000 887,000 221,000 910,000 1,028,000 -3,680,000 2,332,000 -9,578,000 -8,233,000 -5,843,000 -4,759,000 -9,502,000 2,129,000 -1,468,000 4,510,000       166,000     1,599,000 
          rental merchandise in service
        -1,297,000 1,773,000 -10,133,000 21,000 -215,000 7,471,000 2,762,000 5,240,000 -1,819,000 8,457,000 -1,330,000 -1,303,000 -5,952,000 -631,000 -12,961,000 -10,809,000 -12,471,000 -4,750,000 -8,567,000 -14,154,000 -11,831,000 346,000 -684,000 8,362,000 17,061,000 5,469,000 1,370,000 -2,718,000 -2,744,000 -349,000 -4,513,000 -9,708,000 -11,795,000 13,000 -82,000 -2,823,000 -3,005,000 292,000 152,000 2,374,000 -1,906,000 4,757,000 -1,280,000 3,483,000 699,000 2,462,000 -1,744,000 -5,120,000 -3,922,000 2,747,000 -4,129,000 6,359,000 2,102,000 2,458,000 -4,229,000 -2,741,000 -7,505,000 -10,716,000 -15,488,000 -5,032,000 -5,133,000 -3,446,000    3,513,000 4,978,000 8,369,000 2,474,000    -1,742,000 -1,014,000 3,350,000 909,000 -6,508,000 
          prepaid expenses and other current assets and other assets
        637,000 -2,323,000 -14,024,000 -7,601,000 -3,300,000 -4,811,000 -8,618,000 -1,064,000 2,518,000 -4,344,000 -9,692,000 -7,124,000 4,526,000 4,617,000 -9,076,000 5,647,000 7,529,000 304,000 -4,230,000 -418,000 3,166,000 5,079,000 -2,812,000 -2,829,000 1,499,000 4,244,000 -2,074,000 -5,665,000 1,270,000 3,268,000 -6,884,000 2,857,000 -1,433,000 -2,166,000 -4,901,000 1,578,000 3,854,000                                         
          accounts payable
        -4,790,000 685,000 -1,759,000 19,001,000 -12,939,000 3,132,000 -6,861,000 1,049,000 2,917,000 -1,372,000 -6,663,000 6,619,000 4,392,000 -1,299,000 399,000 -1,777,000 -4,507,000 8,913,000 -3,556,000 11,117,000 5,942,000 1,204,000 -3,127,000 7,144,000 -12,031,000 -784,000 -5,031,000 9,090,000 -457,000 -4,004,000 -1,264,000 4,834,000 5,134,000 -4,303,000 -1,092,000 7,250,000 -1,351,000 4,808,000 -1,113,000 1,676,000 -1,548,000 -7,992,000 7,913,000 -5,542,000 -722,000 -1,943,000 559,000 25,091,000 -15,785,000 -1,149,000 6,515,000 -14,419,000 11,183,000 -6,317,000 4,328,000 -5,228,000 3,529,000 5,532,000 6,402,000 -4,815,000 2,677,000 3,600,000   5,229,000     -3,067,000 -1,579,000 7,234,000    77,000 3,692,000 
          accrued liabilities
        4,523,000 13,907,000 -26,663,000 3,416,000 -3,323,000 9,329,000 -18,196,000 191,000 2,993,000 -33,000 -6,172,000 390,000 3,920,000 -10,417,000 -6,655,000 -10,345,000 -4,244,000 -8,537,000 -8,391,000 4,810,000 176,000 8,584,000 2,876,000 14,620,000 6,998,000 926,000 -2,678,000 8,904,000 -2,220,000 11,940,000 -19,651,000 16,701,000 -4,507,000 7,495,000 -7,456,000 10,135,000 889,000 9,541,000 -8,837,000 25,596,000 4,784,000 6,541,000 -4,967,000 7,549,000 -1,322,000 14,401,000 -2,796,000 2,016,000 -1,374,000 1,197,000 1,841,000 4,041,000 2,373,000 3,107,000 520,000 1,268,000 623,000 -1,744,000 600,000 1,721,000 2,077,000 7,518,000 -2,137,000 1,899,000 1,977,000 1,526,000 4,822,000   -391,000 2,389,000 885,000 -995,000 -1,953,000 5,209,000 1,515,000 832,000 
          prepaid and accrued income taxes
        3,410,000 3,169,000 -2,283,000 3,187,000 -1,077,000 -3,472,000 7,944,000 -563,000 -3,181,000 689,000 10,218,000 -2,820,000 -3,972,000 3,890,000 7,840,000 -14,149,000 -1,821,000 -4,519,000 9,838,000 -6,699,000 -5,091,000 -1,726,000 3,094,000 -5,303,000 6,723,000 -1,444,000 -3,497,000 -5,428,000 22,000 12,987,000 13,256,000 -19,774,000 2,351,000 6,115,000 16,420,000 -24,024,000 -4,259,000 -8,796,000 17,589,000 -8,596,000 2,496,000 -19,984,000 14,853,000 8,353,000 -1,684,000 -11,495,000 21,587,000 -12,843,000 -3,381,000 -8,446,000 -4,434,000 -14,513,000 12,033,000 5,694,000 1,660,000 -2,602,000 6,608,000 571,000 7,223,000 -16,195,000 5,254,000                 
          net cash from operating activities
        50,875,000 73,624,000 14,851,000 100,391,000 68,177,000 70,180,000 58,124,000 102,257,000 86,287,000 61,055,000 45,670,000 72,955,000 78,638,000 36,471,000 27,698,000 33,811,000 43,945,000 37,071,000 7,822,000 24,779,000 59,507,000 75,275,000 52,741,000 81,252,000 68,563,000 84,435,000 52,434,000 82,702,000 70,779,000 96,404,000 32,257,000 62,781,000 48,380,000 71,285,000 47,627,000 62,457,000 41,068,000 51,250,000 63,499,000 46,556,000 55,599,000 47,840,000 57,641,000 68,503,000 51,377,000 54,189,000 52,848,000 62,344,000 23,170,000 72,071,000 46,982,000 36,351,000 56,167,000 54,901,000 46,371,000 29,792,000 30,654,000 30,240,000 23,332,000 5,455,000 27,166,000 34,201,000 34,635,000 17,627,000 47,510,000 49,787,000 49,076,000 34,371,000 25,961,000 23,860,000 34,663,000 25,059,000 24,145,000 21,706,000 19,717,000 19,931,000 21,810,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                     
          acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
        -1,127,000 -1,236,000 -13,391,000 -6,537,000 -3,022,000 -2,352,000    -1,000 -299,133,000 -503,000 -6,556,000 -1,523,000 -355,000 -41,832,000 -493,000 -1,315,000 -110,000 -6,415,000 -603,000 -123,000 -77,000 -1,735,000 -39,286,000 -2,540,000 -2,312,000   -4,143,000 -16,793,000 -19,058,000 -2,671,000 -971,000 -3,072,000 -1,023,000 -120,391,000 -5,722,000 -10,788,000 -73,000 -2,544,000 -4,729,000 -4,240,000 -10,846,000 -2,794,000 -160,000 -28,761,000 -403,000       -15,239,000 -991,000 -14,106,000 -2,220,000                -18,587,000 
          capital expenditures, including capitalization of software costs
        -29,681,000 -38,401,000 -38,883,000 -44,522,000 -43,737,000 -32,520,000 -33,566,000 -38,480,000 -49,035,000 -33,852,000 -39,050,000 -47,924,000 -49,220,000 -35,803,000 -39,044,000 -47,060,000 -37,081,000 -29,127,000 -31,051,000 -36,994,000 -29,790,000 -25,019,000 -41,836,000 -25,562,000 -28,884,000 -33,296,000 -28,975,000 -31,617,000 -36,046,000                                                 
          purchases of investments
          -5,672,000 -14,734,000 -13,187,000 -11,394,000 -10,012,000 -107,000,000                                                               
          maturities of investments
        98,000   9,609,000 5,708,000 13,039,000 11,462,000 10,217,000 101,000,000                                                                 
          proceeds from sale of assets
        214,000 188,000 174,000 144,000 2,893,000 69,000 153,000 537,000 117,000 26,000 606,000 32,000 172,000 105,000 240,000 1,882,000 106,000 27,000 66,000 270,000 266,000 15,000 61,000 25,000 175,000 61,000 167,000 60,000 88,000 90,000 64,000 549,000   50,000                                         
          net cash from investing activities
        -30,496,000 -39,449,000 -52,100,000 -56,587,000 -31,235,000 -29,765,000 -37,460,000 -37,943,000 -50,846,000 -33,826,000 -39,621,000 -47,893,000 -257,193,000 -30,201,000 -152,360,000 -46,701,000 -37,330,000 -70,959,000 -31,517,000 -38,243,000 -29,630,000 -31,168,000 -42,424,000 -25,624,000 -28,936,000 -34,856,000 -68,200,000 -33,990,000 -38,313,000 -28,864,000 -23,162,000 -27,843,000 -48,637,000 -56,032,000 -21,386,000 -28,504,000 -41,057,000 -25,133,000 -138,343,000 -31,679,000 -39,000,000 -23,091,000 -20,899,000 -21,022,000 -42,417,000 -32,631,000 -28,199,000 -19,347,000 -30,460,000 -50,961,000 -30,847,000 -26,957,000 -25,421,000 -15,296,000 -25,022,000 -20,655,000 -14,084,000 -29,523,000 -19,795,000 -32,236,000 -15,246,000 -16,296,000               -30,737,000 
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                     
          payment of contingent consideration
                                                                                     
          proceeds from exercise of share-based awards
        1,000 3,000 1,000 3,000 1,000 1,000 2,000 1,000 2,000 -170,000   1,000 2,000 1,000 -2,000 1,000 74,000  22,000                                                 
          taxes withheld and paid related to net share settlement of equity awards
        -539,000 -977,000 -3,193,000 -116,000 -139,000 -934,000 -3,284,000 -508,000 -93,000 -348,000 -2,290,000 -41,000 -48,000 -774,000 -2,028,000 -170,000 -95,000 -3,105,000 -698,000 -65,000 -1,360,000 -1,809,000 -834,000 -308,000 -142,000 -1,711,000 -1,570,000 -1,089,000 -583,000 -955,000 -140,000 -535,000 -551,000 -1,572,000 -522,000 -218,000 -622,000 -980,000 -566,000 -1,540,000                                   
          repurchase of common stock
        -32,736,000 -45,302,000 -13,065,000 -6,155,000 -6,373,000 -7,818,000 -7,843,000 -7,864,000 -255,000     -13,959,000 -15,687,000 -10,143,000 -4,623,000 -1,688,000 -2,318,000 -7,216,000 -7,542,000 -4,230,000 -9,973,000 -9,561,000 -14,673,000                                                
          payment of cash dividends
        -6,340,000 -6,337,000 -6,133,000 -6,223,000 -6,249,000 -6,256,000 -5,897,000 -5,909,000 -5,924,000 -5,939,000 -5,573,000 -5,573,000 -5,573,000 -5,384,000 -5,570,000 -5,384,000 -5,431,000 -5,439,000 -4,537,000 -4,537,000 -4,541,000 -4,528,000 -4,541,000 -4,541,000 -4,550,000 -4,553,000 -2,056,000 -2,056,000 -2,064,000 -2,070,000 -2,070,000 -2,046,000 -725,000 -721,000 -726,000 -725,000 -725,000 -724,000 -724,000 -723,000 -719,000 -719,000 -717,000 -718,000 -718,000 -718,000 -715,000 -715,000 -717,000 -713,000 -714,000 -711,000 -713,000 -711,000 -711,000 -709,000 -709,000 -708,000 -708,000 -707,000 -707,000 -706,000               -655,000 
          net cash from financing activities
        -8,549,000 -7,313,000 -42,059,000 -52,805,000 -19,453,000 -13,344,000 -15,551,000 -14,234,000 -13,860,000 -14,150,000 -8,116,000 -5,614,000 -6,472,000 -6,157,000 -7,596,000 -19,678,000 -21,218,000 -18,684,000 -9,858,000 -6,289,000 -6,723,000 -8,653,000 -12,590,000 -4,851,000 -12,234,000 -10,493,000 -13,525,000 -12,704,000 -17,298,000 -9,279,000 -2,210,000 -2,580,000 -147,257,000 -2,130,000 -981,000 -830,000 -641,000 -350,000 -361,000 1,681,000 -5,869,000 -358,000 -1,098,000 -2,984,000 -4,869,000 2,057,000 -465,000 -2,029,000 -202,000 2,454,000 -3,396,000 2,758,000 1,998,000 -307,000 -645,000 -6,087,000 -8,832,000 -60,572,000 -1,830,000 -457,000 -1,050,000 -722,000        6,155,000 -5,154,000 27,736,000 -12,423,000    9,818,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes
        -399,000 955,000 -216,000 592,000 2,247,000 -1,143,000 -438,000 -755,000 127,000 79,000 4,000 692,000 232,000 -189,000 33,000 -1,628,000 -689,000 398,000 -1,254,000 -2,384,000 2,288,000 1,099,000 445,000 2,808,000 -1,463,000 -351,000 538,000 -77,000 -1,080,000 525,000 -861,000 -337,000 -1,686,000 532,000 -976,000 3,945,000 -221,000 1,649,000 -2,471,000 -346,000 1,861,000 -931,000 -665,000    -2,979,000 -220,000 1,271,000 -1,676,000 -427,000 -1,537,000 -203,000 2,004,000 -1,229,000 2,173,000 -2,427,000 -341,000 -186,000 1,460,000 1,137,000   973,000 631,000     -25,000 -3,062,000 3,417,000 1,116,000    1,040,000 
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
        11,431,000 27,817,000 -79,524,000 -8,409,000 19,736,000 25,928,000 4,675,000 49,325,000 21,708,000                            -851,000 27,416,000 -77,676,000 16,212,000 12,591,000 23,460,000 34,979,000 40,881,000 4,211,000 18,487,000 21,205,000 40,748,000 -6,221,000 21,888,000 12,312,000 10,615,000 32,541,000 41,302,000 19,475,000 5,223,000 5,311,000 -60,196,000 1,521,000 -25,778,000 12,007,000 16,795,000 20,214,000 4,541,000 19,557,000 27,770,000    1,385,000 5,776,000 4,635,000 1,464,000 -925,000   1,931,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
        203,501,000 161,571,000 79,443,000 376,399,000                      363,795,000 276,553,000 191,769,000 120,123,000 48,812,000 121,258,000 60,151,000 25,655,000 12,698,000 8,302,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
        11,431,000 27,817,000 123,977,000 -8,409,000 19,736,000 25,928,000 166,246,000 49,325,000 21,708,000 13,158,000 77,380,000 20,140,000 -184,795,000 -76,000 244,174,000                      -851,000 27,416,000 286,119,000 16,212,000 12,591,000 23,460,000 311,532,000 40,881,000 4,211,000 18,487,000 212,974,000 40,748,000 -6,221,000 21,888,000 12,312,000 10,615,000 152,664,000 41,302,000 19,475,000 5,223,000 54,123,000 -60,196,000 1,521,000 -25,778,000 133,265,000 16,795,000 20,214,000 4,541,000 79,708,000 27,770,000 8,316,000 -43,000 24,108,000 1,385,000 5,776,000 17,333,000 1,464,000 -925,000 4,130,000 8,029,000 1,931,000 
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
                                                                                     
          non-cash capital expenditures
        1,020,000 3,703,000 8,753,000 -414,000 -618,000 122,000 12,219,000 5,128,000 -2,918,000 1,322,000 7,606,000  2,511,000 -3,297,000 11,547,000  373,000 -2,323,000 6,904,000  2,230,000 -2,284,000 5,961,000  -1,332,000 568,000 8,436,000 8,130,000 -2,027,000 -4,753,000 14,894,000                                               
          payment of deferred financing costs
                                                                                  
          borrowings under line of credit
                                                                                    
          repayments under line of credit
                                                                                    
          interest paid
                                                                                     
          income taxes paid, net of refunds received
                                                                                     
          gain on sale of property and equipment
                                                                                     
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                  -2,063,000  -184,795,000 -76,000 -132,225,000                                                               
          capital expenditures in accounts payable
                                                                                     
          amortization of deferred financing costs
                       41,000 41,000 41,000 41,000 62,000 29,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 28,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 53,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 53,000 52,000 60,000 59,000 60,000 59,000 60,000 59,000 60,000 59,000 59,000 69,000 66,000 67,000 67,000 67,000 66,000 67,000 67,000 67,000 66,000 67,000 67,000 66,000 67,000 67,000 66,000 703,000 326,000 174,000 
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments
                        -15,292,000   -22,137,000 25,442,000   53,585,000 25,930,000 38,735,000 -28,753,000 35,931,000 14,088,000 58,786,000 6,024,000   13,655,000 24,284,000                                           
          cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments at beginning of period
                        512,868,000 474,838,000 385,341,000 270,512,000 349,752,000                                           
          cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments at end of period
                        -15,292,000 -52,174,000 478,061,000 -22,137,000 25,442,000 36,553,000 473,010,000 53,585,000 25,930,000 38,735,000 356,588,000 35,931,000 14,088,000 58,786,000 276,536,000 32,021,000 -149,200,000 13,655,000 374,036,000                                           
          loss on sale of property, plant and equipment
                                                                                     
          net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments
                          -34,807,000    -1,828,000                                                       
          forgiveness of a liability
                                                                                   
          loss on sale of property, plant & equipment
                              5,000                                                       
          impairment charge
                                                                                     
          proceeds from exercise of share-based awards, including excess tax benefits in fiscal 2017
                                                                                     
          depreciation
                                      21,795,000 22,389,000 21,430,000 20,017,000 19,540,000 20,105,000 18,917,000 18,551,000 18,500,000 19,427,000 18,259,000 17,654,000 17,643,000 18,894,000 16,775,000 16,630,000 15,865,000 16,359,000 15,967,000 16,092,000 14,718,000 14,695,000 14,305,000 14,233,000 14,094,000 13,823,000 13,727,000 14,017,000 13,597,000 13,449,000 13,125,000 13,118,000 13,370,000 12,780,000 12,839,000 12,783,000 12,526,000 12,033,000 11,513,000 11,078,000 12,175,000 10,887,000 10,944,000 10,622,000 10,029,000 9,810,000 9,881,000 
          amortization of intangible assets
                                      3,321,000 3,501,000 3,371,000 3,247,000 3,167,000 3,332,000 3,245,000 2,589,000 3,640,000 2,229,000 2,150,000 2,155,000 2,095,000 2,368,000 2,247,000 2,162,000 2,172,000 2,156,000 2,142,000 2,450,000 2,397,000 2,484,000 2,466,000 2,591,000 2,624,000 2,666,000 2,681,000 2,774,000 2,768,000 2,626,000 2,377,000 2,456,000 2,444,000 2,253,000 2,217,000 2,323,000 2,115,000 2,306,000 2,190,000 2,114,000 1,940,000 1,900,000 1,842,000 1,700,000 1,790,000 1,775,000 1,634,000 
          gain on sale of assets
                                      -19,000 -7,000 -90,000   -50,000                                         
          capital expenditures
        -23,285,000 -23,877,000 -32,217,000 -37,620,000 -19,033,000 -28,092,000 -37,451,000 -24,778,000 -18,233,000 -26,170,000 -28,037,000 -22,979,000 -21,049,000 -18,891,000 -36,730,000 -28,089,000 -17,453,000 -17,342,000 -30,379,000 -22,439,000 -30,331,000 -25,653,000 -25,103,000 -15,224,000 -25,050,000 -20,309,000 -13,966,000 -14,431,000 -18,225,000 -18,941,000 -12,250,000 -12,726,000 -11,846,000 
          free cash flows
        50,875,000 73,624,000 14,851,000 100,391,000 68,177,000 70,180,000 58,124,000 102,257,000 86,287,000 61,055,000 45,670,000 72,955,000 78,638,000 36,471,000 27,698,000 33,811,000 43,945,000 37,071,000 7,822,000 24,779,000 59,507,000 75,275,000 52,741,000 81,252,000 68,563,000 84,435,000 52,434,000 82,702,000 70,779,000 96,404,000 8,972,000 38,904,000 16,163,000 33,665,000 28,594,000 34,365,000 3,617,000 26,472,000 45,266,000 20,386,000 27,562,000 24,861,000 36,592,000 49,612,000 14,647,000 26,100,000 35,395,000 45,002,000 -7,209,000 49,632,000 16,651,000 10,698,000 31,064,000 39,677,000 21,321,000 9,483,000 16,688,000 15,809,000 5,107,000 -13,486,000 14,916,000 21,475,000 34,635,000 17,627,000 47,510,000 49,787,000 49,076,000 34,371,000 25,961,000 23,860,000 34,663,000 25,059,000 24,145,000 21,706,000 19,717,000 19,931,000 9,964,000 
          payments on loans payable and long-term debt
                                               25,000 -280,000 -282,000 -764,000 -3,475,000 -2,693,000 -3,379,000 -3,508,000 -3,864,000 -1,763,000 -2,000 -8,000                           
          proceeds from exercise of share-based awards, including excess tax benefits in fiscal 2017 and 2016
                                                                                     
          proceeds from exercise of share-based awards, including excess tax benefits
                                         163,000 267,000 113,000 706,000 1,354,000 929,000 3,919,000 368,000                                     
          proceeds from loans payable and long-term debt
                                                   1,465,000 464,000 2,929,000 2,008,000 2,281,000 2,180,000 431,000 48,000                           
          prepaid expenses and other current assets
                                              9,288,000 -37,087,000 -505,000 1,435,000 -2,286,000 3,807,000 -625,000                                 
          proceeds from exercise of common stock options, including excess tax benefits
                                                  383,000 -256,000 3,080,000                                 
          receivables
                                                    1,585,000 4,991,000 -16,039,000   5,433,000 -905,000 7,263,000 -18,457,000 5,390,000 -1,287,000 4,402,000 -16,100,000 -447,000 -2,896,000 -264,000 -17,274,000 1,408,000               -1,372,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash
                                                    120,000                                 
          prepaid expenses
                                                      -6,847,000  -604,000 2,885,000 -1,422,000 465,000 -2,867,000 3,107,000 -1,701,000 -32,000 -3,137,000 2,169,000 -1,124,000 1,151,000 -2,443,000 1,270,000               563,000 
          proceeds from exercise of common stock options
                                                      1,750,000    610,000 1,383,000 757,000 410,000 86,000 1,666,000 248,000 196,000 155,000 856,000 153,000 37,000 144,000 755,000 241,000 580,000 78,000 31,000 323,000 111,000 7,000 326,000 76,000 292,000 14,000 86,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                     
          proceeds from exercise of common stock options, including excess tax benefit
                                                                                     
          payments of deferred financing costs
                                                                                     
          proceeds from long-term obligations
                                                                7,000,000        1,641,000 36,328,000 72,766,000 29,893,000 47,032,000 27,543,000 52,950,000 100,000 9,100,000 2,559,000 100,000,000 10,500,000 
          payments on long-term obligations
                                                                -15,371,000  -302,000 -606,000 -496,000                -113,000 
          proceeds from long-term debt
                                                             1,500,000                       
          payments on long-term debt
                                                             -6,000 -1,520,000                       
          acquisition of businesses
                                                                                     
          stock-based compensation
                                                                      1,222,000 489,000 359,000  265,000 291,000 205,000 202,000 566,000 190,000 142,000 172,000 348,000 121,000 132,000 
          accrued income taxes
                                                                        11,992,000 -4,241,000 1,362,000 -3,550,000 9,296,000 -2,609,000 -1,776,000 8,994,000      
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                     
          interest rate swap income
                                                                                     
          accrued and deferred income taxes
                                                                                   7,083,000 164,000 
          adjustments:
                                                                                     
          proceeds from sale of linen business
                                                                                     
          proceeds from long term obligations
                                                                                     
          payments on long term obligations